I found a mod that vastly improves the lighting and texture quality called Quake 2 XP. I found another here that lets you play Quake II in 1920 x 1080 widescreen, and another mod there that does the same for Return to Castle Wolfenstein (I bought that from Gog as well, for old time's sake more than anything else). The game looks amazing. I wound up doing the first 4 or 5 levels or so.

Tonight I went from Quake II to Never Alone Arctic Collection. It is a really cute game, basically a simple side-scroller, with a lot of cultural insight into the Iñupiaq people.

You play Nuna and her arctic fox sidekick (you can switch between either, and there is a co-op mode for two players)

Both are adorable

Snowing

I love the spirits that come to Nuna's aid

Have you played through the entire Quake 2, ms Rosa? If so what do you think of it?


Oh! What a nice-looking game! Love arctic foxes

Yay, another girl traveling with an arctic fox! You are right - they both are adorable.

They are adorable!

Back in the day I played through it many times. I played some more today, and knocked out another hub of levels. It has been a lot of fun going down memory lane. I forgot about how good the music is! It really gets your heart pumping. Though I have a problem with it being too loud, and I cannot turn it down. I plan to finish the entire game, and maybe do the two expansions too, since they came with it. It has been well worth the $3.20 I paid for it!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Nov 16 2015, 05:00 AM

I miss those old Strogg hunting days back in 90's.

Days when the disaster of Quake 4 was just a small and very distant dot in the future.

Your game collection sounds like my son's. I have been furniture shopping for him the past few weeks, can't find an entertainment center capable of holding all his games that is suited to a bedroom,






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 16 2015, 03:35 PM

I never got around to Quake 4. It was bad?



I only really have a couple of shelves of games. I don't keep the boxes anymore, they take up too much space. I just keep the jewel cases. Of course lately almost all the games I buy are digital, so they only take room on the hard drive.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Nov 16 2015, 04:36 PM

I beat Kotor 1 like a ginger stepchild. Doing the lightside path of course. I guess that makes Kotor 2 next. Along with Quake II and Never Alone Arctic Chronicles.


Back to Kotor, Veleda and Carth in the cockpit of the Ebon Hawk

The team gathers in the common room of the Ebon Hawk

The Saviors of the Republic



The Quake2XP graphics and lighting mod gives you a third person option

Sneaking up on a Strogg

You cheating here or is it the mod? Cause you could never sneak up on anything in these games.

Kotor 1 ranks as one of the most enjoyable and satisfying games I have ever played. Even The Lovely Mrs. Melarg[™] (who is most certainly not a gamer) still talks about romancing Carth aboard the Ebon Hawk. I keep meaning to buy it for the iMac since it is only like $10.

I've never played any of the Star Wars nor Quake games. It is fun to get a peek at them through your lens. Gosh, those Kotor characters look fabulous!

This game does look fun! The Ebon Hawk looks Awesome inside. Oh, I like that 3rd person option, but ... is she bleeding?

The Saviors = D'aaaaw, is that a Wookiee?

Sneaking up on Stroggs - man, they look dangerous! Urk!

Awesome shots!




This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 21 2015, 06:10 PM

No cheating and no mod. I think I was crouching, but I don't think that counts as sneaking in Quake 2. There are a number of places in the game where the bad guys have their backs turned and you can can sneak up on them. Or jump on boxes and get up above them without them seeing.



I loved Kotor 1. It has been years since I have played it last, so it felt (mostly) fresh and new again. Of course my old discs didn't work on my new computer. But as you said, it is only about $10 from Gog.com. This time I had a lot of bugs, which were never a problem before. I think it is because I am using a lot more mods now, and that memory hack to get a 1920 x 1080 resolution.

All the times I have played it, I have done a light side Sentinel. I have tried the other classes briefly, but never got far with them. The Guardian doesn't get enough skills, and the Consular doesn't get enough feats. The Sentinel always felt like a good balance between force powers and fighting ability. Likewise, I have never been thrilled with the dark path. Usually it just seems greedy and banal.

Carth was one of my favorite characters in the game. He has a great voice actor, and an interesting story. Talking to him is a lot of fun. The same with Bastila. Those two always end up my prime companions in every game. I try others, but they are never as interesting or likeable.



There have been a lot of really good Star Wars games. As well as some not so good ones. You might try X-Wing or Tie Fighter. They are old, but very fun space fighter games. Though granted being a real pilot, the physics might make you groan.



I love the interior of the Ebon Hawk. I was never thrilled with how it looks on the outside, but the inside is great.

She isn't bleeding in that 3rd person pic from Quake 2. There are giblets from a dead baddie behind her that makes it look that way.

That is a wookie in the Saviors pic. And a Twi'lek, and a Cathar (the cat lady on the far left).

Yeah, it was a whole disappointment after the brilliant SP of Quake 2 and the brilliant MP of Quake 3.

Quake 4 was shipped out to Raven to make (instead of the guys at id) and felt like a cash in on the success of Doom 3. Of course, if the people at id made the game we would have been waiting another 10 years for the game to come out, but that is another story.

It had the worst frame rate I have played in any FPS.

Bold = Giblets,


Oh, thank you for letting me know the different species! I wish they had done as well on the cat person as they did on the Wookiee or Twi'lek!

(Oh, unless it was one of those pug-nosed cats).






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 22 2015, 12:10 AM

I was disapponted with how the cat woman turned out too. I was hoping for something more like this

Now you're talking!

In all honesty I found KotOR slightly disappointing. Then again I'd played KotOR 2 first, so there were some things that just weren't as smooth, even though the story was better. In both games I gravitated towards the Jedi Sentinel. Stealth and the Force(and, in my case, a pair of pistols and a dual-bladed lightsaber )? Yes please! Though I will admit that palying as a Consular could be amusing, if only for the sheer overload of Force powers you can bring to bear.

I can't remember who I used most, I think it might have been Bastila and Canderous, but I've always had a soft spot for Madalorians. I also found HK-47 to be amusing, in both games.

I did once try a dark side run, but that ended up with me trying to force my way through the end game with Canderous and HK-47 backing me up. Needless to say, it did not go well.

And I think the Ebon Hawk might well be my favourite ship in the Star Wars universe, mostly because of its looks. And it's just so much better than the Millenium Falcon was.