OT- The Nerd Thread

I see a fight to the death on the horizon

 

And yet I take it you happily sat through three truly diabolical Star Wars prequels, stuffed with diabolical acting, wince-inducing dialogue and wafer-thin characters?

 

Very valid points, of course, and that's without mentioning just how awesome the fight scene/assassination attempt was from the movie!

I do agree that Manhattan was outsmarted by the humanity angle, that was kind of the point, but in terms of his overall ability - that was my translation of 'greatest' - he was more or less omnipotent. Nate Gray could have featured, I suppose, but again is he a Superhero?

 

I actually took the literature as part of the overall preference. The films were nice translations. Star Wars suffers hugely from garbage like Jar Jar Binks. A New Hope wasn't exactly outstanding.

 

I actually think Fallout New Vegas is better than just Fallout 3. It's more varied.

I think I'll buy Skyrim - £10 on Steam. Will it work on my laptop is the question, but then - meh, it's a tenner.

 

Wait a while. The Steam Summer Sale will be launching soon

 

There are things I like about New Vegas but Fallout 3 just edged it for me. Also I got an insane amount of crashes on New Vegas even after turning the autosaves off. Fallout 3 didn't just have the Wasteland but the DC Ruins which were amazing. Watching the Talon Company, Super Mutants and BOS beat the **** out of one another and the Metro service tunnels with the Ghouls and Mirelurkers - pretty terrifying especially earlier in-game. I really do love that game.

 

I will be revisiting Fallout. Originally played it on PS3, but will now go back and get it plus patches for PC.

 

I agree on fallout and I played 3 and vegas heavily, loved them both but fallout 3 just excelled in atmosphere and yeah was scary as **** in some..actuallly most.. places..dunwich building..most of the vaults, then you had all that fucled up stuff in arndale etc etc. I've never been drawn into a game as much and was worried about exploring anywhere at earlier levels. ****in tunnels and ghouls man..reavers..deathclaws. There was just this whole air of melancholy wierdness,.great game

Skyrim I just can't get into in the same way it seems hollow, great to look at but ultimately I become bored with it

 

Not to mention those clone Gary bastards. I really enjoyed blowing them up in VATS! Don't get me started on the Ghoul Reavers, I hated those things so much and the Dunwich Building is f**king scary as hell. I'm sure I had Fawkes with me one time and even then it was scary as hell!

Its weird mate I played Skyrim at first and stopped then when I had more time got back into it and I'm glad I did. The depth of it is f**king incredible.

 

Haha yeah, "gary" "gary" absolute nuisance. Yeah I was lowkey crapping myself in most of the vaults the way they set up the history of vaults to be found on terminals or holotapes or whataver would just drag you in and make you well uncomfortable. I went inro one after a smoke and a couple of beers once and came across nothing other an old projector still flickering away.it put me so on edge I just dipped out of there as quickly as I could, remarkable that a game could do that (might have been a new vegas vault actually)

I loved point lookout as well, best dlc of the lot.

Fallout 4 is in production I've heard a few things, I think e3 is this month so maybe we will get an announcement then.

And yeah skyrim..I've tried to get into it a few times, even again this past week but something doesn't click, maybe I've strayed too far from the main storyline. I've got a free weekend after tonight so I'm going to devote some serious time to itbecause I'd love to be able to get into it. Pc users are blessed mind some of the mods look immense

 

Thanks all for confirming my fears about Skyrim! Ultimately it seems a pointless exercise, I haven't quite the time to just 'live' a game. Few years ago I'd have loved it but now I think it's just TOO sandbox.

I am buying Fallout 3 tonight. I don't think I maximised the play last time out, and given I did more or less EVERYTHING in New Vegas, it's time for a replay.

Please, if you can, take the time to play The Witcher. Isometric views may put some off, but it's a genuinely outstanding piece of fiction if nothing else! Massively underrated game and check out the trailers for Witcher 3 - hugely impressive and deservedly anticipated.

If you like story driven with side quests and character building, Planescape Torment set the bar back in 1999. Similar to a Neverwinter Nights, it's not a graphical masterclass but it is outstanding.

Big shout for Mass Effect 2. The first was ok for setting the scene, but suffered from too much dialogue and repetition. The second game is a masterpiece. The third is an extension of 2, with the only downside being it ends the series.

Finally Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 were brilliant. Set in the Star Wars Universe they were/are outstanding, with the standout feature being siding with good or evil (though play through as dead-neutral and you get a different experience again.

 

Skyrim is awesome for me because you write your own fiction. For example, a lot of people play and appreciate the story and ****, but that's not getting it! When you make a character, the character isn't a baby. Everything it experiences now isn't uninformed and unbiased. There's got to be prejudices from the life before you were caught by Imperial troops and sent to death, and those experiences would influence decisions during the game.

My last play through was with an Orc, who's father had been set-up for leaking classified imperial information on camp locations to the Stormcloaks, and then murdered, to cover the tracks of a stormcloak spy. That is what Mur-Tuk learned anyway from the pieces of the puzzle he'd put together from incursions into Skyrim, where he was picked up by Imperial border control.

He thus slayed every Stormcloak patrol and soldier her could find, and was determined to regain his family's honour by serving in the legions.

 

1,hero-thebrown bottle and cider woman
2,scientist-god
3,wet pants-god
4,live on another planet
5,allergies- non alcoholic drink
6,video game,table tennis
7,board game- uckers
8,powers-shield man and to use my powers during the match a few clean sheets would be nice
9,pasion-correct spelling
10,being english starwars
10if i was german i would throw in a T and it would be start wars

 

01. Who is the greatest Superhero? Spiderman, although I don't really watch any superhero films
02. Who is your favourite Scientist (non-fiction)? Freud, if a psychologist can be counted as a scientist
03. If you were to wet your pants over meeting someone, who would it be? (No prizes for saying JPF girls... just lots of REP ...) Oli Sykes or Ben Bruce
04. Would you rather live on another planet, or underwater? Another planet, obviously
05. What allergies do you have? Paracetamol and bullshit
06. What is your favourite video game of all time? Football Manager in its various forms, but Hearts Of Iron and Star Wars Battlefront II are up there
07. What is your favourite board-game? Chess or any card game
08. If you had a superpower that was an extension of your personality, what would it be? The ability to remember everything
09. What are you passionate about that might be considered unusual? Guitars, chess, Bond films
10. Star Wars or Lord of the Rings? Star Wars, obviously

 

Ok, new set of questions you geeky pocket-protecting mofos.

1. Greatest comic-book villain?
2. Biggest waste of money video game you've bought?
3. Most pointless superhero/heroine?
4. Would you rather be Magneto or Professor X?
5. Have you ever had a mortal enemy in your life?
6. Write down a fact that interests you.
7. What's your favourite equation?
8. Pick a Newcastle player/ex-player/manager and give them a superhero name, and a superhero power.

 

1. Greatest comic-book villain?- Magneto
2. Biggest waste of money video game you've bought? Lego Harry Potter
3. Most pointless superhero/heroine? Green Lantern
4. Would you rather be Magneto or Professor X?- Professor X
5. Have you ever had a mortal enemy in your life?- Aye but I ended the issue.
6. Write down a fact that interests you.- Osama Bin Laden's body was never actually documented as being 'buried' at sea... in fact no eyewitnesses exist.. apparently..
7. What's your favourite equation?- one Nolan hat trick... plus 2 more goals.... equals a 5-1 hammering for the unwashed
8. Pick a Newcastle player/ex-player/manager and give them a superhero name, and a superhero power.- Tiote.... the power to make a man freeze on the spot with just one deathly stare...

 

1. Batman, not the most powerful by far but normal bloke and tortured soul... wolverine comes close second but Batman gets it due to lack of actual super powers.

2. Darwin. Presented his theory in a very religious era. Has shown religion for the nonsense it actually is. I love the rules (the sane ones) of religion but I abide by them as a good human being not for fear or promise of reward.

3. Cheryl Cole but if we're keeping it nerdy then Rachel Riley "I'll have your number please Rachel"

Forgetting order of questions now but hopefully it'll make sense.

4. Water. Tough call this bit loads of our own planet that definitely has life remains undiscovered

Videogame. Goldeneye64

Boardgame. Countdown, if there was an actual big money prize I would go on countdown but I have no desire to "be on the telly" like a lot of society today seems to crave.

Passion. No weird ones. I guess reusing things and trying not to waste anything. Love physics and astronomy but they seem slightly more accepted now.

LOTR for me but It's basically like asking me to choose between my left or right nut sack.

Allergies. Cats and hayfever

Superpower as extension of personality, wolverine self generation. I know I'm not indestructible but my blatant disregard for PPE and general health and safety would suggest that I think I am so that would be handy

 

Iron man rocks.