Off Topic 2014

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Going to take a look at used games after work today since I just finished ACIV. I have Dishonored kind of sitting there, but I tried starting it twice and it didn't really suck me in.

I'm leaning towards ACIII, but not sure if I'm ready for another round of that same gameplay.

I think I've got a list of candidates:

ACIII or ACII
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Borderlands 1/2

Opinions? Suggestions?

ACIII and II are different enough from ACIV that it would probably be rather fresh to you since ACII has no naval and AC3's naval gameplay isn't nearly as fleshed out or used as much as in IV.

I'm really enjoying Rayman Legends. Its a fun game to either play for a couple minutes or a couple hours. Plus, get a nice little buzz going and the end-world music levels are really cool and fun.

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[Mabster]

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It's be hard for me to go back to AC game after IV. They're great games but I'd give it a break and dive into II and then III later.

I'm playing KoA right now. It's a pretty big game. Combat and the world is arcadey. I've tired of the story at this point and am just trying to get through it now I think. Burned myself out on side quests and there's really nothing original going on here.

Borderlands is just awesome. Can't go wrong there.

I think I'm gonna start BioShock Infinite when I'm done with KoA.

[ImTellinTim]

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I might actually finally get around to getting a PS+ account too. Maybe that's the route to go...

[Bellsprout]

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Borderlands 2. Skip the first one.

And you get it free if you buy that PS+ account, so bonus.

[ImTellinTim]

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Yeah, the only thing that has prevented me from going with PS+ is that I have an old machine with not a lot of memory. It's already a struggle of deleting things before I can even play a new game from a disc.

[BurghFan]

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So somebody tried to break into my apartment around 1 am this morning. Rather than hearing it myself, my fiance and I were woken up by my dog (who sleeps in bed with us) barking and growling. That worried us a bit as he's normally very passive and never shows signs of aggression. But sure enough, seconds after that we heard somebody jumping over our patio fence. It's amazing how something that lasted a couple of seconds can have your heart racing and eyes wide for hours. I haven't slept since.

That's crazy. My mom is pretty sure her dog prevented her house from being broken into during the day a few months ago. She got home from work one day and noticed that the gate to the back yard was open and one of the storm doors wasn't closed completely. She didn't think much of it at first until she talked to her next door neighbor and found out that someone had broken into their house that day. The burglars had stolen some things but apparently was chased away by their old pitbull who they think must've been sleeping in the basement and didn't hear the break in right away. My mom figures the burglars tried to hit her house but were scared off when her English Mastiff started barking. Thing is the dog is a rescue who spent the first 3 years of her life in a cage in a puppy mill and is absolutely terrified of strangers and will hide in my mom's bedroom whenever company it over, even if it's just me or my sister. My mom also has a Newfoundland who may or may not have been barking/howling as well.

[Mabster]

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Dogs rock. My Jack Russell saved my parents life in the middle of the night from a house fire.

He was always crated at night in the living room. Somehow he was able to flex that thing and popped the door open on it. Ran to my parents room and woke them up. The house burned to the ground but my parents got out their bedroom window.

[MrSerendipity]

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That's crazy. My mom is pretty sure her dog prevented her house from being broken into during the day a few months ago. She got home from work one day and noticed that the gate to the back yard was open and one of the storm doors wasn't closed completely. She didn't think much of it at first until she talked to her next door neighbor and found out that someone had broken into their house that day. The burglars had stolen some things but apparently was chased away by their old pitbull who they think must've been sleeping in the basement and didn't hear the break in right away. My mom figures the burglars tried to hit her house but were scared off when her English Mastiff started barking. Thing is the dog is a rescue who spent the first 3 years of her life in a cage in a puppy mill and is absolutely terrified of strangers and will hide in my mom's bedroom whenever company it over, even if it's just me or my sister. My mom also has a Newfoundland who may or may not have been barking/howling as well.

Dogs rock. My Jack Russell saved my parents life in the middle of the night from a house fire.

He was always crated at night in the living room. Somehow he was able to flex that thing and popped the door open on it. Ran to my parents room and woke them up. The house burned to the ground but my parents got out their bedroom window.

Dogs are pretty awesome. My fiance and I both consider ourselves very fortunate that he heard the individual and alerted us. No one knows how much worse things could have gotten if we didn't have our dog.

[redsrule]

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Going to take a look at used games after work today since I just finished ACIV. I have Dishonored kind of sitting there, but I tried starting it twice and it didn't really suck me in.

I'm leaning towards ACIII, but not sure if I'm ready for another round of that same gameplay.

I think I've got a list of candidates:

ACIII or ACII
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Borderlands 1/2

Opinions? Suggestions?

ACII >>>>>>>>>>>>> ACIII imo. I thought 3 was extremely disappointing and it felt rushed with a bunch of stupid bugs/glitches.

That's my choice, but you can't go wrong with the Borderlands series either, although they are better to play with someone.

[ImTellinTim]

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ACII >>>>>>>>>>>>> ACIII imo. I thought 3 was extremely disappointing and it felt rushed with a bunch of stupid bugs/glitches.

I'm really worried that neither of them will live up to IV, which is one of the best games I've ever played. I think it may have unseated Uncharted 2 as my favorite game I've played on PS3. Black Flag is an incredible game. The only downfall for me was that the story was rather "meh". Especially the end, which seemed rushed. But everything else about the game is fantastic.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I'm not sure how AC2 has aged, but I think it is still the best game of the series to me as far as the balancing of the gameplay, story, and side activities. ACIV's world and naval gameplay was great, but the story never sucked me in.

[BlueNGold]

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I'm not sure how AC2 has aged, but I think it is still the best game of the series to me as far as the balancing of the gameplay, story, and side activities. ACIV's world and naval gameplay was great, but the story never sucked me in.

I played the first two and made it halfway through Brotherhood before selling my 360 for a PS3. II was definitely the best.

I actually played III for about 20 minutes last week and while it looked nice and the kills were cool, the guards standing around waiting to attack you one by one stuck out like a sore thumb.

[Watson]

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Dogs are amazing. If you think about it, half of them could easily kill us in three seconds (if you haven't seen a dog catch a squirrel, it's crazy how fast their instincts kick in) and we can easily do the same to them, yet we probably have the best relationship out of any two animals on Earth.


Also, no way in hell a cat would wake up their owner in the case of a fire or burglary. Cats are *******s. **** cats.

[SPTO]

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I've always wondered what it's like to be a fan of a consistently successful sports city. Unfortunately,don't think I'll know that for quite some time.

It was fun..............when I was a kid. "sigh"

[Bmore Irish]

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Any OS Baltimoreans goin to the Irish Stroll tomorrow in Canton?

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