What lies in your console as we speak?

[DrPepperPro]

PS2: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3
PS2: Dark Sector

2 ps2s? or 2 discs in one?

[Femto]

PS2: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3
PS2: Dark Sector

2 ps2s? or 2 discs in one?

Hypertime.

[MadDogMike]

I couldn't care less about Half-Life 2

Seriously? You are missing out on gaming history. The Half-Life series is one of the most epic game series ever. Except for Episode One, that one was a bit of a disappointment.

[Finito]

This is what lies in my console...



And I cant fucking wait to get the complete English version. They are looking for help btw

[Aetherfukz]

PS2: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3
PS2: Dark Sector

2 ps2s? or 2 discs in one?

Well, duh, Dark Sector would be PS3, typo time.

I couldn't care less about Half-Life 2

Seriously? You are missing out on gaming history. The Half-Life series is one of the most epic game series ever. Except for Episode One, that one was a bit of a disappointment.

I played through HL, Opposing Forces, HL2, and tried out Episode 1+2. While all of them are really good games, the story is basically: Experiment goes wrong. Save the world. And BTW, I hate the G-Man and especially his fucking weird voice. When I first played HL and heard him I thought my sound card was defect.

[Femto]

The themes in the Half-Life games are insane.

You have to dig a little deeper than the basic storyline to find them but it's amazing stuff.

Some of the most fantastic storytelling in video games.

Prepare for unforeseen consequences, biatch.

[MadDogMike]

Prepare for unforeseen consequences, biatch.

Damn, just mentioning that phrase makes me want to play through episode 2 again. >_<

I can't wait for episode 3.

[Femto]

The ending in Episode 2 is easily the most accomplished storytelling moment I've ever played in a video game.

It changed my mind completely and proved to me that video games could one day be taken as a serious storytelling medium.

[MadDogMike]

The ending in Episode 2 is easily the most accomplished storytelling moment I've ever played in a video game.

It changed my mind completely and proved to me that video games could one day be taken as a serious storytelling medium.

If you think that was good, go find a copy of Planescape: Torment for PC. Not only is it the best written game I've ever played, but the sensory stone of longing scene actually had me in tears. A game has never done that to me before.

[LordMune]

The ending in Episode 2 is easily the most accomplished storytelling moment I've ever played in a video game.

It changed my mind completely and proved to me that video games could one day be taken as a serious storytelling medium.

If you think that was good, go find a copy of Planescape: Torment for PC. Not only is it the best written game I've ever played, but the sensory stone of longing scene actually had me in tears. A game has never done that to me before.

The Sensory Stone scene is the most emotionally powerful thing I have ever read. I'm dead serious here, that handful of paragraphs surpasses most good books.

EDIT: The Episode 2 ending, while neat, was kind of awkward and predictable.

EDIT2: Valve's strength lies in presentation, not the matter presented.

[Femto]

EDIT2: Valve's strength lies in presentation, not the matter presented.

I don't think it's that simple.

I mean, Half-Life's presentation can basically be summed up in "lock the player in first person view for the entirety of the game."

Granted, the Half-Life games don't have a huge amount of story but what's there is really compelling and well done.

Most video games companies are content with giving a shitty story as their 10% of a game.

Valve simply doesn't neglect that or any other aspect of their games.

I think that's more reasonable than saying "Valve is better at this or that."

Amirite?

EDIT: Oh yeah, I'm not big on PC gaming but I might give Planescape: Torment a try based on those recommendations alone.

[Ayanami]

The ending in Episode 2 is easily the most accomplished storytelling moment I've ever played in a video game.

It changed my mind completely and proved to me that video games could one day be taken as a serious storytelling medium.

Glad to hear some one else thinks that Episode 2 was amazing. I thought I was alone on that one.

The amount of care that Valve puts into their games really shows. There are very few games that have all aspects polished to the degree that Episode 2 and Portal have.