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    am thinking of buying a game

    that hundred euro or so in my pocket is starting to itch, so im thinking of dropping into game to pickup a pcgame or something.

    any suggestions ?
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    What sort of games do you like?
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    well myself and anna have been playing a lot of red alert, tiberian sun, dune and that sort over the past while, and we're thinking of getting back into the delta force type of game.

    so ya know sneak in, snipe a few people, blow up some stuff.

    got a few games there at home that were brought back from thailand for me, but bah im not really a fan.

    just something thats fun and multiplayer in which we can kill lots of stuff
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    Medal of Honor Allied Assult!!! Great single player, fantastic multiplayer!!!!

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    Counter Strike! Keeps me awake whole night

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    for first person shooting, you can't go far wrong with SOF2 , fooking enyoyable but bloody hard
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    Originally posted by Yash_Kumar
    Counter Strike! Keeps me awake whole night
    just started up my own clan on that
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    Counterstrike, thats just like command&conquer isnt it ?

    Oh and nobody mention renegade, we finished that in no time.
    Yeah and also for multiplayer, the specs cant be too high.
    Anna's got a great machine that'll do the good games, but my laptop isn't the greatest now
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    This is ganna rule
    Doom 3 will 0wn too

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    Originally posted by plenderj
    Counterstrike, thats just like command&conquer isnt it ?
    add on to halflife, debatably the best online first person shooter
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    Counter strike is the hottest multi player shooter around...

    There are 2 teams... COunter terrorists and terrorists... the terrorists have to execute a certain task while the counter terrorists have to stop them... its sooooo much fun playing online...

    The best part is its so realistic... i mean everything... including the weapons, recoil, etc.... One shot in the head and u are dead...

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    There was a C&C Red Alert Counterstrike add-on though

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    Okay well I'll go around to game and have a look at what they have in stock.
    I'll be back in a few minutes
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    I still recomend MOH

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    I got really bored with shooters. A game that I really love is Fallout 3 - Brotherhood of steel.

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    counter strike is D GAME

    anyone wanna one on one with me?

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    Originally posted by cafeenman
    I got really bored with shooters. A game that I really love is Fallout 3 - Brotherhood of steel.

    Counter Strike isn't a shooter... its a strategy game... at least its suppose to be... u group out in pairs and eliminate the target or enemy... best part is that the round is timed so if u die... u dont have to wait very long...

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    DOn't want to shame you
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    There's way too much cheating on CS public servers to make if fun. Also it's a bit repetitive.











    Yep i hate it because i don't like waiting 5mins when i die in the first minute.
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    Chrisjk got his choice of game spot on


    The graphics look awesome and the 'rag-doll' physics look very good.
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    Originally posted by SLH
    There's way too much cheating on CS public servers to make if fun. Also it's a bit repetitive.
    mostly all the uk servers have really cracked down on cheating and 1.5 is out very soon which will have it's own inbuilt cheating system
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    Saw a few games like SOF2 and global operations that i liked the look of, but the minimum system requirements are for a 16meg video card.

    This laptop's only got an 8meg card, so we can't play multiplayer
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    everyone always goes on about CS... but what about
    the Urban Terror mod for Q3

    personally i still think that q3 owns
    with mods like OSP, ProBall, Threewave etc
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    Originally posted by SLH
    Chrisjk got his choice of game spot on


    The graphics look awesome and the 'rag-doll' physics look very good.
    unfortunately not out till August

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    Ian, I gave up on it months ago, maybe i should get the latest version and start playing again.



    Plenderj, Empire earth is very good if you like stratagy games, and the requirements arn't too bad.
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    Originally posted by chrisjk
    unfortunately not out till August

    I remember the day when they said 1stQ 2002


    Unreal 2 looks good as well. Looking forward to the bit where you have to fight off a giant organism's immune system
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    Originally posted by SLH
    Plenderj, Empire earth is very good if you like stratagy games, and the requirements arn't too bad.
    One of the like fifty games that was brought back from thailand.
    Totally pirated.

    I played it for a few hours but got bored

    I can tell you, if I had payed for it I'd of been mighty disappointed!
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    I'm suprised no-one's mentioned GTA3 yet...
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    GTA3!!!!!!!!!

    crackin' game

    No multiplayer though!!!! The "community" reckons rockstar started a multiplayer aspect but abandoned it half way through. Hopefully they'll release something for the other half soon

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    some cool music in GTA 3
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    Originally posted by plenderj
    I played it for a few hours but got bored
    I'm guessing you never played it with other people.


    You cannot replicate the feeling you get when you've just had a 9 hour game, starting in the pre-historic ages and ending in nano, and finally crushed your friends entire civilisation.

    [Evil Laugh]Muhahahahahaha[/Evil Laugh]
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    Originally posted by SLH


    I'm guessing you never played it with other people.


    You cannot replicate the feeling you get when you've just had a 9 hour game, starting in the pre-historic ages and ending in nano, and finally crushed your friends entire civilisation.

    [Evil Laugh]Muhahahahahaha[/Evil Laugh]
    Yeah I like that kinda thing, we've gone off those sorta games over the past while.
    Played too many.

    I thought c&c renegade would fix that but that game was nearly over before it began.

    I wanna play something else now...
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    So, like I said, Brood War.
    Gentile or Jew,
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    Originally posted by beasty1711
    some cool music in GTA 3

    I like the chatterbox radio station, some bits are very funny.





    Shame about the multiplayer, they really should do someting/release an SDK so the community can do it.
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    Originally posted by Arbiter
    So, like I said, Brood War.
    *** is brood war ?

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    an addon for starcraft.
    right. well ive no idea what starcraft is or what its like
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    Starcraft Expansion Pack.

    Can be bought with Starcraft for about £8 (or whatever that is in Irish).

    Behemoth, Ked, IanP, Rinoa and others play that quite often nowadays.
    Gentile or Jew,
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    Uh, I also play it. I forgot to add that.

    Well, go look at www.blizzard.com and nosey around.

    And if you don't get it, you'll never know what it's like....
    Gentile or Jew,
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    note; third time asking.

    WHAT THE **** IS STARCRAFT !??!?!?!!
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