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Title: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 December 2007, 20:32:34 I'm currently hooked on Guitar Hero 3 and Soul Calibur 3.
I played through both Guitar Hero 1 and 2 over the haitus and beat them both on Expert and got really good. Good times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 December 2007, 20:35:35 I'm really not a fan of GH at all.
I'm playing Mario Galaxy as Luigi, slowly, and Hotel Dusk on DS. At night. ...and Virtua Fighter 5 when I feel like it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 December 2007, 20:36:56 Gotta love that Luigi. I got everything in that game recently so right now I'm not really playing anything. I imagine I'll start up on Assassin's Creed soon, though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 December 2007, 20:40:47 I've been playing Megaman Battle Network, the very first one.
I bought Mario Galaxy and Phantom Hourglass, but I just can't muster the enthusiasm to complete them, I swear, if Brawl doesn't completely entice me, I'm off videogames. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 2 December 2007, 20:57:07 I've been playing a lot of Halo 3 >.> I need to get some new Nintendo games. I'm thinking of getting Mario Galaxy, how well do you guys like it?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 December 2007, 21:08:14 It's supreme.
If you like trash like Halo, though, you might hate the angel-food that is Galaxy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:09:39 Mario Galaxy is blowing my mind at the moment.
But a couple of days ago, I got really bored and dug through my old X-Box games. I forgot how awesome GUN is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dr. on 2 December 2007, 21:14:53 I'm currently stuck on GTA: LCS and VCS.
I've got the time to finish the PH and #####, yet I don't take the time. GH III is awesome and Mario Galaxy is amazing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 December 2007, 21:16:50 I'm playing through Mario Galaxy as Luigi, but at a rate of perhaps 2 Stars every three days. Amazing game, though, and as soon as I get bored again it'll suck me back in. The hub world sucks, and I personally enjoyed Sunshine a bit more... even though I've yet to meet a soul who agrees with me.
I obviously played and raped ZX:Advent, had my fun with GH3, sailed around with PH, and I'm sure there's a ton more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 December 2007, 21:20:33 I have PH... and a DS now actually, as some of you don't know.
I'll make a Wi-Fi thread... And a Wii code thread. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:20:59 I haven't gotten Luigi yet. I'm excited to. Is it fun?
Oh yeah, and I got into City of Heroes. Unfortunately, I got BANNED. And I have no idea why. I am emailing a guy about it. I even read through the rules, and I can't find anything that I have broken. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 December 2007, 21:22:59 He's cool, but not different enough from Mario.
They could have changed things up a bit more for him, IMO. Phantom Hourglass is great, but I stopped playing it when I got annoyed at that island that's a big timed maze. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:24:14 I am so excited about Phantom Hourglass. But I made such a noob mistake- I asked for it for Christmas. Ugh...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 December 2007, 21:30:21 Luigi differs from Mario in the following ways:
[spoiler]- jumps higher - more acrobatic as far as movement goes, can't really describe it, but you'll feel it - slippery and has less traction - his triple-jump looks like how Mario should jump normally - he saves himself from the mansion[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 December 2007, 21:34:25 Not playing crap all until I'm done the semester (10 days). Then I plan to get Mario Galaxy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:35:45 Not playing crap all until I'm done the semester (10 days). Then I plan to get Mario Galaxy. Oh, how I envy your responsibility. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 December 2007, 21:36:12 You'll enjoy it, Mike.
Ooh, one more thing about Luigi: [spoiler]-He's green.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 December 2007, 21:38:10 I only really expected Luigi to be: [spoiler]higher jumping and slippery[/spoiler]
He has exceeded my expectations. ... That wasn't much of a spoiler, but I totally wanted to try out that button thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:41:56 I heard there was a new secret character and I was hoping to god that it wasn't Luigi.
Nothing against Luigi, but wouldn't it be cool if it was someone different? Like Toad or Rosalina or something? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dr. on 2 December 2007, 21:46:46 If it was Michael Jackson I'd be happy, bu it isn't.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 December 2007, 21:47:39 The only other one I'd enjoy was Bowser, or, even though I don't really like him, Bowser Jr.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 2 December 2007, 21:50:03 I didn't like Bowser Jr. until this game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dr. on 2 December 2007, 21:50:22 New Super Mario anyone?
It'd have been better if it was WiFi. :P Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 December 2007, 21:51:11 I heard there was a new secret character and I was hoping to god that it wasn't Luigi. Not Rosalina. But yeah. But Luigi is wall to wall awesome anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 December 2007, 22:10:07 I'd like to play as a dungaree'd Mii in Mario...
I don't see why we can't... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: yamiblade on 2 December 2007, 23:32:47 I've been playing persona 3 for the ps2
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: guitaristjoe on 3 December 2007, 00:15:46 I am currently playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...
Or at least I was until my PS2 decided to stop working. Go me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 December 2007, 00:25:50 I've not been playing much, myself. Tried a bit of Phantasy Star IV, but it'll be more filler than anything else.
I also beat Cave Story like horribly, so that's out of the water. ... I guess I really should finish Grandia III, though. *sigh* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Someguy on 3 December 2007, 01:33:53 I'm currently playing Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, and Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 December 2007, 01:37:04 HoD is kinda lackluster in comparison to the other Castleroid games, you know?
It's too bad, because it's the only one I know of where you can forward dash, which is unbelievably useful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 3 December 2007, 01:40:00 Galaxy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 December 2007, 01:43:42 I just popped Galaxy back in. Playing a bit further with Luigi.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 3 December 2007, 13:07:11 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on the PSP and Phantom Hourglass.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 3 December 2007, 16:25:16 Super Mario Galaxy for Wii
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for DS Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker for DS Dragon Warrior III for GBC And a few VC games on my Wii... Damn, I got a lot of catching up to do... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fetitoh on 3 December 2007, 17:11:34 Lessee... I'm trying to bash my way through GH on expert, but I always fail at 95% when I'm playing Bark at the Moon. And then I FINALLY got my hands on a working BN6. And cleared it in a couple of days. Also re-played BN3. And that's about that, excluding some DS games I sometimes play with my friends. I was also playing FF III a while ago, but lost interest since none of my friends have it and I couldn't unlock the secrets.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 December 2007, 17:38:22 Waiting for my pay to come through so I can pick up SMG, and then probably Crysis after that. My C&C3 turned out to be a coaster, though, because I lost the back of the manual with the CDKey. *facepalm*
EDIT: But currently, as always, working on a two-segment Castlevania 4 speedrun for SDA Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 December 2007, 18:03:11 A speed runner!
A HERO TO ME ARE YOU BE I was going to play some Shadow of the Colossus today, but it looks like I wasted my morning watching water fuel burn. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 December 2007, 18:31:20 A speed runner!Not for a while. I've only been working on the run for, what, a year and a half now? Do not expect swift results. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 3 December 2007, 18:36:23 A speed runner! ...Trim the sails and roam the sea? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 December 2007, 18:40:33 Current: Toejam & Earl III
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 December 2007, 18:59:24 I just popped Galaxy back in. Playing a bit further with Luigi. You can play as Luigi? That's nice. I might pick up the game. I'm playing Disgaea for the PSP, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 for the DS, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 3 December 2007, 20:31:02 Every possible DS game that interests me, I got a "special something" for my DS, it's illegal so no comments on that.. >.>
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 December 2007, 20:56:14 Be careful toeing that line.
Ask Xero how it works out... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 3 December 2007, 20:59:55 Yeah, I know, no piracy so I'm not going to mention anything at all. But I'm saying I'm playing a lot of games at the moment for the DS. Some of which inlclude MK, Digiman world Dusk, FF3, and Castlevania.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 December 2007, 21:05:18 *shrugs* Nevermind.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 December 2007, 21:17:13 WIND.
Sometimes. You embarass me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 3 December 2007, 21:19:27 What? What'd I do now? ~_~
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 December 2007, 22:15:20 Wind and CV, your avatars confuse me when I just see them in my peripheral vision.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 4 December 2007, 01:24:23 FIIIIINE.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 4 December 2007, 01:33:43 I'm currently playing Super Mario Galaxy, going through the second time as Luigi, and I'm playing Animal Crossing Wild World again, I just got the largest house today, so I'll probably keep playing it for a few weeks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 December 2007, 03:38:28 I need so many DS games.....
I have 2, MK:DS and lolz hourglass. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 4 December 2007, 03:42:26 What's MK DS?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 4 December 2007, 03:44:15 Mario Kart.
It made me curse at people in MChat... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 4 December 2007, 04:15:46 "The devil made me do it"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 4 December 2007, 19:20:39 Mario Kart. Mostly my fault. :P Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 December 2007, 21:53:21 I'm currently playing Super Mario Galaxy, going through the second time as Luigi, and I'm playing Animal Crossing Wild World again, I just got the largest house today, so I'll probably keep playing it for a few weeks. I'm play AC too. WE SHOULD VISIT EACH OTHER AGAIN AND HAVE LAWL TIMES. I just finished playing Halo 3 and Guitar Hero II. Now I'm back to playing Resident Evil 4 on the Wii.. trying to kill the chainsaw maniac with the KNIFE. It's not going well. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 4 December 2007, 23:18:37 Dude, that's like fighting a Big Daddy with a wrench, except winning against the Big Daddy is actually possible. We totally should play Animal Crossing together again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 5 December 2007, 00:18:20 It's actually possible.
Just incredibly hard to pull off, since he doesn't always stun from one hit to the face... http://youtube.com/watch?v=qkWnyDe8pe0 The other way would be backing up right on time before he hits you, but I have no skill in that and get hit by the tip of the chainsaw.. >_> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yang Kun on 5 December 2007, 14:43:51 I've been playing a lot of Halo and Sonic games, Sonic is really addictive to me for some reason.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 5 December 2007, 14:50:42 I am playing Summon night:Swordcraft story for the third time right now.
Edit: I just finished it again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ClickOutMets on 5 December 2007, 15:09:20 I have Assassin's Creed in my Eck Bocks.
Super Mario Galaxy in the Wii. Final Fantasy Tactics in the PsP. PW:3 in the DS. CoH, WoW, Gmod, and Warcraft 3 in my Lappy. And my mom pilfered my Ps2 to play Dynasty Warriors 5. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yang Kun on 5 December 2007, 21:31:29 I've played Dynasty Warriors 3 but never knew they had a 5th game, wow.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: dzx9 on 5 December 2007, 21:46:43 I'm really not a fan of GH at all. LOVED that game. Now I want to go through again! Twas so moody. Lately, my roommate and I have been trying to 100% Burnout Revenge, I've been perfecting Racing Gears, and playing Half Life 2 for the first time. I've also just recently booted up Mega Man Ledgends 1. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yang Kun on 6 December 2007, 21:50:44 I am playing Summon night:Swordcraft story for the third time right now.I have never heard of that game, is it good? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 6 December 2007, 22:59:36 I recently played the demo for Drake's Fortune.
.. And my god that game plays Godly as Hell. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 6 December 2007, 23:01:15 I just beat Gunstar Heroes for the first time in about 4 years. I'd forgotten how insane that game was...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 7 December 2007, 02:22:57 I wouldn't play a game three times if it weren't good.I am playing Summon night:Swordcraft story for the third time right now.I have never heard of that game, is it good? You are basically somebody who makes weapons and uses them for fighting. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 7 December 2007, 05:56:08 I just beat Gunstar Heroes for the first time in about 4 years. I'd forgotten how insane that game was... It is a beautiful game of majesty and splendor. Smash is my homie, yo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 December 2007, 06:09:04 I wanted to play Drawn to Life but ran into some minor problems. The reason why is that you can design your own character and then play as them in platform-like levels.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yang Kun on 7 December 2007, 14:15:16 I wouldn't play a game three times if it weren't good.I am playing Summon night:Swordcraft story for the third time right now.I have never heard of that game, is it good? Kinda sounds like The Art of War for the GC Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 December 2007, 05:36:20 I've been playing the hell out of Mass Effect since I got it last Friday. I've managed to log in 28 hours of gameplay without making it to Vermir (or whatever the planet is called) yet, all the while juggling work, school, and sleep. Most nights when I play it I usually end up playing until 6 AM, in which I crawl into bed and wake up at 10 AM for work/school.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 8 December 2007, 06:26:29 I've been playing the hell out of Mass Effect since I got it last Friday. I've managed to log in 28 hours of gameplay without making it to Vermir (or whatever the planet is called) yet, all the while juggling work, school, and sleep. Most nights when I play it I usually end up playing until 6 AM, in which I crawl into bed and wake up at 10 AM for work/school.I know man...that game makes me want to call into work the next day because I stay up so damn late just completing missions and exploring uncharted planets. It kind of reminds me vaguely of Starflight for the Sega Genesis....but not much. I think a couple of my friends are getting pissed at me because they keep calling me to see what I'm up to and I tell them I don't want to do anything tonight....I'm playing Mass Effect. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 8 December 2007, 14:10:37 Currently playing Oblivion.
Man, this game is long. you'd think those Oblivion gates would be hard to find, but no, every like five steps I find one There were a bunch of animals outside. I shot them with arrows. Also, I stopped a gang of women from robbing men they lured with sexual favors. They were beaten to death with my fists. I closed two oblivion gates and saved guard from a ladyspider. They were shot with arrows. I found an immortal necromancer who had cursed a house that I mistakenly bought. His powers were amazing, and he was made manifest on a clear mistake on my part. He was also beaten to death with my fists. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: guitaristjoe on 8 December 2007, 14:33:34 I went over to a friend's house and played Oblivion and got a little bit into it, then I got bored with the slow progression(plus my friends were getting pissed) and I just started killing guards and now I have a very high wanted level and lots of cool equipment.
But if i ever play again i'm gonna get owned right when I load. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 8 December 2007, 14:37:49 Beat them to death with your fists.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: guitaristjoe on 8 December 2007, 16:26:34 That sounds like a splendid idea.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 December 2007, 00:58:52 I've been playing the hell out of Mass Effect since I got it last Friday. I've managed to log in 28 hours of gameplay without making it to Vermir (or whatever the planet is called) yet, all the while juggling work, school, and sleep. Most nights when I play it I usually end up playing until 6 AM, in which I crawl into bed and wake up at 10 AM for work/school.I know man...that game makes me want to call into work the next day because I stay up so damn late just completing missions and exploring uncharted planets. It kind of reminds me vaguely of Starflight for the Sega Genesis....but not much. I think a couple of my friends are getting pissed at me because they keep calling me to see what I'm up to and I tell them I don't want to do anything tonight....I'm playing Mass Effect. Did you [spoiler]kill Wrex? I just found the armor, but I maxed out my intimidation today just in case, 'cause I like the big guy.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Videoman XX on 9 December 2007, 18:59:29 I've been replaying all the Battle Network Games. I'm currently cleaning up in the Secret Area on BN3: Blue.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DualEdge on 9 December 2007, 21:11:26 I wouldn't play a game three times if it weren't good.I am playing Summon night:Swordcraft story for the third time right now.I have never heard of that game, is it good? It's more like a Tales game but better and has super customization. I'm currently working on Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2, beating Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime again, and The Orange Box. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 9 December 2007, 22:21:40 I've haven't been able to play much as of late do to the extreme amount of schoolwork I've been having, (like a 11 page AP World History paper, Jesus). But I've been playing AC on the DS. Some Halo on 360, and then some random VC Wii stuff. But come Christmas it will be game time again. ^.^ I need to get Galaxy though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: guitaristjoe on 12 December 2007, 01:20:13 GOD! I NEED TO PLAY GALAXY!!!
I may be one of the only people here who has not even touched it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 December 2007, 02:17:27 Probably. I've at least tried it and beat one of the levels...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 12 December 2007, 21:08:40 I just got done beating Black on normal. I want the sequal!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2007, 00:06:28 NEED HALP
I finally got the 360 all to myself in my room. It was previously in the basement hogged by my younger brother and I rarely played it. Give me advice for what games to get. I'm thinking either SKATE, Bioshock, or The Orange Box to start off. I currently own Halo 3, Dead Rising, Guitar Hero 3, Call of Duty 4, and Rock Band. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 13 December 2007, 00:20:17 Orange Box is the best of the 3 and the best value...
Bioshock is good, but is also pretentious beyond compare... Skate ain't special. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 13 December 2007, 00:32:11 w00t. I just finished Dragon Quest 5. Goddamn Mildrath was a bitch.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO PATINETLY WAIT FOR DRAGON QUST 4 DS TO COME OUT IN ENGLISH... (even though it already has English in the Japanese version, I don't wanna import. >_>) So, still playing through Super Mario Galaxy... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dr. on 13 December 2007, 00:36:57 I just fully completed SMG, and now I'm finally getting to play Z: TP.
Graphics are quite amazing, yet... The controller is kinda gay. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 December 2007, 08:02:42 ALRIGHT so I finally scrounged up the dough for The Orange Box. I started right off with Portal, seeing as I've already played the first half of HL2 before.
I just beat it (Portal.) That game is GOLD. It was SO refreshing. Not to mention hilarious. Oh, the end credits had me rolling. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DJz3ro on 15 December 2007, 22:23:00 Well... I just quit World of Warcraft about 6-7 months ago so all I play now is Gears of War (360), Quake 4, and occasionally Halo 3 with Speedracer. Although a few days ago I reactivated my Everquest 2 account again but I wont be playing that after the time expires on my account. I am feaning for an MMO/ORPG to play for when I'm not playing Gears of War. Warhammer comes out soon but I don't know what to do in the mean time. I've played every major MMO there is and seen everything in everything in ever single one of them.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Talon Draukner on 17 December 2007, 08:32:39 Just beat Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, and Heavanly Sword. I'm currently playing Final Fantasy Tactics for the PSP, Call of Duty 4 online, Battlefield2142 online, Oblivion, and Phantasy Star Universe. Waiting on Warhammer online. If I had the money I'd have bought Need for Speed Pro Street. Fund are low though lol.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 17 December 2007, 15:59:33 I'm playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles in my new home on a 37 inch screen, and it still rocks!
Also, i'm trying to locate my NES so I can try out the MM series. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 17 December 2007, 16:03:47 I like... gave up on Super Mario Galaxy or something. I'll try to remember to play it sometime or something.
I still need to beat Metroid Prime 3 as well... And I have Resident Evil 4 for the Wii which I never started... But anyway, as soon as I get home I plan on starting MegaMan Legends 2. Also, I got Mario Party DS which is a fun multiplayer game. My brother's getting Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (he became a fanboy after 4, which he actually did beat) and I'm also getting a new Wiimote so fun multiplayer there. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 December 2007, 00:28:25 Finally got another chance to play Psychonauts thanks to XBOX Live. The game is nearly impossible to find nowadays, and I never owned an original XBOX.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 18 December 2007, 00:30:37 Psychonauts sounds awfully familiar to me.. What's the game about? You start off at some sort of bootcamp, no?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 December 2007, 17:32:59 Now playing Unreal Tournament 3.
Let me tell you, even on a $1200 computer with a $200 video card, with details set to Medium, it's the best-looking game I've ever played. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 December 2007, 21:21:59 Psychonauts is a treat so far. Yeah, it's like a psychic summer camp, played off as a boot camp in some aspects because of one character. The game is hilarious, and not only is the voice acting unbelievably outstanding, but the writing as well.
I mean, c'mon. Richard Horvits voices the main character. We're talking Zim/Daggit sound effects the whole game. It's awesome. The art style is right up my alley, and so is the humor. It's almost as if this game was made for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 December 2007, 22:48:14 Though I don't know why, ZX Advent. We'll see if I can manage the staying power to finish it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 December 2007, 22:54:40 Here's an idea: try playing it without comparing it to other MegaMan games. Play it as itself.
Just try that. Maybe? It is a good game, regardless of whether or not it can be agreed upon as a good MEGAMAN game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 December 2007, 23:22:57 I'm currently playing through Mystical Ninja starring Goemon on the N64, the game still has a nostalgia appeal to me and I have to say it's aged pretty well.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 December 2007, 00:24:28 I rented that a couple times and it kept kicking my ass. But I was young and not full on ninja yet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 December 2007, 03:32:19 I wanna try Psychonauts so bad...
I loved Zim and the Angry Beavers.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2007, 03:43:59 Tim Schafer is a god, definitely get Psychonauts, or just wait for Brutal Legend, or try looking for an old, used copy of Grim Fandango.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 December 2007, 03:45:27 After starting up Psychonauts, Brutal Legend is way up on my list now.
Reading about it is what inspired me to get up and look for Psychonauts a third time. I finally got lucky now that XBOX Live sells it for download. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2007, 03:48:17 What about Grim Fandango? Doesn't anybody care about Grim Fandango!? It was Tim Schafer's last game with Lucas Arts!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 December 2007, 03:53:24 I WISH I PLAYED IT
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2007, 04:07:17 It's really good, Manny Calavara has to be one of the most opinionated video game characters of all time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 December 2007, 05:16:00 Here's an idea: try playing it without comparing it to other MegaMan games. Play it as itself. When it has MEGA MAN in the title, it's going to be judged against other Mega Man games. It's not even a good game on it's own, for the crap gameplay issues I (and others) have pointed out numerous times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 December 2007, 07:12:51 Tim Schafer is a god, defiantly get Psychonauts, or just wait for Brutal Legend, or try looking for an old, used copy of Grim Fandango. Why does he have to be defiant to get Psychonauts? (I'm mildly drunk and I got that! Hahahaproudofmyselfhahaha!) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 20 December 2007, 00:23:41 Mike I think you're more drunk than you think you are, you just completely altered a word in my post when you quoted me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 December 2007, 00:28:33 You defiantly edited your post.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 December 2007, 00:34:07 Brütal Legend. I will possible get an Xbox360 just for that game.
Jack Black ftw. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dopefish on 20 December 2007, 00:36:03 I'm playing Lord of the Rings: Return of the King for PS2
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 20 December 2007, 00:39:02 Oh no, ASR, you totally saw through the obviousness of my jest.
Oh yeah, dude, Jack Black is awesome and has been dipping his feet into the sea of voice acting lately. (See, it's funny because he was in the movie Shark Tale and that's in the ocean.) But, I can't just can't see his voice or any variation of his voice comming out of the burly main character of Brütal Legend. But dude, who cares? It's an awesome game where you run around slaying Emos, how awesome is that? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 December 2007, 00:43:45 Oh no, Sano, you totally missed the joke I was making.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 20 December 2007, 00:44:30 Defiantly.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 December 2007, 00:56:13 I want to make a post that just says "Yes, defiantly." for comedic effect, but that's a waste of a post, no?
Oh, wait. Nevermind. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 20 December 2007, 01:14:16 "Defiantly" was the name of the game I was playing.
It's like Bull#####, but without cards. ... Yeah. I stopped playing Disgaea. The game is boring. Not the story, but the gameplay. I've almost completed the challenges in Yu-Gi-Oh! 2007, but I'm thinking about getting either a Gameshark or ActionReplay for the DS instead. It's too tedious, and one's literrally impossible due to bad development on Konami's part. I'm also still playing LOZ:TP, and replaying Tales of Symphonia with a friend since he hasn't played it yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 December 2007, 10:08:33 Tonight some friends and I picked up Marvel Ultimate Alliance again for the first time since the summer. Holy ##### is that game hard when when one girl gets frustrated and mouthy quickly, one guy #####s around, one guy is me, and the last guy is a total control freak. But I got through it mainly 'cause I was the muscle of the group anyway.
Either way, I think we're almost done now, and I still really like the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 December 2007, 11:24:41 I thought it sucked on the Wii.
Looked bad, controlled okay, but didn't do it for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 December 2007, 22:45:02 Looks okay I think and the controls are fine. It would suck to play solo though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 December 2007, 23:14:59 I tried solo and multi.
Both were eh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 December 2007, 23:54:30 I'm more into it 'cause I'm into comics really. It's the characters and ##### more than the game I like.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 December 2007, 00:41:40 Maybe that's reason I couldn't get into it.
Too many side stories I don't care about. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 December 2007, 00:44:32 I actually thought MUA was decent, but not great. I mean after I beat it I put it down and I don't think I'm going to pick it up ever again.
I mean, the characters are cool and all, but they should have chosen different ones, I mean Spiderman, Deadpool, Blade, The Thing and Wolverine were awesome. Too bad there were plenty of lesser Marvel characters in the game, like a bunch of stupid villians who should remain in the 50s and never be mentioned again, and no Venom was a let down also. Finally, where was the Hulk? Isn't he an iconic enough character!? I mean they even put Bruce Banner in the game to tease you. I mean, I don't know what they were thinking putting obscure characters like Moon Knight and Miss Marvel instead of The Hulk. Hey, at least they didn't put Squirrel Girl in, right? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 21 December 2007, 00:53:23 I've been playing the hell out of Mass Effect since I got it last Friday. I've managed to log in 28 hours of gameplay without making it to Vermir (or whatever the planet is called) yet, all the while juggling work, school, and sleep. Most nights when I play it I usually end up playing until 6 AM, in which I crawl into bed and wake up at 10 AM for work/school.I know man...that game makes me want to call into work the next day because I stay up so damn late just completing missions and exploring uncharted planets. It kind of reminds me vaguely of Starflight for the Sega Genesis....but not much. I think a couple of my friends are getting pissed at me because they keep calling me to see what I'm up to and I tell them I don't want to do anything tonight....I'm playing Mass Effect. Nah, I was going through the first time as a Paragon and had logged like...30 hours before starting the main storyline. So my charm was incredibly high by that time and I was able to save him. Though my nephew played through and when it looked like they were almost at an agreement Ashley shot his brains out... But yeah, right now I am playing Harvest Moon: Rune Factory, and Rogue Galaxy for the 2nd time. I'm also recording it and going to put it up on Youtube when Windows Movie Maker decides it wants to friggin cooperate... If anyone knows anything about that program please message me on here or AIM, MSN or something... I'll explain my issue to you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 December 2007, 01:06:48 I actually thought MUA was decent, but not great. I mean after I beat it I put it down and I don't think I'm going to pick it up ever again. Okay, you don't know what you're talking about, hun. Venom and Hulk would have been beyond retarded to have in the game. Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel are awesome characters if you actually read Marvel comics. I mean, the game is for people that read the comics, that's the whole reason it's not ONLY iconic characters. To put Hulk in, and make him playable, they would have to bring him down horribly. He would be buckets weaker and thus quite lame. You can actually unlock the Silver Surfer in the game, and he just destroys everything easily. That's why they made him nearly impossible to unlock without using a code. Having The Hulk in the game right away would make it SO boring because you'd just rip everything in half without any semblance of a challenge. Venom isn't a hero. Even when they tried that in the comics it didn't work. And again, they'd have to bring him down to make the game work. It would be all wrong. They could have him as a bad guy, but not EVERY Marvel game needs to have Venom. That gets old FAST. And it would fit into the story with Loki about as much as it did to have The Wrecking Crew in, but at least you don't see The Wrecking Crew often even in the comics themselves. I quite like the fact that you can play as Spider-Woman, Beta Ray Bill, and my personal favourite character in comics (all comics) Luke Cage. If I wanted to play the same game over and over again where I'm Spidey/Wolverine/Cap/Iron Man I can just pick up another Marvel game. The entire idea of this game was for it to have loads of characters to choose from, and have most of them be characters that you don't see in the video games often. And villain-wise I like it too. I mean, I don't even know how I feel about The Wrecking Crew when I read about them in comics, but other villains that are in the game are great. Loki, even though he's extremely gay, has always been a big deal villain. Then there's other villains you just see for a bit, but man, Bullseye? Winter Soldier? A W E S O M E. And when it comes to villains; Who other than DOOM? But yes, I'm sure I won't play the game ever again after we beat it, which is why I've just been renting it instead of buying it. I really like it but I can't play it on my own like at all. And I do understand what you're saying Sano, I just think the whole dynamic of the game would be gone if it was that... campy. For the record, the team we use is; Luke Cage (me), Captain America, Iceman, and Wolverine. Edit: I just checked and Venom and Hulk are unlockable in the 360 version, but I'm really sure they'd be worthless. Spider-Man himself sucks in this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 December 2007, 01:41:17 Okay, first off, I didn't mean Venom should be a playable character, he'd be funner to fight anyway, also Venom might now be a hero, but he is an antihero, even though Spider-man 3 just made him look like a huge douche. I also wasn't really complaining about Moon Knight and Miss Marvel being in the game, I was just using them as an example of characters most wont recognize, I mean I'm glad to see lesser known characters like Deadpool and Luke Cage get a bit of attention for once. There is only one character I think shouldn't have been in the game, Spider-Woman, I would have even preferred it be Spider-Girl, but you know it should have just been Spider-Man, they really didn't need any of those add on characters. Oh and also, Mikero, I do read comic books. Just The Amazing Spider-Man, but that counts.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 December 2007, 04:13:17 Venom would be fun to fight but just wouldn't work in the story, but it's not like everyone they have in there does work with the story. Venom isn't an antihero though. In the solo Venom comics where he was a hero he was a full on hero, not an antihero like the Punisher. And he sucked at it so they cancelled his series.
Spider-Woman is actually pretty awesome, a book I recommend is Spider-Woman Origins in the trade paperback. It's really good. Anyway if you like Spider-Girl then you're in luck, because you can unlock her in the costume section by playing Spider-Woman. I agree they don't need cloney characters, so at least Spider-Woman's powers are entirely different from Parker's. Don't worry, I didn't say/know/assume whether or not you read comic books, I just gave a reason why it wasn't campy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 24 December 2007, 17:59:17 Wow. I was gonna say I finally started playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Final Fantasy VI.
I'm very early on in both games right now, no I don't know how the story goes and that's what makes it awesome, not knowing what's going to happen. The fact that Ms. Marvel and Spiderwoman were included made me happy. I'm a fan of both. I'm trying to use all the characters evenly but man am I disappointed that the Human Torch is weak. Bit I guess for him I need to control him so he doesn't just get KO'ed. I also liked that in the field you can escape and return to an area with a new team using "A Portal" in case your characters get KO'ed, very useful. As for FFVI I'm VERY early on right now. I just saved Terra and am staying at Figaro Castle while trying to remember which characters what. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 December 2007, 18:09:57 Man, I don't use any Fantastic Four characters ("New" or regular). But, I decided to see what the characters I hadn't unlocked yet were like so on a different save I put in a code to unlock everyone... Silver Surfer just destroys everyone, as it should be.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 24 December 2007, 19:44:24 Silver Surfer is the Superman of Marvel.
Too strong and a douche. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 December 2007, 20:01:36 Actually that's The Sentry. Silver Surfer ain't a douche and he's only too strong on Earth.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 26 December 2007, 05:17:39 Actually that's The Sentry. Silver Surfer ain't a douche and he's only too strong on Earth.Ah but that's only recently (the Sentry) and Marvel already has a bunch of Superman pastiches, homages and whatnot. Thor is more of Supermans equivalent on the Avengers. He's their powerhouse, can teleport etc... Basically, if you need something, chances are Thor will get a story point about how the Asgardians made a way to do something, like how Kryptonians can apparently solve anything. Their also the most evenly powered between the the two teams. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 December 2007, 08:15:57 Well, equivalents in mere style like Thor from back when he was an Avenger don't count much. He's nothing like Superman. At all. When Thor rants about Asgard he's talking about how lameass Earth is compared to his realm, when Clark talks about Krypton he's mentioning how he heard or whatever in the Fortress about some tech they invented. Those have entirely different tones and intents. Also, Thor's power isn't as awkwardly matched with his peers like Superman's.
At least the Sentry has a cape, which Marvel characters tend not to have, and a level of power that totally destroys the rest of the heroes (except like Silver Surfer and Black Bolt I guess). Beyond that he acts like Superman pretty often in the douchy ways that Superman can act, but not in any of the leadery ways Superman does. Recently the Sentry brought someone back to life, which is pretty ridiculous. I hope dies soon, he's been a dick since he joined Tony in Civil War. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 26 December 2007, 17:32:03 I guess when I get back home in the new year I'll be playing Guitar Hero 2 and Soul Calibur 3, at least until February.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 December 2007, 18:38:17 I'm already on Episode 4 on Phoenix Wright. Animal Crossing bores me, but I guess I'll casually play it now and then. What I really need to do is open Mario Galaxy.
Those are the games I'm playing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 26 December 2007, 19:47:32 Well, equivalents in mere style like Thor from back when he was an Avenger don't count much. He's nothing like Superman. At all. When Thor rants about Asgard he's talking about how lameass Earth is compared to his realm, when Clark talks about Krypton he's mentioning how he heard or whatever in the Fortress about some tech they invented. Those have entirely different tones and intents. Also, Thor's power isn't as awkwardly matched with his peers like Superman's.Even Superman has brought people back to life before. If I remeber he once brought Lois back with his tears somehow. The Sentry actually is stronger than Silver Surfer. They made that a bit clear when Sentry within seconds beat Terrax down AND snapped Terrax's indestructible axe with one hand. But I know what you mean. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 December 2007, 22:26:41 Cable broke the Silver Surfer's indestructible board. Means nothing, Surfer just created a new one. Surfer can create and destroy planets on his own without Galactus, Sentry can't really fight that. Besides that, Marvel has said that the Silver Surfer is the strongest hero in the Marvel 616 Universe.
The part about him bringing Lindy back to life was just a side note really, to iterate that I think he's become ridiculous. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 December 2007, 02:38:49 Playing: Super Paper Mario!
:D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 27 December 2007, 02:52:11 Dude, make sure to make the Hammer Pixl say naughty words, then take a screenshot.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 December 2007, 05:07:46 Yeah, like no one's done it before... ::)
You'll probably get bored halfway through the game sadly. This is one of those games where the gameplay changes to something totally different (and possibly boring) then back to the classic gameplay. The idea of shifting dimensions is a nice implement, but you'll get bored of it pretty fast in the game. I'd say this is the poorest Paper Mario game I've ever played personally. It's still decent though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 27 December 2007, 13:39:29 So. Shadow of the Colossus. Call me late but... woah. Amazing experience, really.
Now I need to find a memory card... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 27 December 2007, 14:11:26 Currently I'm playing Gears of War on my Xbox 360 and World of Warcraft on my PC.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zenaku on 27 December 2007, 15:52:59 Mostly WoW m'self. Since I'm not at home right now I've been playing a lot more Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. I really want to finish the 3rd Phoenix Wright but I can't seem to force myself past the 2nd episode. ;~;
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 December 2007, 18:09:51 Super Paper Mario was very enjoyable.
Shadow of the Collosus is amazing, one of the few games to get me so into the experience that I get pretty much scared when I see a new collosus, and it's goal is killing me, the other ones are fine, the ones that just ignore you unless you attack them. And the small ones suck too. Great game though, make sure to eat the white tailed lizards, they increase your grip. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 27 December 2007, 18:27:32 Besides that, Marvel has said that the Silver Surfer is the strongest hero in the Marvel 616 Universe. For whatever reason, that just sounds like a bad rap lyric. "Straight outta da 616 BOI!!!" Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 27 December 2007, 19:53:54 Currently playing Sin and Punishment. Feels Gunstar-ish.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 27 December 2007, 20:53:19 Not Gunstar-ish enough.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 27 December 2007, 20:54:48 It confuses me. I should stop trying to understand the plot and just stick to shooting stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 27 December 2007, 21:39:15 I have just installed my good ol' nessie to my (a bit too) big tv-screen to test out. I'll post the results later.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 December 2007, 01:26:42 Besides that, Marvel has said that the Silver Surfer is the strongest hero in the Marvel 616 Universe. Braap braap. (Hm.. My area code is 613...) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 28 December 2007, 01:57:36 Sim City Societies.
My verdict is: No. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2007, 04:11:47 I'm playing Super Mario Galaxy.
I'll post a review if I feel like it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 28 December 2007, 04:23:02 How is that so far? My brother just got it today but he's not playing it because there's a bed in the way of the tv and wii.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2007, 04:27:01 It's... OK.
If you enjoyed Mario 64 and Sunshine, then you're in for a surprise. It's fun, but compared to those two, I find it mediocre. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 28 December 2007, 04:40:05 Mario 64 was the #####. Sunshine was garbage. You know I really don't know anything about this new age Mario game. Is it like Mario in space? Because I think they already covered that in one of the old game boy games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2007, 04:48:05 64 was great. I loved Sunshine. It wasn't as good as 64, but I really loved it. Graphically, gameplay, and storywise, I had a blast.
Galaxy however, an entirely different story. It matches Sunshine's graphics (if not better), but the controls and the gameplay engine has totally changed, and the worlds are too weird. It's fun, but from what I was expecting, I'm disappointed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 December 2007, 06:14:42 The graphics are definitely better than Sunshine, it's just not a really obvious betterment like comparing 64 to Sunshine.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 28 December 2007, 07:12:01 My brother is trying to play it now but the remote on the tv is acting up again and we can't seem to figure out how to get it on game mode without the remote. Also the cake is a lie.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 December 2007, 19:08:43 the cake is OLD.
Have you tried entering the menu on the TV with the TV's buttons? On older TVs, you can press volume up and down at the same time to enter the menu and then change it to game/Aux from there. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zenaku on 28 December 2007, 19:14:12 Delicious /cake/...
HEH. (Sadly no one will get that reference. Maybe except for Rez.) Mario 64 was the #####. Sunshine was garbage. You know I really don't know anything about this new age Mario game. Is it like Mario in space? Because I think they already covered that in one of the old game boy games. I personally really liked Sunshine, I REALLY don't see why so many people hated it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 December 2007, 19:37:37 I thought it was okay until i got to one area the camera was so friggin bad that I couldn't even move without dieing.
It was the backside of the waterfall at the fair place, I just plain ol' quit when I couldn't get the camera around to my side of it, so I was stuck staring at water while Mario got raped. No matter how many times I went away and came back, I couldn't climb that chain linked area. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 28 December 2007, 19:55:23 Delicious /cake/...I got that reference... Delicious cake is in somewhere but I forgot where, so if you type it you are a dumbass. I got that from Portal: The flash version, where it has an "A" written in different color. It is (a) delicious cake. you must eat it! M I RITE?! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 28 December 2007, 21:02:47 Delicious /cake/... I get it. 5 Wily fun bux for you. Mario 64 was the #####. Sunshine was garbage. You know I really don't know anything about this new age Mario game. Is it like Mario in space? Because I think they already covered that in one of the old game boy games.I personally really liked Sunshine, I REALLY don't see why so many people hated it. Because it focused on a gimmicky backpack for the gameplay which didn't feel like Mario at all, all the stages were essentially tropical island levels so you were missing the trademark variety in stages for a Mario game (Mario 64 did this wonderfully) and Fludd (or however you spell it's name) was more annoying than Axl and just as dumb. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2007, 21:09:05 Yeah, some of the levels were dumb and hard, but I still like the game. It wasn't a failure.
It's better than Galaxy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 28 December 2007, 21:18:31 Wait, are you claiming Sunshine to be BETTER than Galaxy? If so you best hide before I find my tomatoe stick and summon Nibbles.
Also, I'm currently playing the very dissappointing Port of Symphoney of the Night on the Dracula X Collection for PSP. Playing through Maria mode now. Not going to bother with Richter agian though. And for the record, Super Castlevania 4 > Rondo of Blood OR it's PSP remake in gameplay AND music. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2007, 21:42:30 Wait, are you claiming Sunshine to be BETTER than Galaxy? Did I stutter? No wait, that's impossible. This is the internets. Yes. I had more fun in Sunshine than I am in Galaxy. At least Sunshine kept most of the basic elements of Mario 64 in it and have a world to explore, rather than just hop to different half-assed worlds that are small in comparison to the worlds in SM64 and Sunshine. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 28 December 2007, 21:45:36 Your opinion has been revoked.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 December 2007, 23:00:50 I liked Sunshine better than Galaxy too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 29 December 2007, 00:01:16 Your opinion has also been revoked.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 01:30:42 Right. No. Okay I've played a bit of both Sunshine and Galaxy and in playing Galaxy for 20 minutes I could tell it's better than Sunshine.
Not only does it avoid the gayosity of totally dog##### frustrated because you can't kill a baddie since he has three square centimeters of crud left on him, but the movement is smoother and it's actually surprisingly fun to dick around space with Mario. By movement, I mean that Sunshine felt slow. FLUDD kept Mario heavy and clunk-riddled. Mario IS NOT a heavy and slash or clunky character. While I did find Sunshine fun, I also found Mario's movement way too crap unless you're using that thing where you're on pillars of water spewing out of FLUDD but even then that lasts all of ten seconds. Nah, son. Then there's the camera. Wow, that sucked. Let's move on. Worlds. Each world in Galaxy might not be so big, but they are quite diverse which is a Mario STAPLE. Every level I played in Sunshine was a fun-sun-bubble gum dream land which wasn't totally bad except that it was repetitive and anti-Mario. #####in' Ristar and the early acts of Sonic were more diverse and they were stuck in 32 bits or less. And I'm sorry, but no there isn't a whole big world for you to explore in Sunshine. It's just like the rest; There's one main world that's relatively safe à la Castle in M64, and that world is connected to a myriad of other worlds which are LEVELS. A whole big world to explore is something that comes with qualifiers; Like being able to free roam that area without having to be on a mission, and such things. In any case, there are areas in Galaxy where you can change your flight path mid-planet jump and go to another planet you would otherwise not be able to reach, and I find that a bit more explore-y than "this game has a lot of levels". And seriously, with Galaxy you're trading up from Sunshine. Instead of exploring a whole world (which like I said you don't really do), you have a bunch of GALAXIES to "explore". Small or not, that is bigger, in a sense. And every little rock I've been to thus far in Galaxy has been vastly more interesting to that horribly boring and horribly designed Sunshine level where there's all sorts of construction and whatever going on so you have to climb up and around all kinds of rafters, beams, whatever. Junk. That level was POOR quality, mates. That being said, what I played of Sunshine was alright. I had a bit of fun, but it was mostly because I love water stuff. I got a bit farther than finding out Baby Bowser (or Koopa Jr. if you're a mook) was the dude, and it was alright. But it was pretty damn "meh" of a game. Delicious /cake/...I got that reference... I think /cake/ is a 4chan reference, sluggo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 02:26:55 Today, I spent some of the money I received and bought the Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow training. I also purchased Drawn to Life, I'm not sure yet how I feel about either purchase.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 29 December 2007, 02:28:04 I also purchased Drawn to LifeLOL U BOUGHT IT Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 02:29:06 Is it bad?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 29 December 2007, 02:35:15 Terrible.
I guess it's alright, drawing your character is fun though. How much did you get it for? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 02:37:26 30 bucks, I heard so many good things about it from OD.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 29 December 2007, 02:40:15 OD, you got some 'splainin to doooo...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 02:43:45 I wouldn't have bought either of those things. Drawn Together is a good show, at least the first season. Latest episodes are basically the same old jokes, boring.
True story; A prof I have/had actually went around to many studios pitching a show exactly like that and they all turned him down. Then like 2 years later Drawn Together comes on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 02:45:50 Mike, you're drunk again.We're talking about Drawn to Life, not Drawn Together.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 02:47:48 I totally read Drawn Together. No idea what Drawn To Life Is. Thought this was the Christmas gift crud thread thing.
No I'm not drunk, thanks. Just busy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 04:05:49 Whatever, I guess Drawn to Life is a pretty decent game. It kind of reminds me of Act Raiser, but less like StarCraft.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 December 2007, 04:11:33 It's a DS game where you make your own sprites to play with.
So, I just finished one of the craziest rounds of GH3 I have ever played. I'm against this guy named Fizz online, it's one song on Expert, and since I made the game( room), I figured I might as well pick "Through the Fire and Flames" which is the hardest song availiable to Wii owners (360 folks get the full 'Devil went down to georgia' which is even MORE difficult). Anyways, we both start and suck at the intro, but I take a slight lead, we then each fail to miss a note for the next 300 notes, after which I misplace my nfingers, he pulls ahead, blah blah and I'm 20K behind him the whole song right until the final bits where I creep up on him and then win with 6K more than him. Amazing game. It's funny because the whole time I knew he was better than me, but the last easy part I star-powered and he screwed it up. Woooo. He got 83% of his notes, I got 81% of mine (my personal best). Final scores (roughly): Me (THE JC)- 338K him (FIZZ)- 332K I'm pretty happy with that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 04:21:05 ...You still can't really play the guitar...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 December 2007, 04:25:09 Oh really?
How do YOU know? I am entirely able to play a few songs. Not that I'm any GOOD at guitar, but I can fiddle around with it. Also, the finger strength I have gained from Guitar Hero has allowed me get much better at holding my chords. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 04:31:31 Oh THAT game. It sounds cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 04:33:21 You mean Drawn to Life?
It's decent. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 04:34:10 I like the concept (big shock).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 December 2007, 04:36:15 It makes it entirely possible to play a game as a WiiMote and shoot XBoxes and PS2/3s.
Or play as a missingno and shoot rolls of toilet paper. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 29 December 2007, 04:37:23 I like the concept (big shock). Not really, you're an awesome artist and stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 04:39:49 Well I was being sarcastic with the big shock part, but thank you Sano.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 December 2007, 04:40:07 ...
I hope that's sarcasm, because all my sensors tell me he's serious. (nice one Sano) *WINK WINK* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 December 2007, 04:41:50 I downloaded Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, Ghosts 'n' Goblins, and Ghouls 'n' Ghosts for the Wii.
I recognize the Lost Levels from playing Mario Allstars, so I'm happy with it. Ghosts 'n' Goblins for the NES sucks. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, however, is really fun. It's almost nearly impossible to play a whole run through the game without getting a Game Over though. EDIT: I'm thinking about downloading Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts. Does anyone have an opinion about it and compare it to the original Ghouls 'n' Ghosts? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zenaku on 29 December 2007, 15:15:58 Urgh, does anyone have a list of good DS games that can be played cooperatively or are just party games that are fun with friends?
Delicious /cake/...I got that reference... Actually the whole "THIS IS A DELICIOUS CAKE, YOU MUST EAT IT" originates from 4chan. But /cake/ is entirely different. Mike is close, and we will end it at that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 29 December 2007, 15:45:10 I'm thinking about downloading Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts. Does anyone have an opinion about it and compare it to the original Ghouls 'n' Ghosts? Compared to Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, it's even more difficult. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 29 December 2007, 16:38:24 It's a great and exceedingly difficult game.
I just caved and bought Guitar Hero III for the Wii. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 29 December 2007, 16:45:29 Lately I've been playing Megaman and Bass and Final Fantasy III. I'm liking both of them pretty well. Megaman and Bass can be pretty damn hard at times though. However a challenge is great though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 29 December 2007, 16:49:33 King's castle is the hardest MM fortress I've gone through. Good luck...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 29 December 2007, 17:01:57 Thanks :) It is way more challenging than all of the other Classic games. Boss battles and all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 29 December 2007, 17:10:34 The hardest boss in MM&B for me is Dynamoman. Even when using his weakness.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 December 2007, 18:23:53 I just caved and bought Guitar Hero III for the Wii. Heh, nice. I just beat Easy Career on it last night. I'm not really good enough for medium yet. The blue one can mess me up pretty bad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2007, 02:12:27 I just caved and bought Guitar Hero III for the Wii. Both you and Mike need to post your codes. Abez, do I even have you as a Wii friend? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 30 December 2007, 02:30:41 Dunno, I'll have to have a look at who I do and don't have...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2007, 02:34:10 Well, you don't have to be Wii friends to add the GH3 code, but it's good for a GG message afterwards.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 30 December 2007, 02:40:44 What's a GG message?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2007, 03:22:15 Good Game, y'know. I send the compliment when it's due.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 30 December 2007, 04:06:29 I'm playing Super Mario Galaxy, Oblvion (again...I play the hell out of it, put it down for a months or two, then pick it up again and can't put it down for a long time again...) Just beat the Mage's Guild in that... I also started up Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass. That one definitely lives up to my expectations. Once I have all these damned bills out of the way I hope to get Guitar Hero 3 for the 360 soon. I've been dying to play "Through the Fire and the Flames" and "Stricken"...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 December 2007, 04:23:37 I only just now skimmed Mikero's post. I understand what I read and agree with a lot of it, although if I actually stop to read it, I'll reply with my own arguement since I read that Sunshine didn't have large worlds (or something like that). I've been playing Galaxy a little bit more in depth. It gets better further into the game, and the worlds are actually getting quite interesting and fun. The first bunch of worlds are just bland. I found Sunshine to be challenging and fun, so I really liked it, although completing the game 100% I never really accomplished because the concept of blue coins was retarded. My basic point was from what I was playing, I had more fun in Sunshine than I was a while ago in Galaxy. The game plays well and is fun, but I miss the game engine M64 and Sunshine had. Galaxy feels too different.
So yeah, the game's getting better so I'll give my full sincere opinion when I beat it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 December 2007, 10:52:28 I read that Sunshine didn't have large worlds (or something like that). Regular sized levels. Not big or small, just normal. From what I played. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zenaku on 30 December 2007, 13:00:50 Lately I've been playing Megaman and Bass and Final Fantasy III. I'm liking both of them pretty well. Megaman and Bass can be pretty damn hard at times though. However a challenge is great though. The whole "RESTING AT AN INN RESTORES YOUR HP AND MANA BUT NOT REALLY" is really annoying. I want to be able to res my characters by sleeping in an inn. That makes sense doesn't it? Especially when they DON'T SELL PHOENIX DOWNS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 December 2007, 23:43:25 Regular sized levels. Not big or small, just normal. From what I played. Fair enough. I'd just prefer a good sized world to explore rather than just a cluster of ones. I was zooming through Galaxy stages too fast for my liking. It's too straightforward. Exploring in Sunshine was good (although searching every knick and cranny for blue coins was annoying). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 30 December 2007, 23:46:21 The whole "RESTING AT AN INN RESTORES YOUR HP AND MANA BUT NOT REALLY" is really annoying. I want to be able to res my characters by sleeping in an inn. That makes sense doesn't it? Especially when they DON'T SELL PHOENIX DOWNS. Wha 'chu talking about? They get healed completely. And just go to the holy springs to revive your characters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 31 December 2007, 00:47:02 My brohter just got Call of Duty 4 so I'm waiting for him to get off it so I can play it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 31 December 2007, 01:32:52 Call of Duty 4's campaign is amazing. The multiplayer was a blast too. But then everyone I knew just went back to gears. Though if you want to play, send me an invite if you can catch me online. I'll also do Halo 3 campaign with anyone if they want as well. No multiplayer though...I'd like to stick with the games that aren't filled with bitchy, loud-mouthed children, that act tough over the internet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CM on 31 December 2007, 01:41:15 I mainly play Gears, once in a blue moon I'll play Halo, and I'm really starting to enjoy Call of Duty. I need to get my own copy post haste.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2007, 02:37:57 I was at my friends house last night and her brother was playing some XBox 360 game, a first-person shooter of course, and it looked pretty good. Grapically, I mean. The gameplay looked standard but solid. Anyway I didn't ask but I'd like to know what game it is just for reference.
The last levels seem to first have about 6 minutes until a bomb or something goes off and you're in some kind of bunker or something. You know, big metal walls and all that. Pretty big place and guys are all over the place shooting. Then you're outside and like on the back of a vehicle shooting rockets at a helicopter that is chasing you. After that seems like another combat level but you're outside and you can take cover behind other military vehicles and stuff. Pretty standard. An ending video and after all the credits roll you're playing again, in an airplane and again you and your men are against a crap load of guys (flash grenades help) and you have to get some VIP guy. Then you have to get off the plane (sometimes you can end up blowing out a wall of the plane, sometimes that helps you and sometimes not, depends on when it happens) and that's like it. We were watching movies on the TV next to the one he was playing on so I only took in some of this game. The bad guys were all human looking commando types, if that helps. I couldn't really tell who was a bad guy and who was an ally. When you get shot or something the screen will have red around the sides and veins going towards the center of the screen as if looking through a bloodshot eye, if that helps too. Seemed cool 'nuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 31 December 2007, 05:29:47 I just finished episode 4 of Phoenix Wright.
##### WHY DIDN'T I PICK UP THIS GAME WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT!? IT'S GENIUS! IT'S STUPENDOUS! IT'S LIKE A THANKSGIVING TURKEY DINNER! IT'S A SERIES OF TUBES!! IT'S LIFSLJKFLISHFLIGJKHFKJ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2007, 06:16:58 The first PW?
I should get that and the third already. The second was great. I hear the first isn't as hard as the second? No idea if that's true, but it would be good for me since I won't have loads of time to play it after a week. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zenaku on 31 December 2007, 07:51:29 The whole "RESTING AT AN INN RESTORES YOUR HP AND MANA BUT NOT REALLY" is really annoying. I want to be able to res my characters by sleeping in an inn. That makes sense doesn't it? Especially when they DON'T SELL PHOENIX DOWNS. I can't find any holy springs and 3/4 of my party are dead. You see the inn is supposed to recover your parties HP. BUT IT DOESN'T. The first PW? It is general opinion that the second one was quite weak compared to the first. I like them equally just because the last case in the second game was so awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 31 December 2007, 07:53:33 The 3rd is great, I haven't got far. But theres a "My Milkshake" joke in there.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 31 December 2007, 07:58:42 I happen to be the first person in the world (maybe, unless some crazy person in Japan did it first) to upload a small video of English PW3. It's where Payne loses his hair.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2007, 08:14:46 It is general opinion that the second one was quite weak compared to the first. I like them equally just because the last case in the second game was so awesome. All I know is when it came out, I heard someone say Justice For All was harder than the first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 December 2007, 16:45:48 JFA IS harder than 1. 2 and 3 are harder than 1 and 4. It's even been expressly stated that AJAA's difficulty was moved back to be closer to PW1. And while I prefer 1 to 2 or 3 for the most part, I still like all 3 quite a lot.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 January 2008, 05:48:39 I just beat Galaxy.
Well, I'm less disappointed now. Although the game's engine changed for what I believe for the worse, the game still gets challenging and presents some neat tricks. Even the final battle with Bowser was fun, even topping Sunshine (Since you actually get to... you know, beat the ##### out of him rather than the hot tub...) I've yet to play all the stages and complete the game though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 January 2008, 00:19:39 Guess the game I've been playing and win a free iPod.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 2 January 2008, 00:20:20 Link's Crossbow Training.
Awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 2 January 2008, 00:25:45 MGS3. Right at the last fight now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 January 2008, 00:26:26 Guess the game I've been playing and win a free iPod. That day... the day of the incident... the day that the rain turned to snow... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2008, 00:42:14 Link's Crossbow Training. That game looks like a waste of time. Guess the game I've been playing and win a free iPod. You mean the day of the incident? Well, no... I don't remember much... just that the rain turned into snow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 January 2008, 00:44:57 Link's Crossbow Training. I'll end up getting it when HOTD is coming out... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2008, 00:48:12 I really don't need a Wii Zapper at all until there's a game for that I actually want, and I'm not aware of any game that uses it other than Link's Crossbow Training which I observed in the mall and was unimpressed with.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 01:11:19 Link's Crossbow Training. Finally, someone agrees it's a good game, especially for only 20 bucks with an added nifty hunk of plastic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 January 2008, 01:27:21 I want a Hogans Alley and Gumshoe remake for Wii...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 January 2008, 03:57:39 I hate the idea of the Zapper.
I want something to plug the remote into that ISN'T the Nunchuck. (Besides the Wii-tar, it's the only other peripheral besides that exercise pad thing, which is a controller by itself actually). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 2 January 2008, 03:58:59 I was at my friends house last night and her brother was playing some XBox 360 game, a first-person shooter of course, and it looked pretty good. Grapically, I mean. The gameplay looked standard but solid. Anyway I didn't ask but I'd like to know what game it is just for reference.If you haven't found out already, that was Call of Duty 4. Great game, and definitely worth picking up if you have a 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 January 2008, 04:07:43 My sister's boyfriend is lending me his XBox 360, So I just spent a few hours playing Dead Rising in HD in our living room. Good looking game, I gotta say. Fun too. I'm running around in my blood spattered MegaMan helmet killing zombies with CDs, Jewels, and fists, and having a grand ol' time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2008, 04:18:13 If you haven't found out already, that was Call of Duty 4. Great game, and definitely worth picking up if you have a 360. Thanks. I'd never seen anything of CoD but it looks pretty cool. Don't plan on getting a 360 soon though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 05:58:41 Guess the game I've been playing and win a free iPod. Do you know where I can find some sailors? Do you know where the sailors hang out? Something like that? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 January 2008, 06:00:18 I hate the idea of the Zapper. Just you wait 'til Mario Kart, man. I'm expecting them to have steering wheels. Which is kind of odd, I guess. I don't know how it'd work. But I'm still expecting them to have SOMETHING. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 06:37:48 Nintendo already made a steering wheel for the Wii.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 January 2008, 06:47:31 ...
O <- see this? It's a rock. It's a rather round rock, but gimme a break. . <- that's me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 07:05:09 No dude, I'm serious, they did, it reached shelves like right after the Wii's release.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 2 January 2008, 07:08:03 Yeah, even I saw it, and I don't even own a Wii.
Little steering wheel in which you pop in the Wii mote, quite ingenious. Unlike the LOZ shield accessory. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 07:13:38 Dude, you don't have a Wii?
You totally need to get one. Also, I've never seen this LOZ shield accessory you speak of. Might I see a picture of that which you speak of? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 2 January 2008, 07:23:28 Here it is. My bad, I mistook it for the other sheild since I've seen a picture.
(http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/05/wiizelda.jpg) Heres the other picture. This one apparently hasn't been released. (http://nintendocommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/wiimote_zelda_sword_shield.jpg) Really useless, but really nice looking. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 January 2008, 07:28:06 I've got to admit, that does look cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2008, 07:35:42 No dude, I'm serious, they did, it reached shelves like right after the Wii's release. I took it as him saying the one they released is a big round piece of crap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 January 2008, 07:43:53 I mean to say "Don't mind me, sir, I am just living under a rock."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 2 January 2008, 23:15:23 I think he meant to say "There ain't no party like a Hilfiger party cuz a Hilfiger party don't stop"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 January 2008, 00:06:29 Now I'm playing Super Mario Galaxy. It's awesome! Although I'm sure everyone already knew that..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 3 January 2008, 00:10:03 Yeah, it's awesome, until you have to play the same game all over again as Luigi.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 3 January 2008, 01:45:42 I will always prefer Luigi over than Mario in an game I am able to play as him. He has better jumps. Also, Mario is a fatty.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 3 January 2008, 01:49:13 *ahem*
We prefer the term, Pudgy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 3 January 2008, 02:18:19 Poor comma use, there.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 January 2008, 02:28:41 Yeah, it's awesome, until you have to play the same game all over again as Luigi. Since when do you have to? I think he meant to say "There ain't no party like a Hilfiger party cuz a Hilfiger party don't stop" Racist. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Cherry on 3 January 2008, 04:06:56 I'm currently switching between Phantasy Star Universe, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, and Pokemon Ruby. As expected, I haven't gotten very far on any of them, shuffling between them and fitting them into real life's unforgiving schedule.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 January 2008, 04:26:29 Very, VERY late, but I picked up Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (used, $10) for my cruise's downtime. I was extremely impressed. I've never really played Castlevania, so this was a very pleasant surprise.
I'll be getting Portrait of Ruin soon. I've also been playing a lot more Worms:OW2 for some reason. Now that I'm back home, I'll be finishing Psychonauts, too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 January 2008, 04:29:18 Technically, I haven't played Castlevania either. I've seen portions of a game be played, but never actually got a game in hand.
I seriously need to get more Wii points. I'm 18, so I should go get my own debit card or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 January 2008, 04:42:50 From what I know, the Castlevania I played is completely different than the original NES Castlevania, in case you're thinking of downloading it.
Not that it's a bad game, as I have absolutely no idea, but it's just a warning that my praise was meant for a different one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 3 January 2008, 04:47:31 NES Castlevania is akin to modern Castlevania, just 20 years less sophisticated.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 January 2008, 04:49:39 Oh no, I'm not going to download it anytime soon... it just reminded me that I need Wii points for other games of higher priority.
Like Super Metroid, LoZ:ALttP, Sin and Punishment, etc. I read on a website that Super Mario RPG was announced for the Wii shop channel. I'm still lookin' for it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 January 2008, 05:39:31 It's been "announced" for ages now. It won't be here for a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 3 January 2008, 07:03:03 I'm playing through Rogue Galaxy again (and posting footage on youtube if anyone is interested). If I had to say, I'd say this RPG beats the pants off of Final Fantasy 12... I believe Final Fantasy stopped being a true quality series after 6. Though I did like 9, so that's somewhat of an exception. Rogue Galaxy is another game that deserves a sequel, if I didn't say that already in the other topic.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 3 January 2008, 19:06:19 Yeah, it's awesome, until you have to play the same game all over again as Luigi. You have to, because real men finish games all the way! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 January 2008, 19:29:24 Busted out the GBC, and booted up Deja Vu 2: Lost in LasVegas! Good times man.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 8 January 2008, 06:18:02 I've been meaning to play Final Fantasy VI for ages and I remembered, hey, now it's been ported to the GBA so I went and bought a copy. I'm so impressed with it, it's unbelievable. The cast of characters is great, I empathize with them even. The characters are portrayed realistically and it seems like a joy every time I pick it up.
I find Gau quite hilarious. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 8 January 2008, 17:44:31 I've had almost 40 hours on Call of Duty 4 since I got it for Christmas (thought the computer was going to explode, sometimes, the fan was blowing so fast). Level 52, soon to be remedied.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 January 2008, 23:54:07 Still playing Galaxy, this time as Luigi!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 9 January 2008, 02:04:31 Now the real test of patience has begun for you Nova, have fun playing the same game all over again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 9 January 2008, 02:20:15 Just what exactly are you captain of, Sano?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 January 2008, 02:22:22 Muffin. Just one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 9 January 2008, 02:28:13 Now the real test of patience has begun for you Nova, have fun playing the same game all over again. It's not too bad, it might bug me to do the Dreadnought and Toy Time Galaxies' purple coin missions again, but I think I can manage. Already got 52 stars. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 9 January 2008, 02:32:15 Just what exactly are you captain of, Sano? You dare doubt that I'm a Captain!? I'm the Captain of many things! Many things that I do not care to mention! Many things that I can't even mention! Many things I can't even remember! Now drop and give me 2,000,000 push-ups, and no girl push-ups! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 9 January 2008, 02:34:18 Oh Sano... my little pisano.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 January 2008, 23:29:51 Just what exactly are you captain of, Sano? Like... buttons... bookmarks... trombones... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 January 2008, 23:33:04 In about a month or so I will have my little grubby hands on a copy of Digimon world, all thanks to V, the guy spent $30, and 99 cents, and bought it off of eBay, I'm still in awe.
V is the most charitable and kind person on this forum, let it be known. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 January 2008, 23:33:38 Who's V, again?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 9 January 2008, 23:34:32 Nice going WIND.
Atleast my copy is safe now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 January 2008, 23:35:34 Who's V, again?This guy (http://www.megaman.co.uk/mboard/index.php?action=profile;u=38) Seriously Mikey, get with the times. Nice going WIND.Or is it!? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 9 January 2008, 23:38:43 Yep, since you have a copy and mine would be useless to you since you can't play it. Totally safe from you WIND.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 January 2008, 23:39:15 Who's V, again?This guy (http://www.megaman.co.uk/mboard/index.php?action=profile;u=38) I know, but he has a name not just a letter! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 January 2008, 23:44:33 He's too cool for a real name. This guy loves his letters.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 10 January 2008, 01:34:44 Heheh, I'm feeling kind of embarrassed. >_>;;
Again, no problem, Wind. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 10 January 2008, 01:50:15 I'm gonna make an egg salad sculpture of you V, just to show my appreciation.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 January 2008, 01:53:47 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 January 2008, 02:29:52 I was rocking M and C before the board went down, jerkface bumhead!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 January 2008, 02:34:12 : ' ( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 10 January 2008, 04:54:23 Current: Grandia III
I've had this game forever, and just never got around to it. Hopefully I can finish it so I stop feeling guilty. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 January 2008, 02:01:04 Currently playing these games:
Beowulf the Game: Got it for $20 at Wal-Mart, and I'm pretty damn sure that I got ripped off. Should have figured out that when a game gets released in November and the game gets marked down that quickly after two months of release - there's something wrong. It's pretty much God of War without the "God" part. Oh yeah, the "War" part is missing too. Halo 3 - Duh. Mass Effect - It's like God came down to Earth, handed humanity a game and was like "Play this game that I made." Turok demo - Ooooh, very nice. I may have to preorder this one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 January 2008, 02:08:35 Why don't they release good demo discs anymore? The last I saw was for GC and everything on it was a video, nothing was playable.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 16 January 2008, 02:11:21 The Demo for God of War: Chains of Olympus was pretty good.
As was the Turok demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 January 2008, 02:13:58 Why don't they release good demo discs anymore? The last I saw was for GC and everything on it was a video, nothing was playable. The demo discs with the Xbox Magazine are pretty good. If anything, you get exclusive stuff just by going through all of the demos and videos on the disc. I was actually playing the Turok demo off of that one, even though the demo was released on Live today. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 February 2008, 16:34:25 Mass Effect - It's like God came down to Earth, handed humanity a game and was like "Play this game that I made." I played some Mass Effect at a friend's house, I wasn't TOO impressed. not sure but [spoiler] I went through the part where you enter the lab and the subway after driving around the wintery place, killed that crazy queen bitch and all her bitches, then stopped playing.[/spoiler] It was fun and very well made (physics, collision detection, graphics etc...). But I felt it was missing something. Posted on: January 15, 2008, 09:28:36 PM I've been playing more Guitar Hero 3. I just 5 starred Cliffs of Dover on Expert. I am extraordinarily pleased. Pics for proof. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 20 February 2008, 19:44:53 Current: Kid Icarus (VC)
I'm a bit miffed that they took out the old NES codes. Not that I'd use them with any regularity, but there's a bit of nostalgia lost now that the old '8uuuuu uuuuuu uuuuuu uuuuuu' and 'ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS' codes no longer work. It would be like taking 'NARPAS SWORD0 000000 000000' or 'JUSTIN BAILEY ------ ------' out of Metroid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Redmage on 20 February 2008, 19:54:45 I am playing Super Smash Brothers Melee. Training myself for when Brawl comes out. I only wish Mega Man had made it in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 20 February 2008, 20:10:16 Super Smash moves = Broken
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 February 2008, 03:25:55 I'm still playing DKC3.
As opposed to the other two in the series that I replayed through last week (DKC2, which I played straight through for 100%, and DKC, which I speedran in 2 hours), there is a strong lack of interest as it proves to be the weakest in the trilogy to me, again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 February 2008, 15:17:32 Just finished Touch Detective 2 1/2. Now playing Apollo Justice Ace Attorney!
So far, all I can say is there better be more Trucy H comming out now that the game is out in the US. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 February 2008, 15:46:38 I know what Orange Devil is playing right now, No More Heroes. I convinced him to buy it yesterday, it took merely the mention of its name and a few seconds of describing it, then he ran right out to buy it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 21 February 2008, 16:20:31 Mega Man X, as always - I'm getting steadily closer to the world-record 34:09, but still well over 90 seconds off.
Castlevania IV - I'm the only runner for this game that I know of, but it's going to be epic when it comes out alongside Duke Nukem Forever. On my gaming PC, Call of Duty 4 and Command & Conquer 3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 21 February 2008, 18:10:55 As much as I love Duke Nukem, I'm afraid the extensively prolonged waiting period for a new game has given me unrealistic expectations for the game.
Honestly, with as long as it has taken thus far, it had better be the most astonishing game I've played in a long time... ...and give BJs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 21 February 2008, 23:37:07 BJs? You mean, like, for free?
I always wanted my own Brian Johnson. ... I've been swapping between SSBM and NMH whenever I feel bored enough to actually play something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 February 2008, 05:58:47 As much as I love Duke Nukem, I'm afraid the extensively prolonged waiting period for a new game has given me unrealistic expectations for the game. Balls of steel. I'm still playing DKC3. Yes but what's the point in that? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 February 2008, 06:04:54 Just started Mario Galaxy.
Outside of the wonkey camera and ambiguous gravitational fields, it's not half bad. Though it's still no Mario 64 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 February 2008, 06:27:43 Just got Apollo Justice. So far so good!
I'm still playing DKC3. I feel bad ignoring it after giving the first two new playthroughs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 February 2008, 06:29:04 That is because you crazee, that game has no feelings.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 February 2008, 15:27:16 I've been playing Streets of Rage 2 and Superman Returns as of late. I've been playing Superman Returns mainly because I hate myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 February 2008, 16:08:49 Been playing Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations recently. Apollo Justice came out not too long ago but I probably wont get it anytime soon, but that would be the next game I'd like to try.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 22 February 2008, 21:35:41 That makes me three Ace Attorney games behind, and I'm not going to catch up anytime soon what with Brawl coming around the corner.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 February 2008, 21:41:14 Apollo Justice is out?
... IT IS! Jawsome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2008, 03:05:55 Okay first of all it's Jawesome. You're adding a J to awesome so don't take out the E. Secondly, why are you copying me copying Street Sharks you crapbag?!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 February 2008, 03:49:19 To be fair, I was using "Jawesome!" a lot before the boards went down. So, uh, technically Mike is copying me.
Technically. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2008, 03:52:47 No because I've been using it sporadically for years.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 February 2008, 04:02:44 I could say "So have I!" but you're older so you win no matter what.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2008, 04:08:58 You have unlocked one secret of the universe. Collect 'em all!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 February 2008, 04:10:01 I generally don't use it because of how it would appear on here, but I've also said it plenty of times in the past.
I totally forgot about Street Sharks when I started saying it, though. It was just something I said that I didn't associate with anything. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: The Otaku on 9 March 2008, 04:25:27 I don't purchase games very often, which explains why I'm currently working on Boktai 2 right out of the Used Games shelf at Game Stop.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kayauts on 6 April 2008, 02:10:07 I have Boktai 2! ^^
Unfortunately it's hard to use the sunlight thingy when you play on DS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 7 April 2008, 22:28:03 A friend of mine gave me something called Rengoku for the PSP that I've been playing... I can't seem to get into it though so I'll continue replaying Twilight Princess.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 April 2008, 00:14:20 I'm now replaying BN3 every so often. I'm at the N1 at the moment and already got a ColdBall M for later. >:D
I'm at the battle with GutsMan... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 8 April 2008, 05:48:45 Halo Custom Edition
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 8 April 2008, 12:46:19 Metroid Zero Mission, I love the Metroid series on GBA. Love it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 8 April 2008, 14:13:54 Metroid Zero Mission is the only Metroid game where I attempted to get all the endings.
Almost. The <10% or whatever playthrough on Hard mode is very difficult. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 8 April 2008, 23:21:04 Just started Mario Galaxy. Same. Same. Same. It's also heads and tails better than stinkshine. I'm also playing Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village. I love it so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 April 2008, 01:52:51 Can you tell me about that Layton game some more? I see ads for it in comics all the time at work and I'm mildly interested.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 April 2008, 02:13:00 It's basically just a bunch of puzzles in an adventure-game style. It's semi-point/click fun, but in essence it's just a story with tons of interesting puzzles strewn throughout.
I played a little bit of it and really liked it, but it's a bit too slow-paced for me so I never got it for myself. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 April 2008, 15:54:23 It has great art direction, great music and what seems like a very interesting plot and you progress through the game by solving puzzles. They even have hidden puzzles everywhere too. If you don't like puzzles, you won't like this game, but I like them well enough and some of them are HARD. Game has some good voice acting too. I'm glad they're going to make a sequel to it myself.
The game only moves as slow as you explore the town or take to figure out the puzzles. And much like Phoenix Wright, you can always save before you try one and then figure it out (if you mess up) and then get a perfect score on it. Good stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 9 April 2008, 17:51:17 Still playing I wanna be the guy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 9 April 2008, 18:31:28 Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt.
Don't ask me why, I'm not completely sure. It's not a particularly good game, but it's #####ing hard, and when I manage to beat it without dying I'll be happy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 9 April 2008, 19:51:06 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008.
I know what you're thinking already. Shut up. But for anyone who cares, It's better than 2007 slightly, with more cards and stuff. Plus, they took out the tedious challenge mode which was a total bitch to do. The game has two main modes: World Championship (For free dueling) and Duel World. Duel World is where you access different areas inhabited by duel monsters and duel them. Duel World sounds gay, and indeed it is. Whatever happened to dueling, oh I don't know, real people!? It's OK. Since I've already played 2007 though, I'm not seeing a lot of difference except for a few things so it might get boring for a while. It passes the time on the bus though. Dueling online is fun though. There's even a voice chat online (which is a little dumb, actually) but hey, whatever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 10 April 2008, 21:18:42 LOL Yu-Gi-Oh! Whatever makes you happy.
I personally never got into it or saw the draw to it- maybe it's because my friends tried to force it upon me in High School every day. I stopped playing Rengoku and I'm now whittling my time away searching all over Hyrule and back for that last damn Poe (Twilight Princess) because I'm curious as to what you gain, if anything. And then there's that last key to the Castle... Normally I don't go all out in getting everything but I thought it would be nice to try to for a change. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 10 April 2008, 23:23:05 Lately I've been playing Half-Life 2. I'm still playing Brawl for about an hour a day. Lastly I'm continuing to play Killer7, I'm on Killer8 Bloodbath difficulty, it's tons more difficult than Killer7 easy mode, but I have to get through and earn Hopper7, I just have to.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 10 April 2008, 23:38:28 I played Metroid: Zero Mission again today, started a new game, on hard, 100% items, 1:49.. Best ending.
Rawr : o Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 April 2008, 00:16:35 LOL Yu-Gi-Oh! Whatever makes you happy. People will do that to any card game they play. I've had others tell me to buy Magic, Duel Masters, InuYasha, and even Full Metal Alchemist. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 April 2008, 17:19:16 Magic USED to be the best card game ever. It till was till around 2000 or so. The game is now absolute #####. The colors have no identity anymore, they have a billion and one card abilities now and the game is now designed to be played in tournament blocks, not as a game as a whole.
I won't even go into the new card design or absolutely awful card art. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Nobody on 11 April 2008, 17:26:58 I'm actually playing FlyFF (Fly for Fun) at this very moment. I've also have been playing Twilight Princess.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 11 April 2008, 18:44:52 Super Metroid again. Damnit, it seems so quick to go through now. I remember before it took me FOREVER to beat it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 14 April 2008, 15:55:29 I've been playing Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, Brawl and a bit of Oblivion as of late, I am really impressed with Galaxy. The game is just so pretty...and trippy. ^.^
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 April 2008, 23:55:21 Been playing Advance Wars 2 a little bit now and then since the summer...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 April 2008, 23:56:10 Still playing some Brawl and lots of GH3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 15 April 2008, 01:38:15 The game is just so pretty...and trippy. ^.^ Agreed. In fact I've had friends knock it for being too trippy, but I just appreciate that sort of out-there design. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: yhchaosbdon on 19 April 2008, 06:01:36 Replying a lot of the Battle Network games,just cause I'm bored and waiting for Starforce 2.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 19 April 2008, 13:18:11 Been playing Mario Kart Wii for the past week. I can't wait until everyone else gets it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 April 2008, 23:22:08 Magic USED to be the best card game ever. [...] I won't even go into the new card design or absolutely awful card art.(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k48/tenimeart/Funny/the_goggles_do_nothing.jpg) Current: Just picked up Folklore. It was just a matter of time. The PS3 needs more RPG titles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 April 2008, 01:27:34 Today I bought the MGS collection.
It's the first time I've ever played anything in the MGS series. It's pretty fun, but I'm sucking mega-hard, I can't even beat Ocelot. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 April 2008, 01:52:36 I'm planning on getting the MGS collection as well. But not yet. Need to save my money.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 April 2008, 02:59:00 I'm thinking of getting the MGS collection, but I would never play any of the games on it. I already own all three games (plus their re-releases with extra content... except for subsistence, which I will get soon).
BTW, I have been playing through Metal Gear Solid on hard mode recently on my PSP. [spoiler]Last boss I beat was Sniper Wolf but during the torture I gave in. Makes me sad because I never gave in... but I want to get Stealth Camo on my first time through so the next time I won't give in and won't feel sad.[/spoiler] Also, Sano, some hints for you for later in the game... Be warned, there's going to be spoilers but not anything specific... [spoiler]There's a torture sequence in the game where you press one of the buttons repeatedly in order to survive. If you never give in (by pressing the select button) then when you beat the game and then load the finished save file you'll start the game with infinite ammo. If you do give in, then you'll start the game with stealth camouflage. However, giving in gives you a sadder ending...[/spoiler] Thar you go. The Metal Gear games are some of my favourites so if you need help just ask. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2008, 03:21:46 I din't know that....
Crap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 21 April 2008, 08:46:01 As of late:
Halo 3 (new Legendary map pack) Marble Blast Ultra (because it's a blasty-blast) Jumper: Griffin's Story (because I sometimes enjoy super-repetitive gameplay and I hate myself) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (ditto) Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (No real reason) Mass Effect (Still addicted, but not as much...maybe because I'm in my third time through) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 April 2008, 21:10:19 Oh yeah, I forgot that new map pack came out in Halo...
I still haven't even tried the one that's free now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 April 2008, 03:05:37 The Heroic map pack should have been free when it was first released. The only one that is worth a damn during ranked matches is the one with the radar dishes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 25 April 2008, 04:49:34 Today I completed MGS.
Tomorrow I'll begin MGS2. Collection bundles kick ass. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 25 April 2008, 04:56:58 Don't be disapointed with MGS2...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 April 2008, 04:58:42 Impossible.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 25 April 2008, 05:00:48 Don't be disapointed with MGS2... Dude, are you trying to make me go into it with low expectations? ...Douche. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 25 April 2008, 05:03:19 No, the game is very excellent.
It's just... after this one part... many people hate the game because of it. I didn't hate, though, I loved it. You'll see what I mean. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 April 2008, 05:05:15 I didn't like any of it, really. I'd rather play the VR missions. Twin Snakes was incred.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 April 2008, 04:11:56 Well, I WAS playing RE Code Veronica X, but I got stuck at the part with the tyrant, and I probably have to start the ENTIRE #####ing game again. I lost all interest in it now, and I was doing so good in it too for the first time...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 April 2008, 02:14:58 I'm playing through Fire Emblem now. My first time too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 28 April 2008, 05:20:09 Well, I'm still playing MGS2.
It's not as good as MGS, but it's still fun. Jeeze, Raiden and Rose have to be the most annoying video game couple I've ever come across. Rose is so unaware of the danger Raiden is in at the moment, jeeze, she's so selfish. Still it's kind of funny, like when she said "I don't want to be described as Jack's girlfriend," 'Cause I looked in the enclosed intruction book and it described Rose as 'Raiden's girlfriend', that made me smile. Anyway, there's nothing more cool or ridiculous than Snake on a skateboard. I really wish I could find that rock version of the MGS main theme that plays during all that skateboarding foolishness. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 April 2008, 21:27:38 Still playing Code Veronica, I decided to start over and I'm done with the first half! Now I'm in the middle of Antarctica. >_>
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 30 April 2008, 04:13:20 Well, I finished MGS2.
So, now it's snake eating time. MGS3, woooo... I'm not too fond of the old timey feel, it's way different from MGS2 which is way different from MGS, which is what I was hoping it would actually be. It seems I'm just straying further and further from what I really want to play. MGS2 was still a good game and MGS3 is looking pretty good, I just wish they were more like MGS. The biggest problem for me is that the D-pad no longer controls Snake normally, that makes me sad, on PS2 controllers I prefer using the D-pad, the control stick is in like... the way wrong place. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 April 2008, 05:39:37 Did anybody get GTA IV? I want to try it but I don't have an XBox 360 and I refuse to get one for just one game, especially if I hadn't tried it. I remember hearing murmurs about it coming out for Wii but that was clearly bull##### since they restyled like everything gameplay-wise.
I need to finish San Andreas anyway, but I need a PS2 for that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 April 2008, 11:43:41 I've got a friend who is the most down-to-earth gamer I know, not a fanboy of anything, who got it and loved it. The guy plays everything from Smash Bros to Halo 3 to MegaMan ZX, so I usually trust him opinion.
He says it deserved the 10 it got from IGN. First 10 they've given since Majora's Mask, huh? Crazy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Someguy on 30 April 2008, 13:36:30 Did anybody get GTA IV? I want to try it but I don't have an XBox 360 and I refuse to get one for just one game, especially if I hadn't tried it. I remember hearing murmurs about it coming out for Wii but that was clearly bull##### since they restyled like everything gameplay-wise. I got it. Haven't played it much yet (no hard drive, or memory cards), but I don't think it's worth getting a 360 just for that 1 game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 April 2008, 20:43:57 I've got a friend who is the most down-to-earth gamer I know, not a fanboy of anything, who got it and loved it. The guy plays everything from Smash Bros to Halo 3 to MegaMan ZX, so I usually trust him opinion. I thought that was OOT, not Majora's Mask. I want to get GTA IV, but like Mario Kart Wii, I have to wait until school's over, which is I think May 23 or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 April 2008, 20:47:49 Hopefully, I'll get some graduation money or something falling into my lap. I have to keep some money for insurance and gas. My college is pretty much covered.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 April 2008, 20:56:13 I correct myself, the first 10 they've given since Soul Calibur in 1999, as told in the review.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 April 2008, 22:47:58 I really wanna play it....
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 April 2008, 23:37:49 My friend got it but hasn't said much. I really just feel like playing San Andreas more than anything.
I've got a friend who is the most down-to-earth gamer I know, not a fanboy of anything, who got it and loved it. The guy plays everything from Smash Bros to Halo 3 to MegaMan ZX, so I usually trust him opinion. Twilight Princess is the Zelda you guys are thinking of, I'm sure. But I don't think any LoZ got a perfect 10. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 April 2008, 23:40:41 Twilight Princes, Ocarina of Time, and A Link to the Past are the real ones to praise. OoT is praised to be the best, so I wouldn't doubt it if they gave it a 10/10.
Twilight Princess got an 8 point-something on some game site (IGN?), and that feels wrong to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 April 2008, 23:45:11 Ocarina of Time got perfect 10's everywhere.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 April 2008, 23:59:59 Lttp gets a 10 from me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2008, 00:42:53 Ocarina of Time got perfect 10's everywhere. Only retroactively. I'm really sure it didn't get 10's all over when it came out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 May 2008, 00:44:58 It got perfect 10's everywhen.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2008, 00:46:12 Doubt it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 May 2008, 01:06:02 Research shows that, upon release, it recieved a perfect score from the following:
- Gamespot - Electronic Gaming Monthly - IGN - Famitsu Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 May 2008, 05:08:41 Surprising. Since I heard when TP was being released that it was the only game that ever got a perfect rating from IGN, but I must have the two mixed up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 5 May 2008, 21:05:30 I got pretty damn bored with the GTA games a long time ago. I was pissed last week when X Play and Attack of the Show were reporting on JUST GTA more or less. Yes, it's an anticipated game, yes it's going to make thousands of people happy, but it doesn't mean you have to drown everyone in GTAness.
I'm a little irritated with the gaming industry now. In any event- I dug out my Super Nintendo finally and have been enjoying playing Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, and this odd game called Demon's Crest. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: megajosh2 on 11 May 2008, 17:35:56 I like playing Runescape, but ever since they removed the wilderness it's been hard to play against anyone.
Mario Kart Wii is sauceome, except they took away special attacks I'm not sure how long ago. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 11 May 2008, 18:16:47 I've been playing Brawl, GTA IV and Halo 3 lately, gotta concentrate on school here pretty soon though >.< Finals. Blegh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 11 May 2008, 18:20:39 Mario Kart Wii is sauceome, except they took away special attacks I'm not sure how long ago. What special attacks? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 11 May 2008, 18:56:51 The ones in Double Dash where every set of characters had their own special items (Mario and Luigi had Fire Balls, Yoshi and Birdo had Homing Eggs, etc).
BTW, got Mario Kart Wii. Haven't played it much due to me having to go to work soon, but what I have played of it is awsome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 May 2008, 20:13:06 I like playing Runescape, but ever since they removed the wilderness it's been hard to play against anyone. Are you serious? I hate Runescape now, but what the hell were they thinking? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 May 2008, 20:37:25 I haven't played my copy of MKW, but once I get my HW done and my Wii rehooked up (Hopefully this Tuesday), I'll be giving it a test run.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: megajosh2 on 11 May 2008, 21:11:17 Are you serious? I hate Runescape now, but what the hell were they thinking? Yeah, Jagex took away pking in the wilderness because they were #####ting themselves over real-world trading. Everyone calls December 10, 2007 (day of the update) "The Day Runescape was Ruined". Everyone misses pking in the wilderness sure, but most have gotten used to Bounty Hunter, which was supposed to be the wilderness replacement. The way they do levels is awful... It's like lvls 3-68 can kill each other, lvls 64-112 can kill each other, 107+ can kill each other; it's just a mess where high lvls get easy kills. In the end, you just gotta be those high lvls because "new pking" is unfair. I'm a rune hybrid so I get around okay when people 74-85 come in the crater. By the way, Fist of Guthix = #####. Just an excuse to hype players up about a PvP minigame. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 11 May 2008, 21:48:50 The ones in Double Dash where every set of characters had their own special items (Mario and Luigi had Fire Balls, Yoshi and Birdo had Homing Eggs, etc).Ah. That. I didn't really enjoy Double Dash, and that was one of the reasons. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: megajosh2 on 11 May 2008, 22:35:43 You don't enjoy character individuality in the form of a special game ability? That's like playing with Miis in Wii Sports when none of them have any rank.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 11 May 2008, 23:46:35 I didn't like not being able to get previously accessable items, like the Gold Dash Mushroom, unless I was a certain character.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 May 2008, 03:56:01 I will soon be borrowing a game from my Girlfriend for computer.
It's Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles, and Sonic 3 (& Knuckles). For PC. Epic win. I saw that today and pretty much flipped. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 May 2008, 15:27:30 I've been playing Call of Duty 4 at my roommate's house this weekend.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 12 May 2008, 16:00:35 Runescape = ASFKAFLKAJSF
I never understood how people could stand it. Walking around really ticked me off. The graphics are terrible, getting around is terrible, and the fighting/magic is terrible. But I guess it is free, that and I've been sploiled by WoW and other such games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 12 May 2008, 20:08:05 Around the PS1 era.
#####ty game is #####ty. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 May 2008, 20:46:06 Crash of the Titans is very recent. The Crash series started at the beginning of the PS1's lifespan.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 May 2008, 21:04:02 I will soon be borrowing a game from my Girlfriend for computer. I have that. The music SUCKS though, its MIDI format and some of the songs were changed completely. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 12 May 2008, 21:52:12 #####, the most awesome thing happened this weekend. I found Star Wars Knights of the Republic at Game Stop for $10. Bought it, naturally, and now have been playing it. It's been a long time since I played though, so I'm a little rusty.
Here this though, I'm not a fan of Star Wars, I couldn't tell you a single thing about the series, but I really like this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 13 May 2008, 15:04:54 The second one is even better. Has anyone heard if they plan on releasing a third? I would buy it for sure.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Friggit Deathblade on 13 May 2008, 19:58:21 Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness {PSP} and Platinum Sudoku {DS}.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 13 May 2008, 21:03:16 Golden Sun...
I love that game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 May 2008, 00:39:50 I played the second one. Story is good in those games, but it's rather annoying how no one ever tells you where to go or how to get where you need to be next.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 May 2008, 00:34:13 During senior week I've been playing Beautiful Katamari and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 May 2008, 03:57:10 I just got done beating Metal Gear Solid. I played it nonstop.
Now I have a codec-beeping SFX ringing in my ear. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 May 2008, 04:13:49 If I ever get a cell phone, that's my ring tone.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 May 2008, 04:27:15 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 16 May 2008, 13:08:01 Horrible.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 May 2008, 14:58:25 If I ever get a cell phone, that's my ring tone. Mine is still MegaMan's boss-chosen jingle. For a long time, now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 May 2008, 15:41:38 I can't find any useful ones on my phione, so I'm using the Tales of Symphonia title screen.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 May 2008, 03:21:37 Horrible. Not surprised. Didn't they make Venom act like Spidey's dog in that? Like he licks Spidey's face? God, that is completely stupid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Friggit Deathblade on 17 May 2008, 03:22:06 Now playing Work Time Fun. Too many pens.....
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 May 2008, 07:53:48 Horrible. The game isn't terrible, but I'm at the last chapter and I could care less about what happens. It's fun for a while, but it just ends up being the same crap over and over again. There may be some replay value, but I'm starting to think that it wasn't worth the $30 I paid for it. Wait until it gets down to $20 brand-new and then start looking at it. As for Venom being Spider-Man's dog, that doesn't occur. If anything, Venom tries to bite Spider-Man's head. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 May 2008, 16:44:34 I continued my file on RE CV, now I'm stuck on the Antarctic Base as Chris. >_> Damn Alexia and her tentacle things.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TriggerUNIT on 17 May 2008, 18:44:48 I'm currently enjoying the game Dementium: The Ward.
Seriously I'd heard nothing but good things about this game, 'cept for the flawed saving system (which people vastly exaggerate because it DOES NOT start you off at the very beginning of the chapter if you die. There are random save spots.). In all honesty, for the DS, the graphics really impressed me. The controls are ok, although I'd like an option to be able to use both the directional pad and the buttons to move and look about (like in MPH). The only thing is, not a lot of action, or at least not as much as I had hoped for. I was looking for something more like Doom 3, but what I got was wondering through many vast hallways sometimes with absolutely no enemies in sight. The atmosphere though is pretty creepy, and it is a really good game. I suggest that if you don't have it, you at least rent it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 May 2008, 18:46:33 I tried the Iron Man DS demo from the Nintendo Channel last night.
The game sucks. Do NOT get it. Or even bother trying the demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 17 May 2008, 18:48:52 I believe it's supposed to be the best of the Iron Man games... :(
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 May 2008, 18:50:50 ...
It's so bad too...... Basically, fly with control pad, aim and shoot with touch screen. That is all. Throw in a super cannon and an EMP once in a while. Maybe some rockets. Hell, one level took me 10 minutes and I was bored after about 3 minutes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 May 2008, 21:40:48 I want to try the Wii Iron Man game but really what did you expect the DS would be? I have Revenge of the Sith and Spider-Man 2 for DS unfortunately, they are the worst DS games I've ever played.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 17 May 2008, 23:25:58 Remember that topic I made where I asked if anyone had Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne?
Well, as luck would have it, Atlus found a few thousand copies in an empty warehouse and restocked the game. I ordered it the second it became available at play-asia! So, w00t! Game cost $50 NEW instead of $100 OLD. So, that's what I'm currently playing right now (I actually ordered it a while ago). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 May 2008, 02:03:27 I'm currently enjoying the game Dementium: The Ward. I bought that forever ago, what, did it come out on last Halloween, right? Nobody else ever knew what it was. I played through a lot of it but sold it later because I completely lost interest. It was very creepy, I loved the atmosphere. I once wrote a short story about an abandoned hospital and a crazy deranged mental patient on the loose. That's probably my choice for creepiest setting for any horror story. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 May 2008, 02:40:16 I don't know. I saw the trailer from The Strangers, and I got free tickets for the movie, but I don't think any of my friends want to go and don't go to movies alone. Anyway that is like the basic reason why I would never live in the country and why I hate my aunt's pitch black country home.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 18 May 2008, 12:56:23 Currently playing Mario Kart Wii again, doing the new competition.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 18 May 2008, 16:32:58 It's not very good, this competition.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 May 2008, 16:09:29 I'm now playing the first Phoenix Wright game.
HOLY #####ING ##### THIS GAME IS AWESOME. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 19 May 2008, 16:29:13 Well spotted.
I still need to do 2, 3 and 4! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 May 2008, 17:34:11 4 is a substantial drop in quality from 1-3. Not bad, but 1-3 are so much better.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 May 2008, 22:01:39 I believe it's supposed to be the best of the Iron Man games... :( There was an Iron Man game that came out for the GBA (called The Invincible Iron Man, I think) that was pretty tight. I liked it. As for the 360 game, I played the demo when it first came out. I thought it was okay, but I didn't think that it was very challenging and all of the reviews that I've read say that it's complete balls. I'll wait until it gets down to $20-30 brand-new before I go anywhere near it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 19 May 2008, 22:39:09 We're talking about the movie games methinks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 19 May 2008, 22:40:36 Yeah.
There was a horrible Iron Man game for the Saturn back in the day. I don't recall any more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 19 May 2008, 22:55:00 Well, the Avengers game for SNES wasn't too terrible...
Who am I kidding, it sucked. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 May 2008, 06:37:35 Nah, it was OK. Marvel Ultimate Alliance is pretty good but it's one of those games that's only good if you're playing with the right people. You need a TEAM and a lot of people tend to always want to be the leader.
I'm gonna rent the Iron Man movie game on Wii. Apparently the difficulty spikes out of nowhere but I'll give the game a shot. It's probably bad, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 May 2008, 16:55:36 Slowly working through Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart Wii still
. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 21 May 2008, 03:25:05 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 May 2008, 03:33:40 HOLY #####ING ##### THIS GAME IS AWESOME. Same for me. But every game after the first one made me lose my interest. Very quickly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 May 2008, 03:54:56 Well, I just finished the 3rd Trial. I'm still loving it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 May 2008, 03:59:49 Oh, you'll love it 'till the very end.
And then you'll play the second one, and hate it. And then love the very end. Then hate the third one. And then stop playing because I got too bored of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 21 May 2008, 04:12:01 The fourth case is just mad and will make you squeal.
The fifth one isn't as good, but it sure is long and hard. EDIT: #####. I just realized my friend is still borrowing my copy and he hasn't finished it because his parents grounded him. For getting two B's on his grade card... ._.; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2008, 05:34:58 Uh huh. The second one is really good so you're clearly a fool if you don't like it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 May 2008, 11:35:05 I started with the second one and loved the entire thing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 May 2008, 14:48:56 Uh huh. The second one is really good so you're clearly a fool if you don't like it. Ah, well, I didn't meant I hate it. I was comparing it to the first one. The second was good, but didn't live up to my expectations after playing the first one. But the last case was very excellent. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 May 2008, 17:14:22 I got the second one first and played it for the first time with my friend, he thought it was going to be crappy since you have to read.. but about 10 minutes later we were deep into the first trial and in love with the series.. in the school hallway sitting on the floor, shouting "IT'S A GODDAMN BANANA GLOVE WTF!"..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 May 2008, 20:21:39 Oh, you'll love it 'till the very end. :: beats with tomatoe stick :: FOOL! 1 is godly, 2 is still good (I love case 2-3 myself) and 3 is fantastic (not quite 1 good though). 4 is... ok, but 5 needs to fix all the issues it had or the series will be in trouble. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 May 2008, 20:39:39 haha! V, you're covered in tomato juice from that last beating!... haha..V?..V?
Anywhoooo, I'm playing Pokemon Red, oh such good memories.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 May 2008, 20:48:03 Oh, you'll love it 'till the very end. Ah, well, I didn't meant I hate it. I was comparing it to the first one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2008, 22:16:03 God I need a game I haven't played. I have RE4 sitting here but... Eh. It's more of a game I'm playing with my friend, and now we're kind of on GTA4 together.
Think I'll get the first and third PW in the next few days. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 May 2008, 22:19:04 Did you ever get Mario Galaxy? I can't remember.
On the DS, I reccomend "The World Ends With You" but it's pretty weird so I don't know. It's a quality game, though. I normally HATE RPG's. It's the first one I've played since X Command Mission. And I enjoyed it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 May 2008, 22:32:44
Tried it, hated it, I hate using the stylus for nearly everything in games. And I could barely get past the starting with the #####ty music in the background. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2008, 22:35:05 Did you ever get Mario Galaxy? I can't remember. I didn't. I want to, but at the same time... Eh. Whatever game I get I'm going to play a LOT of and I want something that will take a while even if I play it often, plus I'm more interested in something portable right now so I can have the option to play it at work and such. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 22 May 2008, 15:17:21 I'm playing Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master. It's easier than Revenge of Shinobi, something I'm thankful for.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 May 2008, 16:05:25 Think I'll get the first and third PW in the next few days. You shouldn't skip 2... it's still a good game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 May 2008, 16:14:13 He already played the second game I believe. I heard him mentioning it before.
btw, objection lawls (http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=2589620) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 May 2008, 21:42:03 He's already got 2, I believe.
Posted on: 22 May 2008, 16:41:39 Damn it, second page that I haven't noticed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 May 2008, 23:40:58 Yea I have and have finished the second, actually.
I rented Bully and Iron Man for Wii today 'cause I'm playing games and junk with people later. I've yet to try either but I noticed there's a big lack of Wii games I want to rent. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 May 2008, 01:18:20 He didn't skip 2, he's already played it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 May 2008, 01:35:19 lawl ASR made the same mistake I did.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 May 2008, 01:39:07 There should be like a thing that pops and says "hey you're clicking reply but there's still one more page are you sure you don't want to read that page and stuff before you look like an idiot" to prevent this sort of thing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 May 2008, 04:51:41 What about all that red text that tells you there's messages you've not read? Doesn't that show up in such a case?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 May 2008, 04:53:52 Only if there's a new post before you press reply. If the posts already happened before you went to the topic, it won't warn you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 May 2008, 12:38:37 I hate doing that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 May 2008, 09:21:16 Anypoo.
Bully is pretty good so far, I recently got the second area (part of the town I guess) unlocked (you start with only the School's grounds unlocked, much like the first area in a GTA game). Iron Man is pretty much JUST OK. Right before I played the "First Flight" mission today (second mission) I watched a review on it by Victor Lucas and some other dude. They must have been talking about the XBox 360 or PS3 version because the control methods they talked about were a bit different than the Wii one. The Wii controls seem to be better than what they said, thank God. If the Wii even has the same game as 360 andf PS3, which I doubt. But it's an OK game, pretty damn repetitive but not awful. Short, I hear. I'm pretty sure I'm almost completely done the story. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Neo Arcadian Hero on 1 June 2008, 20:08:51 Fire Emblem 6
I was shocked when the one guy had some... colorful language... Rated E, sure... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 June 2008, 21:01:38 Fire Emblem 6 never came out to NA.
If you're playing the game with Eliwood, that's 7. If you're playing the game with twincest, that's 8. If you're playing the one with Roy, then you're playing a translated game and hasn't been rated by ESBR. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Neo Arcadian Hero on 1 June 2008, 21:24:41 Im playing the translated version of #6
It has Roy, and since every FE game except for #9 has been rated E, im assuming this one was too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 June 2008, 22:17:25 Nope. It wasn't officially translated into English.
And I suggest we stop talking here. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 1 June 2008, 22:23:42 Currently playing Megaman Legends 2. I picked it up last week in a secondhand electrical store. It seems to be a little different from the version my friend has.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 June 2008, 04:28:15 OK so, apparently there's a fourth NBA street under the name 'NBA Street Homecourt' but it's on 360 and PS3. I'm gonna have to keep looking for Vol. 3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 June 2008, 04:36:09 NBA street sounds like one of those games I'm not gonna buy anytime soon but will attempt to look for in the future.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 June 2008, 05:38:11 I'm just itching for it now, so hard.
I've borrowed a PS2 from one friend and San Andreas from another. Which would be the #####ing limit except that my friend can't find half the PS2 power cord (the part that goes from the wall to the transformer box thing kuwanger). So I get to just look at the PS2 and games while he takes his time finding the cord. Uhhhf. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 June 2008, 15:05:56 Metal Gear Solid 4
So far, so good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 June 2008, 16:29:59 !!!!!!!
I didn't even realize it was out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 12 June 2008, 16:34:10 Metal Gear Solid 4 You got through the downloading time and the 90 minute cutscene, already? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 12 June 2008, 20:39:24 !!!!!!!Came out today, I believe. Some stores broke the release date. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 June 2008, 20:51:47 Why does it seem like stores ALWAYS break the release date on popular games?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 12 June 2008, 20:55:04 Because it's happening more and more frequently in the US?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 June 2008, 21:13:40 We're all dirty rulebreakers.
That said, I've been playing pretty much nothing, unless you count Oblivion and Kirby's Adventure. But I only play Kirby when I poop so that doesn't really count. I've had pretty much the whole MGS4 story spoiled for me, by the way. But I still want to play it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 June 2008, 02:33:33 I believe I'm halfway then. I just finished Metal Gear Solid 2 last not.
Metal Gear Solid 3 now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 13 June 2008, 03:41:06 Personally, I think 3 is the best of them.
... ... might play that tomorrow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 June 2008, 05:06:07 If my friend ever find the second half of his PS2 powercord I'll be able to finally play 3. 2 is crud so obviously I like the first most of the two. Even the VR Missions are more appealing than MGS2.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 June 2008, 05:12:01 I thought MGS2 was pretty good.
... It made me raise an eyebrow a few times and made me want to stop playing thinking "WTF" but it was OK. It's definitely not as great as the original. So far, I'm liking the original MGS1 over MGS3, but I can't judge since I've already begun. However, I'm having quite some fun. I'll just have to get used to the new look. "So, how do they taste?" "... You're gonna eat one aren't you?" "Maybe." "Well... I guess they're alright to eat..." "You don't say?" "..." (Quotes not exact) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 13 June 2008, 05:35:50 So yeah.
This game is #####ing epic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 June 2008, 06:32:09 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
These guards are RETARDED. I love this. I just layed low underneath the wooden boarding, making slash noises until a guard came around. I intentionally made myself visable until they requested backup. They'd stand around the hole, shooting at me "hitting the flooring" and all I'd do is... slash their legs til' they're dead. It takes a while, but... I killed everyone in the area INCLUDING reinforcements using myself as bait and a knife as my only weapon. It's great how you slash their legs and they say "What's happening?" EDIT: NVM. I guess there's a couple left. Oh well. *crawls back into hole and begins to slash* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 13 June 2008, 13:38:54 Yes, the ultimate technique.
Don't forget to spin Snake around in the survival viewer a few times! He does such fun things. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 13 June 2008, 19:26:00 Dude, if you're anything like me you'll eventually end up liking MGS3 more than the original.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 13 June 2008, 20:34:30 I've been playing GTA4 a lot. Niko Bellic has gotta be one of the most badass video game characters ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 13 June 2008, 20:40:49 He is bereft of character.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 June 2008, 05:57:40 He is bereft of character. And looks totally stupid with glasses and a blue windbreaker on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 14 June 2008, 14:57:20 He looks stupid no matter how you dress him.
That's what I hate about GTA4. Saint's Row took everything that was good about GTA and made it so much better, and added a whole lot into the mix... Then GTA should have stolen everything that was good about SR, but they didn't. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: FalconOfNight on 14 June 2008, 17:35:54 I've been playing morrowind GOTY recently. my dad just picked up daggerfall at a garage sale for 50 cents, and has said I can have it once my room is clean. I've also been playing starforce, cool game, but not as good as BN 3 blue
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 14 June 2008, 18:48:57 Daggerfall really isn't as good as Morrowind would lead you to believe.
The third game is several billion steps up from the first two (which are very similar in engine and design). It is, however, nearly three times bigger. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 June 2008, 20:43:37 He looks stupid no matter how you dress him. Well, yes, that is true. But I mean, it's so much worse with the glasses. I haven't played Saint's Row but it looked dope. Hm. In San Andreas you're always able to make CJ look cool and his story is interesting (at times). ##### you Niko Bellic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: The Otaku on 15 June 2008, 02:09:59 Right now I'm playing Pokemon Ranger on my DS. It's different from the original Pokemon RPG, but it's more fun and addicting because instead of crossing your fingers or pushing a bunch of buttons that, you think, will increase the chance of catching a Pokemon, you get to actually draw loops around the Pokemon you wanna capture. It's fun and addicting and it gives your arm a workout. But the bad thing is that you can't keep Pokemon with you; You have to go to the area they're in and capture them again. I hate that. Another good thing, though, is that there's only one version, so you don't have to trade with others to get the Pokemon you want or buy the other version.
I finished the game, officially, in less than two days. But I'm still searching for Pokemon. I currently have 183 out of the 213. Your opinions on the game? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 June 2008, 01:21:56 Well, right now I just finally beat Metroid Prime 3.
That makes every Wii game I own beaten (except for Resident Evil 4; that's my brother's and I don't feel like playing that game... I never ever touched the disc). I've also been playing Pokemon Pearl again... I've always wanted to make my ultimate team... That makes the games I'm currently playing... -Dragon Quest III -Dragon Quest VII -Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker -Pokemon Pearl -Shining in the Darkness DQIII I'm in the middle of... but I won't finish it until after VII (which I'm currently 65 hours into. x_x) DQM is awesome, better than Pokemon, but I play Pokemon because they're both good. Shining in the Darkness is... UGH but I need to beat it! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 June 2008, 01:25:05 The only game I've bought all year was Brawl.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 June 2008, 01:26:41 I forgot Brawl...
Yeah, I play Brawl nearly everyday. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 June 2008, 01:29:36 I don't.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 June 2008, 02:06:03 I can't. I can't do that to myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 16 June 2008, 13:59:52 I played it for a couple of days, unlocked everything, and now it's in its box where it belongs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 16 June 2008, 14:53:50 Don't really care for Brawl, it's my only Wii game so of course I play it. But I'd rather play something else on the Wii.
I picked up a new copy of Pokemon FR yesterday.. playin' it.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 June 2008, 05:53:04 They're not Wii games, but you can always check out the virtual console.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 17 June 2008, 15:58:38 Finished MGS4.
Mind = Blown Going back to Persona 3 FES next. I love it's soundtrack. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 17 June 2008, 16:17:00 I wanna play Takeshi's Challenge (http://www.goodtimeretrocafe.com/nes/takeshi.html).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 June 2008, 19:29:00 That's funny. The game, and the stuff about it. The writer(s) seems up his/her/their own ass(es) enough to think what he/she/they write(s) is funny/clever, when it really isn't.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SB on 18 June 2008, 04:27:31 Switching between GTA IV, Halo 3, Ikaruga, and ZXA lately. Breaking in the new 360, and whatnot.
Thinking I'll switch GTA out with Mario Kart Wii 100 cc after I beat the story portion, or else I'll switch it out with Galaxy, and work on the final 60 or so stars for Mario... Also realizing that ZXA has HORRIBLE level design, especially compared to the first game. If not for the Bible Black dub, and overly racist/homosexual dialog at some points, it'd definetely hit the gamestore for the $10-$12 it'd net me towards something else I haven't played just yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 June 2008, 04:28:30 I went to Best Buy to buy Mario Kart Wii today.
They didn't have any in stock. So I bought $50 worth of DVD's I've been wanting and hoo boy did I make the right choice. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 June 2008, 04:31:27 Now that I have my own computer, I`m able to do a whole bunch of things I couldn`t do when I didn`t have my own machine.
Like put DOSBox on it. Now I`ve been playing like four hours of TIE Fighter a day. Unhealthy? Yes. Awesome? YES. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 04:34:23 Go get some Space Quest and play that. Stuff is awesome.
I may just have to play Space Quest III tomorrow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 June 2008, 13:03:13 I'm got Zack and Wiki last night.
I played it for a bit and it was OK. I won't be playing it hardcore until exams are over, though (Exam 1 starts in an hour). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2008, 16:46:26 I went to Best Buy to buy Mario Kart Wii today. It's the same story in a lot of places right now, including here. I haven't kept a single copy of Mario Kart in my store for more than a day since it was released. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 17:25:08 I was just playing some Xenogears today.
For the most part I've decided I like the game. It's at least more interesting than Xenosaga (even though I still feel like I'm watching the game play itself a lot). I do not, however, like the fact that you have to overlevel to progress normally, or bosses will destroy you. And that counterattack that doesn't SEEM like it's a counter attack thing? I'm tired of getting my rear handed to me from that. Oh, well. Better than doing nothing. Or playing any of the current games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 June 2008, 17:44:15 I played Xenogears for a bit.
Didn't like using Mechs in battles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2008, 17:57:44 Xenogears Disc 1 > Xenogears Disc 2
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 18:08:15 Oh, awesome.
Now I don't want to play the game anymore, Edge. Back to not knowing what to play and spending the day doing nothing because I can't come to a decent decision. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 June 2008, 18:34:57 Play Dragon Quest VII.
If you like basic turn based RPGs that takes 100 hours to beat. Even though the game is painfully linear. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 18:51:37 I can't even bring myself to beat VIII, and it's the most appealing of all of them to me.
Truth be told, out of standard RPGs, the only one I can stand is Wild Arms. Junk like Grandia, Lunar, Legaia... those are more my speed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 June 2008, 19:00:03 I dunno what compells me to play the Dragon Quest games. I hate that turn based battle system because its so old and its barely updated in each game yet when I play Dragon Quest I get sucked in and end up playing for a few hours.
You should try Star Ocean 2 if you haven't yet. I think the game has been remade for PSP and is coming out in English soon if you're interested. I say Star Ocean 2 instead of 1 or 3 because its the superior one out of the three. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 June 2008, 19:08:11 I have tried quite a few RPGs, none are as fun to me as Tales games.
I LOVE open battles. It's like a fighing game AND an RPG rolled into one. I hate random battles, I hate having to grind for more than 20 minutes to beat anything. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 19:19:33 Try playing the original Grandia. It might be turn-based, but it does fun things with the battles, none of them are random, and you can just cruise through the game without fighting everything you see (and there are only a set number of enemies in a dungeon, so if you want to go back and nab a chest you missed a few steps back, the enemies stay gone).
Star Ocean 2 is probably one of my favorite games of all time. It's a lot like Tales in some respects, but it even makes the out-of-battle game fun. You can make crap. They're also re-doing the first game for the PSP in the style of the second. Personally, I think that'll be a big improvement... maybe enough to make it worth finishing at least. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 18 June 2008, 19:26:00 Never heard of Star Ocean until now. If they remake the sequel for the PSP, I might give it a try.
It'll give me another game to buy on the PSP platform at least. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 June 2008, 19:33:33 Chron, I like the sounds of those.
I MIGHT have to give them a try. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2008, 20:14:39 Oh, awesome. I didn't say it was a bad game, I only said that the second disc is weaker than the first. By all means, continue. I have tried quite a few RPGs, none are as fun to me as Tales games.I love the Tales series. I'm also quite heartbroken that the newest incarnation will be 360 exclusive. Just when I was able to remove Bioshock from my "reasons to give in and buy one" list, I have to add Tales of Vesperia. Chron, I like the sounds of those. They're quite good, but it's not likely that they'll come close to touching the throne that Tales sits in. Particularly if you've played most of them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 June 2008, 20:15:28 Try playing the original Grandia. It might be turn-based, but it does fun things with the battles, none of them are random, and you can just cruise through the game without fighting everything you see You can do that in the original Lunar too, because all the bosses stats are based on Alex's. Ex: The boss on the ship or whatever has x11 of Alex's stats all over, so no matter what Alex's stats are you should be able to fight him successfully and not ever actually be forced to grind. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 20:21:20 Grandia's bosses are static in terms of stats, but it's the same company so yeah. I like Lunar 2 better myself, but both games are good for a smooth play through (admittedly 2 is a little tougher).
Oh, awesome. I hit a bit of a lull in it. One of those cases where you haven't saved for a bit and then you die after an hour of work. I wasn't planning on picking it again soon anyway, but I will finish it. It's a good game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 June 2008, 20:24:59 I never actually got to play any sequel (or prequel) to Lunar: SSS Complete. Mainly because I've never found a single copy of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue for sale in my life since I fell in love with the first one. The "newest" Lunar I've played was Lunar Legend, which is just a retelling of SSS on GBA with new sprites anyway. Not bad though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 June 2008, 21:47:02 That Lunar game on the DS is bad, apparently.
The only Lunar game I've played was the first one on the Sega CD, and to my knowledge, that game is the first half to Lunar: SSS Complete. I'm probably wrong, though. I heard Grandia is a sequel to Lunar; made by the same guys at a different company. Sort-of like Xenogears and Xenosaga. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 June 2008, 22:01:41 Grandia isn't a sequel to Lunar, but it incorporates a similar (but more interactive) battle system. It was made by the same people.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2008, 22:39:59 Grandia III = Fail
The others were gold though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 June 2008, 23:13:03 That is the prevailing opinion among the Grandia fandom as well. Xtreme is sort of hit or miss for most people, but if you really like the battle system, it's dead on. III was just missing so much to be a good standard game... story, battle scaling, battle features (why would you REMOVE team attacks?)... and the character development system wreaks of FF influence.
Strangely, it has more closure to it's end than any RPG I've ever played. Which is good. There shouldn't be more of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 June 2008, 03:36:37 I heard from a friend they're making a sequel to Tales of Symphonia. I know nothing about it except for the fact that he saw the game poster.
Is that what you were mentioing Edge? Tales of Vesperia? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 June 2008, 03:42:25 Tales of Vesperia is a Tales game for XBox 360 that has nothing to do with Symphonia.
Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratoask or something is a direct sequel to Symphonia (taking place 10 or something years after the events) where you can recuit monsters for your party. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 June 2008, 05:03:01 OMG WANT.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 June 2008, 05:09:04 Agreed. In both cases.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 June 2008, 06:35:03 That is something he DIDN'T tell me.
I second the following statement: OMG WANT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 June 2008, 06:43:01 That quote warranted a legitimate lol.
I'll have to research it later. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 19 June 2008, 15:16:29 If I recall from an article, there is no overworld map, just a point-and-click interface.
None of the new characters look even mildly interesting, either. The only reason to play it is to see the older characters. Granted, the graphics have seen a dramatic improvement. I don't think I'll particularly care to play it. ... there's also an "Elemental grid" system in the battles, which is almost exactly the same as the field effect in Chrono Cross. On one hand, I'm glad to see the system in use. On the other hand, it doesn't look like they're using it for anything but a single gimmick. Never good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: whatsyourproblem on 26 June 2008, 15:44:31 I've been playing mario and sonic at the olympic games for DS. Does someone have this game?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 26 June 2008, 20:18:05 I have it. It is good. Although damaging to one's screen.
Posted on: 26 June 2008, 20:11:33 I just got Smash Bros. Brawl and it's really nothing special. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 June 2008, 20:19:35 Hence why we all got bored of it quickly.
Such a shame, too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 June 2008, 20:30:27 I'm playing too much GTA: San Andreas these days. But I don't mind at all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 June 2008, 18:43:14 Abe must post his Brawl data.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 27 June 2008, 20:23:24 I won't until I'm half decent at it, which due to my total play time of it being about an hour so far, I am not.
I almost bought GH:Aerosmith today but resisted because that'd push SSBB further down the playlist. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 June 2008, 20:25:51 Ew, GH Aerosmith is a ripoff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 June 2008, 01:57:20 All those games are ripoffs of even older pattern games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 28 June 2008, 11:15:56 Everything is a ripoff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 June 2008, 20:49:10 You just ripped off my post you summamuhbitch!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 29 June 2008, 00:46:00 Uh...
I paid for the bandwidth your post used! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 June 2008, 02:34:38 "What a rip-off!" said Abe as it suddenly occurred to him that he is making absolutely no profit whatsoever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 June 2008, 02:59:14 Abe, I'll mail you something if you give me your address.
Like, an American dollar. Profit? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 June 2008, 04:01:55 Ooooh! An American dollar! Those must be worth 19 tons of haggis over in nowhereland where you are!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 29 June 2008, 04:49:51 Hahahaha
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 29 June 2008, 06:11:54 Or, like half a British pound/Euro. Yea, the dollar sucks. >.>
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 June 2008, 19:21:15 I've been playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Sega Superstars Tennis, Bejeweled 2, and Texas Hold'em as of late.
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has been getting really frustrating as I've progressed through the storyline. I currently don't have a squad with me to help take some of the fire, and this semi-realistic one-man army crap is starting to annoy me. Sega Superstars Tennis is a lot more fun now that I've unlocked some of the mini-games. The whole Virtua Squad (wasn't it originally called Virtua Cop?) section is fun as all hell, as it's like you're playing the game with a tennis ball and racquet. The Space Harrier stuff sucks though. Bejeweled 2 is great; I'm enjoying it a lot more than Hexic 2, although both are great games. At first I sucked at Texas Hold'em, but I'm slowly learning the game. My only problem is that whenever one of the computer A.I.s goes "all in", they ALWAYS win that hand. Yet times when I have to go "all in", I never do. Cheap as ##### sometimes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 30 June 2008, 22:37:28 I beat Kirby Crystal Shards with my friend and we are now starting a game on Paper Mario.
Me and my friend share playthroughs of certain games we both beat and liked. With KCS we took turns for each level/death. With Paper Mario, every 15 minutes we're switching. We've also done this with Super Ghoul's and Ghosts and Donkey Kong Country 2. It's pretty fun, sharing your 1P experiences with a friend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dizzy on 1 July 2008, 02:37:07 Been rotating between No More Heroes, Super Paper Mario, and Trauma Center: New Blood on my Wii. Pc I usually go about the Spore Creator and Age of Conan. My father actually plays Conan a good bit.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 July 2008, 02:40:48 Been only playing San Andreas pretty much. Put in a borrowed Kingdom Hearts the other day but I didn't know what I was doing anymore since I only did the opening like a year ago at my friends and I loaded that save file.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 July 2008, 03:38:43 Wow, Alex Kidd is by far the cheapest son of a bitch bastard that I've ever encountered in this game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 5 July 2008, 02:24:16 I've been playing Final Fantasy Tactics: A2 recently. I havent played the other FFT games though this one is pretty fun. I like the large selection of jobs and everything though I wished it had a better story that would keep me involved more.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 July 2008, 05:58:54 I played some Aegis Wing the other night with 3 other people. That was pretty awesome, although I died a lot since I suck at the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 July 2008, 07:33:58 I find when there's too many jobs in a tactical or even pseudo-tactical game, it just gets annoying. I don't want to have to read boring crap for a thousand ours so I know how to best customize my party. I could just play an MMORPG for that crap.
I also dislike tactical RPGs where when a character dies in battle, they're completely dead and removed from the story and anything else you ever tried to do. That's like my only problem with the Fire Emblem series. Not that I ever lost any characters (save states). Oh, and I don't like that you have to have a specific person on the field to recruit some random guy you've never met and couldn't possibly know who to put out that has the ability to talk to them or if the guy is even recruitable or talk-toable in the first place. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 5 July 2008, 17:12:43 ^That's Fire Emblem for you.
Anyway, I renewed my subscription for Phantasy Star Universe and plan on getting Ambition of the Illuminous (Expansion Pack) so I'll be playing that for a while. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 7 July 2008, 13:02:46 I've been replaying one of my favourite RPG's; Grandia II. I'll probably start on Grandia once I'm done.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 July 2008, 15:13:30 I've been replaying MM1-8 in a random order.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 8 July 2008, 08:35:41 Holy ##### I'm about to play Battle Network.. I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DO IT! I'M GONNA--
I'm playing it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 July 2008, 00:09:49 I've been playing Pokemon Pearl far too much and getting far too into it.
I've been breeding Ralts all day to get one with great IVs to make a perfect Gallade. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 9 July 2008, 01:34:44 I beat the unholy crap out of VC Super Metroid. 2:55 and 100% items.
Not the best time by far, but I'm happy with it. I'm currently playing Mario 64 on the VC, since I never got a decent chance to play it before now. It is fun, but I still like Sunshine better. The cameras and platforming were just a touch more refined. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 9 July 2008, 01:55:35 I've recently started playing Banjo-Tooie again.
Just another play through for the fun of it. Other than that all I play is the occasional few rounds of Brawl, Pokemon Diamond, and Pokemon Ranch. Sano needs new games! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: The Otaku on 9 July 2008, 01:56:33 I'm not currently playing it, but I'm looking forward to Tom Claney's End War. A fictional WWIII sounds great. Better than any other game with Tom Clancey's name attached.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 10 July 2008, 22:25:33 I suddenly got back to Metroid Prime Hunters and played with the stylus for the first time. Man, no wonder I sucked before :(.
I got so into it that I made my own stylus out of lego so it could feel like holding a mouse. Aiming is better though I'd never use it outside of the house, lol. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dizzy on 10 July 2008, 22:37:19 I beat Castlevania II: Simon's Quest on my Wii yesterday. Geez, it's easy and not as good as the first and fourth. Still haven't beaten the first and fourth yet. I'm finding there's a good load of bumf### to dodge and kill in these games. First on especially.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 11 July 2008, 21:11:49 Fourth isn't very hard until you start trying to speedrun it. Then it becomes, not hard, but a nightmare you willingly invite into your living room day after day after day. And enjoy it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 11 July 2008, 22:02:29 Found MegaMan & Bass used at Gamestop for $4.99.
Having fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 11 July 2008, 22:22:49 Yeah, I got that too. I heard it from a friend and went to go pick it up.
We're so cool ASR! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 11 July 2008, 22:37:19 Everything about the GBA port is meh. Not enough buttons so I'm stuck with double-tap dashing. Screen's too small (in terms of resolution). Crappy downsampled music. Et cetera et cetera et cetera.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 00:01:35 Well, it's the best you're going to get unless you want to look like a Japanophile videogame importer.
And I see nothing wrong with it. Yeah, I got that too. I heard it from a friend and went to go pick it up. Yeah, I was just walking in to keep a friend company and then I saw it there! If it was any less than $5 I wouldn't have bothered. I lost a ton of GBA games back at military school, I'm convinced someone stole them, so I've been meaning to re-buy a handful of them. It's been over 4 years since then, so this is great. I actually feel like doing the same thing for all 4 Zero games. They only had Zero 1 and 3, though, and they're $10 each, so I'll wait until I see better offers. I've never played Zero 4. I get a discount from my friend, though. MM&B only cost $4.40, ohoho! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 July 2008, 02:41:44 Everything about the GBA port is meh. Not enough buttons so I'm stuck with double-tap dashing. Screen's too small (in terms of resolution). Crappy downsampled music. Et cetera et cetera et cetera. The game isn't that good, either way. So it's a moot point. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 03:19:29 It is noticeably more difficult than MM8, I'll chime in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 July 2008, 03:23:17 When it comes to a difficult challenge, MM8 is pathetically sad.
Even still, it was fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 03:27:10 JUMP! JUMP! SLIDE! SLIDE!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 July 2008, 03:28:33 POWER SHOT!
TORNADO HOLD! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 July 2008, 03:29:27 NO I FORGOT TO SLIDE!!
AUGHGUEDGH Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 12 July 2008, 03:29:54 My names Aquaman! But you can just call m-
..ugh.. I can't. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 03:30:34 Y-YOU HAFF TO ST-STOP DR. WILLY, MAGAMAYN!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 July 2008, 03:31:19 My names Aquaman! But you can just call m- I was gonna do the same thing, but I couldn't bring myself to do it either. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 July 2008, 03:33:40 My name is Aquaman, but you can just call me handsome GUY. <3
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 12 July 2008, 05:09:21 Let's have a fair fight!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 July 2008, 08:00:36 Hey everybody, your favorite King of Darkness, Satan here. I've taken over Speed Racer's account momentarily because his house currently a lot warmer than Hell, seeing as the kid started playing Madden. Seriously, what the #####? MADDEN!.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 July 2008, 08:40:55 It is noticeably more difficult than MM8, I'll chime in. No it isn't! MM8 has that #####ing Wily stage where you have to board through the whole thing. That's like harder than any MM&B level I had to face. Put together! And stirred! And sautéed! And served in a nice pumpernickel! It may have warned you of what you're supposed to do next, but it was still beyond annoying. MM&B has nothing like that. My name is Aquaman, but you can just call me handsome GUY. <3 Not to be confused with handsome Guillome. A French-Canadian (ew) seperatist (ew-er) with neck beardia (also ew). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 July 2008, 13:43:08 That sled stage was horrible the first few times.
But I can do it flawlessly these days. Oh. I was going to play some Grandia Digital Museum, but apparently the disc is broken. S'okay, got it for free, so it was a long shot. That and I can't read moon language anyway. I may very well play some Legends today. in fact i think i will Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 14:35:17 Yeah, the reason I was comparing is because I just replayed through MM8 last week, and when I got to the Wily sled stage, I was trying to show my friends how hard it was. I was like "Watch this, this stage gave me hell as a kid, it took me so many tries to beat it."
And then I beat it on the first try. So my point didn't really get across. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 July 2008, 14:46:27 I'd like some Legends right now. Legends 2 would do nicely. Unfortunately, I cannot find a copy.
If anyone hears a loud ringing squeal from the distance, I may have found a copy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 July 2008, 14:53:01 I saw Legends used at GameStop, but I don't own any sort of Playstation.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 July 2008, 17:41:15 I have Legends 2.
... But who wants to play it on a console when you could play it on the go with a PSP? >_> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 July 2008, 22:37:56 I do. Because to do it that way would mean I'd have to have a PSP.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 July 2008, 23:57:38 There's Legends 2 for the PSP now?
...Now there's 4 games I want on the PSP. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 July 2008, 02:49:37 I knew there was a Legends 2 for the PSP, but not in English.
I'd rather have the original copy anyway, but if I can see an English PSP version before I find the original, I'll nab it the same way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 13 July 2008, 05:21:20 There's Legends 2 for the PSP now? Well, there's one out for Japan only but that's not the version I'M playing. ;) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 July 2008, 22:11:55 He's playing the PSX version on his PSP. -_-;
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 14 July 2008, 22:30:18 Yes, we all got that thanks :D
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 14 July 2008, 22:39:19 Yeah, seriously, knock all this ##### off.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 14 July 2008, 22:39:51 Le sigh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 July 2008, 01:08:49 Yeah, seriously, knock all this ##### off. Sorry. <_< Posted on: 14 July 2008, 21:43:08 So, I just beat Metal Gear Solid 4. I honestly think that its the best game ever made. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 July 2008, 01:26:48 I beat Apollo Justice earlier today.
Now I've played all the Ace Attorney games so far... I still love the first one that most, and Apollo Justice was kinda bleh sometimes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 July 2008, 02:08:40 I wanna play MGS4.
Now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 19 July 2008, 02:12:34 You wanna play it NOW?
...Or NOW? I heard it wasn't that good, actually. And not only from Yahtzee, who I trust to the ends of the earth with my non-existent baby. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 July 2008, 05:47:53 I honestly think that its the best game ever made. Anytime someone says that about any game, I instantly attempt to increase the flow of oxygen to their brain telekenetically. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 19 July 2008, 21:51:54 I'm not playing 4 til I re-play 1-3.
And maybe the GBC one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 July 2008, 22:00:33 Anytime someone says that about any game, I instantly attempt to increase the flow of oxygen to their brain telekenetically. Ah, thanks. Its even clearer to me why I think its still the best game ever made. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 July 2008, 00:08:05 Anytime someone says that about any game, I instantly attempt to increase the flow of oxygen to their brain telekenetically. Whoaps. Clearly I put too much oxygen in your brains and caused you to have a stroke. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 20 July 2008, 00:19:39 I don't know what you're talking about. I'm totally fi
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 July 2008, 00:57:29 Hey that reminds me of this crappy meme about candlejack, supposedly he takes you away after you say his na-
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 20 July 2008, 00:59:08 There isn't supposed to be a "-" after saying Candlejack, Jo
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 20 July 2008, 05:37:05 I'm pretty sure it comes from that cartoon show, Freakazoid or something...I was to young when it was shown on TV, so I might be wrong...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 20 July 2008, 06:31:05 UT3 is sucking my soul out again. I'm actually surprised by how well they did the campaign mode, considering it's a strictly multiplayer-based game. It's still not an Unreal 3, however; I continue to hope for that to come along sometime, though it's not a very realistic hope.
Besides that, Mega Man X and Castlevania 4 and Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt on my SNES. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 July 2008, 20:58:08 There isn't supposed to be a "-" after saying Candlejack, Jo It's called a hyphen. Yeesh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 July 2008, 08:31:16 I've been playing Fable.
I've married 5 women and seduced entire villages. I've murdered those who thought they were my friend, I've murdered their family. I've stolen things that are useless to me just because I could. It's really weird, I'm actually trying to play through being good, but all I ever seem to do is bad things. I mean I do all the good quests and stuff and I do a bunch of nice things for people, but I seem to be shifting to the bad side. At least I think that's what all the scars mean, or maybe it's just 'cause I'm always getting knocked around by everyone during fights. It really doesn't have the alignment thing labeled very well, so I'm just assuming I'm a bad guy, even though I dress like a good guy. Yeah, Fable's fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 21 July 2008, 14:00:48 My neighbor has that, and he's the guy who goes to gamefaq to play PERFRECTLY and does absolutely nothing fun. The one bad thing I've seen him do is steal something from a shop, and not a great item in itself.
But if I heard him correctly, eating baby chickens makes you evil. You grow horns on your head, and that's basically your "evil-meter." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 July 2008, 00:07:15 It's very easy to be bad, and a lot harder to be good. Being badass is a whole other thing.
That's just way things are. I would like to play Fable, but an XBox is... Whello, not likely. Maybe a 360 sometime but I can't think of many games I WANT that badly. And I think Live is meh and achievements are more meh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 July 2008, 00:33:49 I would like to play Fable, but an XBox is... Whello, not likely. Maybe a 360 sometime but I can't think of many games I WANT that badly. And I think Live is meh and achievements are more meh. I AGREE 110% Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 July 2008, 00:35:17 What about a trident achievement?
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7614/tridentachievementjr1.gif) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 July 2008, 00:39:15 I was playing Wario Land 2 the other day.
So many memories! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 22 July 2008, 19:22:48 About two years after everyone I knew was into it, I've been playing Flyff. Level thirtysomething magician on the Mia server, going for psykeeper. Apparently "psychic magician" translates into "satanist" in Flyff-world.
It's got some pretty neat class character outfits, if you ignore all the worryingly shiny butt cleavage. On both genders. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 02:17:39 I'm spending the weekend up north with my family, so I brought the Wii up and intended to replay Super Mario Galaxy... but I left both Wii Nunchucks at home.
So, I'm running through my Virtual Console library finishing up games I haven't yet had the chance to. I got to World 5 in SMB: The Lost Levels, which is a helluva lot harder than I thought it was. I love the challenge, though. Also, a few months back I set out to replay all three Donkey Kong Country games. I got distracted about halfway through Donkey Kong Country 3... ironically by Super Mario Galaxy. So, now the tables have turned and I'm finishing this game due to opposite reasons. Even though DKC3 is my least favorite of the series, it's still an AMAZING game. The graphics are so much better at setting moods and atmospheres than what even most N64 games ever offered. Some of the parallax backgrounds are breathtakingly beautiful. "Ropey Rumpus" really shocked me as a great level. Well, pretty much everything about the graphics in DKC3 are beautiful. Too bad the gameplay sufferred a bit from DKC2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 July 2008, 03:53:45 I've been trying to play network games on Steam for I don't know how long.
I can never set up and play my own servers properly. The magic escapes me somehow. You wouldn't think it was a complex thing, but apparently it is. Even Hamachi quit working. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 04:35:40 Beat DKC3 again.
Caught a horrible Scooby Doo reference. Or ripoff, really. Never noticed it before. King K. Rool... or, Baron K. Roolenstein LITERALLY says "And I'd've gotten away with it, too... if it weren't for you meddling kids!" Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 July 2008, 04:40:29 He should have said "meddling kongs!"
I'm also playing through DKC3 again. And I'm going to try to 100% it too, without cheating. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 04:43:25 How do you cheat?
And also, the title screen/credits screen is definitely the most impressive graphics ever on the SNES. I just decided. The rotating wooden cylinder that Dixie and Kiddy hang from and spin. Beautiful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 July 2008, 04:51:01 How do you cheat? Theres this cheat involving the waterfall near Funky's place that gets you all the DK coins and Bonus Coins or something. I forget how its done because I did it a long time ago. Theres a similar cheat for DKC2 as well, but its a one time deal. You can do it whenever you want with DKC3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 04:58:47 Huh. Never knew that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 July 2008, 05:07:03 Neither did I.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 July 2008, 05:22:50 I didn't either until I stumbled upon it on the internet.
It sounded crazy too. For the DKC2 one, you had to jump over that map 16 times without touching it or something. I thought it was fake, but knowing Rare games, I decided to do it, and boy was I surprised. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 16:14:23 Oh, oh, I know the secret in DKC2 where in the first level, it's something like you can't collect any bananas or something until a certain point, and then you go back to that room in the beginning with the map and jump over it or something like you said! I forgot about that one!
And in DKC1 there's a warp glitch that someone else showed me and I've never been able to recreate it. It's on the very first map screen, when travelling the dotted lines between the last two levels on the screen. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 16:40:34 I think I might have done that DKC1 glitch, but that was so long ago and I only even rented it so I donno.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 16:54:35 Yeah, you go all the way to that Orangutan level.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 July 2008, 21:04:45 You have to hit B at the exact frame when you go around the corner.
So really, just spam B while you're travelling between Jungle Hijinx and Ropey Rampage. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 21:15:19 I've still got nothing to do today so I played some more SMB: Lost Levels.
I had it on Super Mario All-Stars but it was always too boring for me to play when compared to the other games on that cartridge, like SMB3 and SMW. So, I'm really playing it seriously for the first time ever. And it really is hard, man. I'm still at World 5, and I'm taking a break now. I'm getting frustrated. I'd play LostWinds but I don't have my Nunchuck. Ugh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 July 2008, 21:19:24 I remember on the All-Stars version I got to World 5, but in the NES version I'm stuck at World 3... The game is pretty damn hard.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 21:27:54 I almost beat it on All-Stars, but my mom had a habit of yanking the SNES cartridge out before turning the system off (which I just do NOT understand) and that would always erase all the save files on All-Stars.
It took me way too long to finish SMW 'cause of that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 21:33:45 My dad used to do that, too! One of my most vibrant childhood memories is my dad pulling out Kirby's Dreamland 3 from the SNES and it apparently destroyed the game somehow, and the cartridge just stopped working. I was so pissed.
Years later, the game magically started working again. Also, fun fact: My brother has never really liked Nintendo, and I figured out why: I would never let him play the SNES very much as a kid, and when we played Kirby's Dreamland 3 together, I ALWAYS made him play as Gooey, who is like a super-lame version of Kirby that follows him and does nothing useful and gets dragged around the screen when Kirby goes faster than him. So when the N64 came out, I did the same thing, and he just got fed up with it. So he didn't play videogames much as a kid. But then he got his XBOX360 and plays games non-stop. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 21:36:21 Well my mom would eject the cartridge, with that lever button crap, but it would still erase save files. It was annoying since she never cared to restart her Mario 2, but I had to restart my own files for EVERY game on that cart all the time.
That said, I'm pretty boss at the start of all those games. ::) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 21:37:48 I play a wicked "Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 21:39:10 Well I could kick your ass at McKids!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 26 July 2008, 21:44:29 Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift and Final Fantasy XII.
I'm really loving A2 it seems as great as the original but even more so. Could've had a longer story though and it's story ending was kinda weak. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 21:47:22 Everyone had those random games as a kid that they bought when they didn't know which videogames were good and which were bad. Mine were that Tiny Toons game and Animaniacs. And last I played them, they were both actually really solid games. Definitely fun and good-quality games.
And I'm really itching to replay them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 21:48:35 I couldn't get into FFTA. Like, I found the best part (of what I played) was everything BEFORE you actually get sent into the Final Fantasy world. Once that happened and I didn't have any of my new friends around, I started losing interest and fast.
But I've heard whispers that the original Final Fantasy Tactics is good, as is completely different in every way from the FFTA. So maybe they did a good job on FFTA2. I actually never owned McKids, but loved it. I definitely still own one of the worst SNES games of all time though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 July 2008, 21:49:28 I heard FFTA2 is like the same thing as FFTA. Story-wise, even.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 July 2008, 21:49:40 Ew.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 26 July 2008, 22:35:49 I've played FFT and FFTA. I actually liked FFTA better than FFT, but I only played like two missions on FFT and on FFTA I got around halfway through story...But yes, they are very different.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 26 July 2008, 22:54:11 I thought the customization was fun in A2 but that was all, eventually I got tired of the game and returned it.
I didn't think there was even any strategy in the game, I found myself having more fun with Advance Wars. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 July 2008, 23:39:36 Animaniacs kicked ass. I remember struggling for like half a week to beat The Brain, and then our rental ran out :S
I've got a bunch of those games kicking around. Both of the Addams Family games (one of which is total and utter crap and the other one of which is quite a decent and VERY HARD game), Captain America and the Avengers (pretty good game except for the play control, which is a turd), and NHL Stanley Cup (suffered from a few major issues such as NEVER getting a penalty for a poke check no matter how many times you did it or to whom, but on the whole it's a fairly good hockey game) and that's just the SNES ones. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 27 July 2008, 01:28:29 Final Fantasty 4.
I went into Gamestop the other day just before embarking on a 3 hour car trip. I went in with the loose idea that I would just blow some cash on a used copy of The World Ends With You, for lack of a better game. I told Jason (the awesome manager of the Gamestop who I've known since he worked at the Gamestop across the highway, which means I've known him for about 5 or so years.) that I needed a DS game. He asked me if I liked RPGs, and I said yeah. He told me he had a few suggestions. I asked him if he was going to reccomend TWEWY. He punched me in the face and told me it was awful. Then he made me buy FF4. I'm pretty happy with the purchase. Most people don't understand that I don't hate Final Fantasy or RPGs in general. I just hate the stupid ass mainstream JRPGs. Yeah, I pretty much hate every JRPG created after FF7. Man, I hate FF7. Anyway, yeah, FF4 kicks ass. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 02:18:55 I decided, out of sheer fascination, to beat Sonic 3 and Knuckles again.
I'm a little rusty, but I still remember pretty much everything in the game. Played as Knuckles. Usually that trips me up because of the different route, but I forgot how short it is in comparison to the Sonic story. And how ridiculously easy Super Metal Sonic is. Animaniacs kicked ass. I remember struggling for like half a week to beat The Brain, and then our rental ran out :S Oh, man, that battle was disgustingly tough. And the pies on the train? Shortly followed by the COAL CAR OF DEATH? What were these guys thinking? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 02:41:23 I loved how all the levels in Animaniacs were movie spoofs. The Never-ending Story stuff, and the Star Wars stuff, it was all awesome. BECAUSE AS A CHILD, I COULD RELATE.
And Sano, TWEWY was pretty good, but my game didn't save after I played for a few hours and then I wasn't motivated enough to replay those last few hours. One day I'll finish it. My friend LOVED it. I personally don't see what's so great about Sonic 1-Knuckles. They're fun games but I totally don't think they were ever that awesome. I had fun playing them as a kid because I didn't own a Sega and it was like a special experience to be able to play one, and it was exciting because I only got to play it a little bit. But after I bought them all on VC I realized that they really aren't all that great. And I've played Sonic & Knuckles to death and still don't think it's that great. Still quality games, though. Just don't hold a candle to MegaMan or Mario or Metroid or other games I could be playing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 02:55:33 You can't have opinions about video games because you like Donkey Kong Country.
Kidding. But you and I are total opposites on those two topics. I hate DKC. I also hate TWEWY, but I hate the team responsible for it just as much. And the art design is #####ing horrible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 July 2008, 02:59:03 So, I'm really playing it seriously for the first time ever. And it really is hard, man. I'm still at World 5, and I'm taking a break now. I'm getting frustrated. Same. I downloaded it for Wii now. It's really hard. World 5? Damnit. I'm still in World 4. I think. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 27 July 2008, 03:01:20 I also hate TWEWY, but I hate the team responsible for it just as much. 'Cause all of the characters look like androgynous, emo metrosexuals? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 03:02:35 Yeah, Chaos, I gave up for the day. At least you get continues, and unlimited ones at taht! Ha, you don't get those in the original.
...Chron ...man. I can understand the hate for TWEWY, because it wasn't fantastic or anything. Pretty much just mediocre but not bad. ...but it is beyond me as to how you can hate a game like DKC2. That game is quite literally platforming perfection. There is not a SINGLE flaw anywhere in that game. The level design is the best in any platforming game to date, and there are more than enough secrets to keep anyone occupied. The music is amazingly atmospheric, and the graphics helped set the mood much better than tons of games even today ever do. DKC1 and 3 were great, too. But DKC2 was the pinnacle of the platforming-genre. There will never be anything better. So... you're wrong. Your opinion is just wrong. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 27 July 2008, 03:05:14 I decided, out of sheer fascination, to beat Sonic 3 and Knuckles again. Wow, me too. I'm at the Carnival Nite Zone and I've already managed to get all the Chaos Emeralds. I have a feeling I won't be that lucky when looking for the Super Emeralds. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 July 2008, 03:07:29 Huh, I was playing Sonic 2 today. I got to Metropolis zone.
After I beat that I'll be playing S3&K again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 03:11:08 Yeah, Chaos, I gave up for the day. At least you get continues, and unlimited ones at taht! Ha, you don't get those in the original.I hate the very character of Donkey Kong. I always thought he was stupid looking. I had the GB game (which is horrible), and apparently all of the games have that same sloppy control feel too them. It's so disgustingly loose and slippery. It's like DK just walks around with banana all over his feet, and when you jump you're at the mercy of nature. Nothing about those games seems smooth or well designed to me. I decided, out of sheer fascination, to beat Sonic 3 and Knuckles again. You can find all of those within the first two zones of Sonic and Knuckles. In the combo, there are actually eight giant rings in them, so it's easy to get them all. I can't do the same in Sonic 3; it usually takes me until Hydrocity or Marble Garden to find them all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 03:14:11 I always pronounced Hydrocity Zone like "High-draw-sitty." Even though I'm pretty sure it's just supposed to be "Hydro City." I might be right, though. Or wrong, depending on how you're looking at it. But you know what I mean.
And Donkey Kong Land 2 and 3 on the Game Boy were awesome and very similar to their SNES counterparts. I ate them up as a kid when the idea of a portable game like that was still exciting, even if they were really similar. Plus those graphics on the original Game Boy were STUNNING. Donkey Kong Land 1 was a seperate game and I never really liked it much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 27 July 2008, 03:17:32 You can find all of those within the first two zones of Sonic and Knuckles. In the combo, there are actually eight giant rings in them, so it's easy to get them all. Yeah, but, I like to speed through the stages as fast as I could. I just happened to have stumbled into seven rings by Marble Garden Zone. I might look at a map or something when I get to Mushroom Top (?) Zone for the Super Emeralds, but only because I will be able to actually play the game when I get all of them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 03:23:55 It usually takes me longer to go straight through than to hunt for the emeralds in the first stage (but I know a direct route that goes through them all in Mushroom Hill).
They're more strewn about in Sonic 3, but I generally like for them to all be found before Carnival Night (I can find maybe one or two giant rings after that zone). I always pronounced Hydrocity Zone like "High-draw-sitty." Even though I'm pretty sure it's just supposed to be "Hydro City." I might be right, though. Or wrong, depending on how you're looking at it. But you know what I mean. I always said it Hydro-city until recently when I noticed that the letters are all together and thus meant to be read your way. I think. Still more fun to say it like that. How different was DKL1? It's the one I had. I've played bits of the others, but they all feel like pretty much the same game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 03:31:29 DKL1 was... well, it was really random in that you'd be going from the jungle to the snow to the caves to the ruins at completely random times, there's no themed worlds or anything like that, and it's just really loose and the levels are different and made just for the Game Boy. It's really not anything special.
It also does feel really loose but the next too are only slightly tighter control-wise, but the Game Boy just can't make it perfect so I don't hold anything against them. But DKL1 is definitely pretty screwy. Seriously, though. Play DKC2, go for a serious run-through and try it. Donkey Kong isn't even in it until the very end. The games have a great sense of humor, too. They're just... zany, that's a good word to describe it. I'm almost envious because you'll get to play through it and experience it for sorta' the first time. It's an amazing game and if you don't have fun, I'll... well, I guess I won't really do anything but that's fine because you'll have fun regardless. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 03:34:35 But... ugh... monkeys.
I hate monkeys. Eh, maybe I'll give it a shot since you say it's the best. At the very least they usually have good music (the one saving grace of DKL1 is that it had excellent music, although I think most of the tunes are in other games). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 03:41:22 I at least promise you that I've never had as much fun with a videogame as Donkey Kong Country 2. And yeah, the music is fantastic.
Obviously I love MegaMan, and I like the series more than DKC, but there's too much of it to be a super-special experience whenever I play it. The DKC3 is a solid trilogy that's always fun to go back and play and it really means something every time. Hands-down DKC2 is my choice for greatest game of all time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 27 July 2008, 03:43:40 DKC2 has one of the best soundtracks of all time.
I can't call it my favourite game of all time, though, because TIE Fighter is made of so much win. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 July 2008, 03:49:30 I love the Kaptain K. Rool boss theme. I just... it's... beautiful.
DKC2 is a masterpiece. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 27 July 2008, 03:51:22 DKC2 has the best music in the series.
But DKC3 still remains to be my favourite. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 03:56:14 I didn't say it's my favorite. It's a contender, but I don't have a favorite.
It's just hands-down video game perfection and I acknowledge that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 July 2008, 03:58:32 I choose it as my favorite because it's the best out of the bunch.
DKC1 comes next, and DKC3 last. They're all great games, but DKC3 seemed a little bland here and there. Probably the music. DKC2 is what made me like Dixie, but I hated Kiddy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 04:03:13 I always hated Kiddy, too. I just think Diddy was too awesome, and they took him away and replaced him right after his amazing adventure in DKC2. Seriously.
DKC3 was REALLY innovative and had tons of really interesting ideas and levels thrown in, and I applaud it for that. It just seemed like too much. DKC2 had the perfect amount of balance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 July 2008, 07:01:03 I hated almost every Kong there is. I don't care what anyone says though, I like Funky Kong. In the game(s) he was cool. Sure, he was a stereotype and pretty lame in the show, but whatever man. Whatever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 July 2008, 07:24:30 Funky Kong is what his name implies. He's Funky. No doubt.
I don't understand the hate with Dixie though. I liked Tiny and Dixie because they could FLY with their HAIR. I think Tiny is more hip though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 July 2008, 08:01:22 Maybe it's 'cause they suck.
Just maybe. Really though, I thought Dixie was OK until they decided she'd star in a game and completely annoy the #####in' piss out of the planet Earth. Tiny, Lanky, and the others who aren't Donkey, Diddy, Cranky, or Funky, can pretty go to The Island. But I'm forgetting a lot of Kongs, I'm sure, so that list isn't final. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 18:08:34 I hated almost every Kong there is. I don't care what anyone says though, I like Funky Kong. In the game(s) he was cool. Sure, he was a stereotype and pretty lame in the show, but whatever man. Whatever. Gonna have to agree with Mike. Out of all of those snot-faced, fugly monkeys, Funky was the most tolerable to look at. I played DKC2 for a bit. How long do I have to play it before it starts being good? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 July 2008, 18:19:35 It's good immediately.
I can understand difference in opinions, but I can't understand how anyone can think it's not at least a fun game to play, at the very least. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 18:46:53 It's pretty mediocre.
Not bad, mind you, it just doesn't seem very interesting to me. Pretty standard run/jump and toss stuff going on with it. Partner thing is pretty cool, and that's probably what separates it from other platformers. But on the whole I'd rather be playing Tomba. ... now there's an idea. I think I'll play that. I've also been on a bit of a work-through of Grandia II, as well. I had forgotten that the battles are nearly the same difficulty as later games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 27 July 2008, 22:26:31 I've never played any of the Grandia games.
Would you recomend them? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 27 July 2008, 22:35:49 I would recommend the first two games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 July 2008, 22:43:11 I'm a huge fan of all of them, and I love the combat system, but for most people, listen to Kamon.
Grandia 2 plays slowly due to some conversion issues (unless you have the Dreamcast version), but it's still good times. I highly suggest the first; one of the best games of all time, and my favorite. If you wind up liking the battles, play Xtreme. If you wind up really, really liking the games, play 3. I wouldn't suggest to anyone who has common sense though (but it's still got a better story than every Final Fantasy, but then that's my hatred speaking). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 27 July 2008, 23:07:59 Hmm...I'll look into them
I decided to play Metal Max Returns for the SFC/SNES instead. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 28 July 2008, 08:38:16 Played and finished MGS4. Kinda sick of the hype though, I have a friend who bought MGS4 without ever playing a Metal Gear game because he kept hearing the talk about how its the best game ever made. Now he says its the best game ever and could care less about the other games. >:(
The game was way more fun than I had imagined. MGS3 and MGS4 are a close tie for me, though the 4th game overall had more options to play stealth-like. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 28 July 2008, 08:50:07 MGS4
That's another game I have yet to play. ...And, sadly, I'll probably never have the chance to. I really enjoyed the other games, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 4 August 2008, 15:10:53 So, due to not being able to find MGS3's disc, Is stuck MGS4 in for a few hours...
I honestly think that its the best game ever made. It's too much for me... I'm actually astonished by it so much that I'm gonna wait til my newly ordered copy of Subsistence comes through and play that first since I'm too overwhelmed by 4. Amazing. I also ordered all the PSP games, and I await the N-Gage (platform) midquel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4n9CwKCTBc) (set between 1 and 2) with baited breath... ... METAL GEAR! YAY! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dragster on 4 August 2008, 15:39:41 Right now I'm playing GTA 4, and I must say that I liked the other GTA games a lot better for some reason.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 August 2008, 15:49:55 There aren't as many cheats.
The cheats made the games tons o fun. Like sitting on the second floor of a building in San Andreas and using the destroy all cars cheat over and over again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 4 August 2008, 16:18:11 GTA4 really ain't much cop at all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Cherry on 4 August 2008, 16:26:38 I've been going Sonic-crazy lately due to immersing myself for the sake of my fanfic. *sweatdrop*
Mainly I've been playing the classics but I also have Shadow, Riders, and Heroes. Oh, and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS), but that's not quite a Sonic game. They're all fun to play as long as you treat them more as spinoffs than Sonic games proper. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 August 2008, 18:26:13 You can't cheat in GTA4 anyway because "it ruins achievements and you can't do missions" which is why I don't get to try out any of the cheats at my friend's. I don't cheat much once I have the weapons I want in GTA games anyway, maybe sometimes to get body armor.
Last night I had to put on flying cars because I'd just modded a pimp car into a mad Grove Street pimp car with nitrous and green flames and ##### and then it got stuck in some thing and I needed to pull it out with the flying cars cheat, then I deactivated it right after and drove the car to a garage in one of my properties. I'm in the last leg of San Andreas now, so if I finish it tonight I'll probably be starting MGS3, as Soul Calibur 3 got a bit boring. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 August 2008, 19:15:09 The achievement blocking thing is only temporary, and it doesn't stop missions. Once you start up the game again, the achievements aren't blocked anymore. Though the cheats are pretty crap, there's only health, ammo, vehicle spawn, and I think that's it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 August 2008, 19:24:09 Well flying cars would just be annoying will all the overpasses and bridges. You keep your weapons when you die or get busted so there's no need for a cheat like that. But my friend said if you save with the cheats on it blocks that stuff, and the game autosaves so...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 13 August 2008, 07:10:01 Well, yesterday I picked up Guilty Gear X2 Midnight Carnival Reload or something for 5 bucks.
It's fun I guess, it's missing a lot of things I expect in a fighter, like how your characters colors are randomly chosen and you get no say in anything. I also love how there's a time limit to pick your character in arcade mode, ya know, the game mode most people start out on. Yeah, 'cause normally I like a minute or two to look at all the characters and randomly choose one on appearance alone. Another thing, the characters all feel really unbalanced. I just use Jam and play with a mixture of random button mashing and from time to time attempting to do the instant kill attack. Why is there an instant kill attack!? I think it's really unfair that a fight can start and I can just randomly get lucky and actually pull it off. Also, what the hell? Bridgette's a dude. It's fun I guess, for 5 bucks. Aaand, I've also been playing Final Fantasy 4 for awhile now. I'm on the moon!~ ^_^ Posted on: 6 August 2008, 01:55:53 Now I'm playing GTA:SA too. It makes me feel like such a dirty girl. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SB on 13 August 2008, 15:55:00 You dudes are missing out on Bionic Commando: Rearmed!
The quality is actually a bit better than I thought it would be, though I still got a ways to go before I get to the end to see if Hitler's exploding head is still in. Hacking into the enemy's communications is now an interesting 3D puzzle, so that's pretty nifty. Seeing the enemies say ROFL in the hacked communications wasn't what I was expecting to see, though... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 August 2008, 02:48:04 Almost done San Andreas. I'm in the last missions but I took a break from missions to kick every rival gang out of the main part of Los Santos.
I still have to kick the Ballas out of their two other regions (one of them being whatever Long Beach is called in SA) and I can't find the secret Vagos territory north of San Fierro but whatever, the main chunk of LS belongs to the Grove. GSF4Life. My boss at the store found a Nintendo DS game just in a campfire pit while on his vacation, and he gave it to me. It's some Pokemon game called "Pokemon Ranger" and it's in perfect condition. I haven't bothered to try it yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 August 2008, 05:54:34 I`m still playing Final Fantasy IV on DS...
But now I`m also playing all of the MegaMan games, from MegaMan to MegaMan and Bass before MegaMan 9 comes out. I`ve beat MegaMan and MegaMan 2 (WILY 1 STAGE MUSIC FTMFW) today... and I swear, both games used to be a little harder when I was little... and MegaMan 2 seems a lot shorter too. Tomorrow I`ll start MegaMan 3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 August 2008, 05:57:01 So far, I've been fiddling with Mega Man Powered Up and Brawl. I don't feel like touching anything else right now.
I wish my birthday would just hurry up. I want some Legends 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 August 2008, 05:59:52 I had my full MegaMan marathon less than a month ago, but I started with MegaMan & Bass and worked backwards to shake things up a bit. I play through the entire classic series about once a year, sometimes more. Usually more, actually.
I've been debating whether or not I should re-buy MMPU, because I really miss it, but I really just don't like the PSP and don't feel like ever touching it again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Cherry on 16 August 2008, 22:47:13 I've leveled out when it comes to the game I'm playing now. In addition to regularly playing Sonic, I have picked up Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus, after letting it gather dust for awhile, as well as Pokemon Crystal.
As far as PSU is concerned, I will gladly snatch up the third installment whenever it comes out. (I've heard online mode only offers a partial Ep. 3 story, so there's bound to be a physical game disc at some point.) I've fallen in love with the Gurhal system. It's so basic and cliched, for the most part, but I think that's why I like it. Plus, there's the inherent customization that comes from a create-a-character system. I might be seen online, someday... Pokemon: My Igglybuff caught Pokerus after a wild Pokemon fight. It ran its course with nobody else in the party catching it. Lame. At least I got a level off of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 August 2008, 23:51:57 That Pokemon game my boss found. It's not bad. I wouldn't BUY it though.
It's kind of interesting I guess. You're not a Pokemon Trainer, you're a Pokemon Ranger. Which is almost completely different. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 August 2008, 00:06:49 Ew. That game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Cherry on 17 August 2008, 02:55:27 Ick. That game takes all the fun out of playing Pokemon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 August 2008, 03:31:50 Every Pokemon game that doesn't stick to the original one is crap.
Platinum looks pretty good though, it'll be out this fall. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 August 2008, 04:17:22 I can't wait for Pokemon Bismuth and Plutonium!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 August 2008, 04:19:46 YEAH
HEY GAME FREAK WHEN'S THAT GOLD AND SILVER REMAKE COMING ANYWAYz? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Cherry on 17 August 2008, 04:48:40 No kidding. I want easy access to the Johto starters that doesn't require me having Emerald, thanks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 17 August 2008, 11:36:11 They should just make a game...
Start out in the original. Fill out your pokedex, defeat the elite four... Get your national pokedex... (or in this case SUB NATIONAL) Start out in the Second reagon Fill out your pokedex, Defeat the elete four... Get the next pokedex SO ON SO FOURTH. I get the whole sales pitch of 2-3 different (VERSIONS) But I'm damned tired of buying a new game the next time Gamefreak decides they have made fifty or so new characters (or lack there of) to throw in. I want to go through the entire world with my squirtle. I don't mind "catching them all," but I don't want to be forced to use poorly created characters in my party. I really think that instead of forcing out the newest and poorest quality of monsters, they should stick with what they have and lump it all together. There would be 99+ hours of game play. They could make it where you roam the entire map multilayer and encounter battles separately or together depending on range. They could even make it a local area MMO, based off of registered area codes, or 6 man rooms. They could work on post-elete 4 game play, and their never-cleaver mini games. They could work on character customization. They could re-define how everyone sees pokeman. No. They have to create about 100 new pokeman. Created by designers that I can tell quite frankly don't give a ##### anymore. take 50 of the characters from the previous games and throw them in for familiarity reasons. Sell a WHOLE NEW stratagy guide. Sell a whole new "National Pokedex" book. Then all they need to do is LAUGH... all the way to the #####ING BANK. -.- Then they start again. Back on topic, I just finished Leaf Green... The 151 classic are still the best. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 17 August 2008, 12:30:21 I've been playing Pokémon Diamond and God Hand. A few more runs through and I might attempt to start Hard Mode again for God Hand.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 August 2008, 22:51:00 There was a remake of the first Pokemon game?! Damn I haven't been paying attention. I almost want to get it now, too.
If they remake GS that'd be the last Pokemon game I'd ever expect to be good enough to buy, I think. I was so into that game, I played it for the longest time. But I never finished playing Pearl, I got so bored of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 August 2008, 23:28:26 You seriously haven't heard of FireRed and LeafGreen?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 August 2008, 23:56:46 I have heard of those games... but they were just names to me. I never put any sort of thought into what "FireRed" and "LeafGreen" as names would imply, much less looked them up for any sort of confirmation on what they were about.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 18 August 2008, 00:07:42 Yeah, they are the originals.
Once you get your national in pearl, you can trade over the old school to you DS game... making Pearl so much more worth the time and money. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 18 August 2008, 00:15:00 I just got Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Braid on Xbox arcade.
Both are very worthy of your purchase. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 August 2008, 00:18:42 I really, really want to get Bionic Commando: Rearmed, but I really don't feel like buying any Microsoft Points. Maybe sometime.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 August 2008, 00:43:59 To be honest guys, Pokemon Ranger isn't that bad. I'd never BUY it, but it's alright for light play. And I'm someone who hates a lot of Pokemon after Gold/Silver. Although I have to say FireRed and LeafGreen are probably the best ideas they ever had, as the Advance games had a great new look and stuff like that but Red and Blue were the best Pokemon games ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 August 2008, 02:05:24 I've read about braid.
I wanna try it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 August 2008, 02:34:43 I played Team Fortress 2 today.
Why didn't I ever realize how awesome it was before? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 18 August 2008, 02:56:36 I'm playing through SMT3:Nocturne for the first time. It's okay. The story is really slow, the gameplay seems no different from most other rpg's out there, and I honestly don't get how this game is suppose to be hard. It all seems pretty easy to me. All in all, I'd only reccomend buying this if you can find it cheap. It's definitely not worth the hundreds of dollars people want for it (I think some of the highest prices I've seen for it go into the $500 range). I was lucky when I went to buy it. I found it for $20 new.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 August 2008, 17:42:00 I played Team Fortress 2 today. It's okay, not everyone can immediately appreciate its awesomeness. I decided to finally go about finishing up with Metroid Prime 3, after a six-month hiatus. EDIT: Screw that, I'm playing Mega Man 1 on VC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!1!1one I've already completed Bomb Man through Elec Man, going to take on the impossible Ice Man stage after a break. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 August 2008, 05:40:51 Mega Man Legends 2 lololol
I gotta take some hillbilly twins to a base. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 19 August 2008, 20:05:10 If you pick up those flying reaberbot thingys, you can FLYYYYYYyy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 21 August 2008, 05:54:21 TOO HUMAN! And it kicks awesome ass!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 21 August 2008, 18:51:44 I played the demo for all of 5 minutes.
Horrible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 August 2008, 23:01:21 Too Human is it's NAME?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 August 2008, 18:02:34 Yes, and bland, derivative, sliding around the floor is it's game!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 August 2008, 18:23:49 I'm playing the first Paper Mario for some reason.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 August 2008, 19:09:36 'Cause it's awesome and more up beat than the other two, duh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 22 August 2008, 19:15:31 I liked the 2nd one just a tiny bit more.
Super Paper Mario, not as much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 August 2008, 20:25:28 Super Paper Mario is just lame in every direction.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 August 2008, 21:58:42 I liked Super Paper Mario up to Chapter 6.
Actually I started getting tired of it at Chapter 5. I haven't even played it since stopping at Chapter 6. I think I stopped as soon as I got Galaxy and forgot about it. I have no intentions of ever playing it again, I should probably sell it... God. I can't believe I bought TWO games on the Wii that I want to return. Mario Party 8 and Super Paper Mario. And yet I haven't returned MMX7 yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 August 2008, 23:25:39 I played the demo for all of 5 minutes. Aside from the greatness of Jet Set Radio, do we ever agree on anything? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 August 2008, 23:45:43 Jet Set Radio is epic.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 August 2008, 02:23:59 FINALLY GOT BIONIC COMMANDO: REARMED.
DO NOT DISTURB. BECAUSE IT'S #####ING AWESOME. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 August 2008, 04:50:16 I beat MegaMan 4 (FIRST TIME) and 5 on my ride today.
Yeah, I beat MegaMan 3 a while ago. I finally understand why you guys call Inafune "Inafking" now. >_> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 August 2008, 05:01:50 I've never called him Inafking. But I have seen that name alot of times before...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 August 2008, 05:21:46 "Inafking" is stupid and sounds stupid, but yes. All 6 NES MegaMan games are absolute gems and near-perfect games despite the fact that the overall quality does vary a bit between them.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Ice Wave on 23 August 2008, 05:21:53 I don't know why, but I was playing Megaman Soccer for some reason. It's actually pretty fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 August 2008, 06:05:50 "Inafking" is stupid and sounds stupid, but yes. All 6 NES MegaMan games are absolute gems and near-perfect games despite the fact that the overall quality does vary a bit between them. Inafking is what he called himself. >_> Also, notice how the boss music cuts out when the boss' HP fills up? I like how in MegaMan 5, Capcom FINALLY switched the channel for the music and sound effects so that you can actually hear the music for once. Also, I personally think the engine they used for MegaMan 1-6 was perfected at MegaMan 4. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 23 August 2008, 06:08:32 I hated how your charge shot disappeared if you got hit in MM5. Thats my only beef with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 August 2008, 06:12:38 Ah yeah, that got annoying.
At least the big ball of destruction is a big ball of destruction, unlike in MegaMan 4. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 August 2008, 06:51:20 I hated the charge shot in the NES games. Everything about it. I'm so #####ing glad they took it out of MM9, even if meant they took out the slide, too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 August 2008, 06:55:04 I didn't like it much in MM4. I liked it more in MM5.
But, if there was one beef with the charge shot, it's the sound effect. It gets slightly annoying. Makes you almost want to stop charging. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 23 August 2008, 08:03:31 In MM6 the even changed the power shot noise, its the same noise as any other pellet...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 August 2008, 08:13:02 They made it better in Mega Man 7. It's not very loud.
It's like a "whhiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRR R" Instead of a "wawawaWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA". ... >.>; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 23 August 2008, 08:30:33 And it MMX it was sort of the same as MM7! It was kind of like a.. "BweeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
And in MMZ it was "swish-swish-swish-swish"... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 23 August 2008, 18:23:28 Yeah, I just finished FF4.
Now I'm going to play it again and probably get bored of it and quit a little ways into it. After that I'm just going to twiddle my thumbs and wait for some of the great Wii games that'll be coming out later. Instead of a "wawawaWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA". ? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 August 2008, 00:02:41 Excuse me, EVERY charging sound effect is annoying. The original ones are just worse.
And I think only really Abe has said "Inafking" here, and I'm sure it was in jest. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 24 August 2008, 00:17:54 Aside from the greatness of Jet Set Radio, do we ever agree on anything? We agree that eachother's taste stingcks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 24 August 2008, 05:03:53 Powering through Seiken Densetsu 3 for the first time, I get to the boss battle with the Evil Sorceress that's been screwing around with the Noble Heroine all along, and WHAT DOES SHE TRANSFORM INTO FOR THE FIGHT?
[spoiler](http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9404/seiken30001lj7.png) A CATGIRL. WTF WTF[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 August 2008, 06:34:23 Well, they ARE evil.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 August 2008, 16:48:12 Aside from the greatness of Jet Set Radio, do we ever agree on anything? True, true. Oh yeah, and I got my college transcripts the other day. It seems as though the only semesters where my GPA went up was AFTER I bought my Xbox 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 26 August 2008, 01:41:39 I recently picked up a copy of Grandia II for the Dreamcast.
It's pretty good. I'd recommend it to anybody who enjoys a good RPG. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 27 August 2008, 23:48:26 I got Digimon World Championship, I'll let you know how it is. Not that most of you will care.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 30 August 2008, 05:57:22 So I beat Megaman 7 the other day.
A wave of nostalgia mind blew me and remembered why it was my favourite in the series. Then I played Megaman 8 and remembered why it wasn't as good. I mean, what happened to the quality? Its not bad but it certainly isn't good. Still have to (painfully) beat it and then I have to beat Megaman & Bass before I'm ready for Megaman 9. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 August 2008, 06:08:46 Eh. I thought Mega Man 8 was fun. My only beef was it's too easy. Some of the stages aren't interesting enough (Frost Man, Sword Man, Astro Man, etc.), so that's another factor.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 1 September 2008, 21:38:28 As I type this I'm currently downloading Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 stars off of the Virtual Console.
Yay! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 September 2008, 23:23:19 :-O
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 September 2008, 23:50:14 As I type this, I am currently unable to connect my Wii to the internet despite it being connected to the internet.
#####ing university internet #####. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 September 2008, 00:28:52 I know EXACTLY what you mean.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 2 September 2008, 00:48:59 Wait. Super Mario RPG came out in the US Virtual Console?
Huh. I'd like to try it. I actually JUST bought a Wii points card today and Dead Rising. Dead Rising is fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 September 2008, 01:00:39 Dead Rising is out!?
And the internet here at Algonquin seems to be seamless. :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 2 September 2008, 01:31:07 Dead Rising is out on the 360, Vin. Geez. >_>
Posted on: September 01, 2008, 08:07:54 PM Now I'm also playing MM1 on my Wii! Yay! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 2 September 2008, 02:00:24 As I type this I'm currently downloading Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 stars off of the Virtual Console. WHATWHATHWATDALKSDSJALGKJ.FDK Posted on: 2 September 2008, 01:57:20 I SEE IT. 250TH VC GAME WOOT. DOOOOOOWNLOADIN Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 September 2008, 03:07:02 Dead Rising is out!? For now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 6 September 2008, 19:28:25 Dead Rising is out on the 360, Vin. Geez. >_> I was thinking about the one on Wii... Anyway, yeah, I beat Megaman 8. It was... satisfying... The third Wily stage music sounds a lot like the final area in Megaman Battle Network 3. Anyway, started my playthrough of Megaman & Bass and have beaten three robot masters. This is the first time I've ever played MM&B. I remember years ago, before I found this site, that I wanted to play the game on the SNES (didn't know about you-know-whats at the time). Now playing it on the GBA... its better than Megaman 8, and I really like the music and Megaman 7 sound effects. Only thing I dislike is playing this on the GBA, where you can tell that its not made for the GBA. Strange how this game came out on the SNES after Megaman 8. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 September 2008, 19:44:16 Well they kept making NES MM games after they'd made MMX on the SNES, so it's actually kind of in the old school Capcom fashion that they did that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 6 September 2008, 20:01:17 I recently broke down and bought another DS (I thought of you when I did, Rez) and have been playing through both DS Castlevania titles in anxious anticipation for the new one coming out next month.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 September 2008, 20:11:59 Why would you buy another DS, Edge?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 6 September 2008, 20:42:27 The first DS I owned was from when they first came out. I traded in my GBA SP when I bought it. Unfortunately, the early titles left something to be desired. After a few years, when my mothers birthday rolled around and I had no money, I got her Nintendogs (she's obsessed with Pugs) and gave her my DS, since I wasn't using it.
Since then, I've primarily used my PSP for handheld gaming, but with another Castlevania coming out, and another remake of Chrono Trigger (if you can really call it a remake) I broke down and got another one. Also, as Rez so eloquently put it, it's the last bastion of good 2-d games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 September 2008, 00:29:13 I beat Megaman & Bass.
The game was actually challenging at some parts. Wasn't expecting a challenge but the game sure showed me. Except the final Wily battle was actually easier than the one in Megaman 8. I beat it with Megaman. Not going to try Bass because I'm not very interested, and I heard its easier with him anyway. I'd like to read all of the CDs... I'll just look around on the internet somewhere for them. So yeah... my quest to beat all Megaman games before Megaman 9 is finished. And this is the first time I've beaten all of the Megaman games in a short amount of time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 7 September 2008, 01:23:57 Actually I've heard final Wily with Bass is damn near impossible.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 September 2008, 03:14:23 It's harder, yes, because his shot is weak and you need strong precision hits instead of rapid fire weak stuff. But if you don't play through as MM AND as Bass, then you haven't beaten the game. SORRY.
Really though, it's worth trying Bass out in a few levels, you won't get another chance. Plus it'll help you get more CDs, which are possibly the best part of the game since the rest is just alright. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 September 2008, 15:02:55 I've been playing Mercenaries 2: World in Flames when I'm wide awake, and Fable II Pub Games when I'm laying in bed to go to sleep.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 9 September 2008, 15:36:11 I've been playing Spore....religiously.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 10 September 2008, 04:43:19 Me too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 September 2008, 04:44:56 I just finished the 3rd case in Justice For All.
I SPAZZED. IT WAS DELICIOUS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 10 September 2008, 05:31:03 I've finished the DS Castlevania titles and moved on to The World Ends with You.
I can't tell if I'm enjoying the challenge of the dual screen combat system, or if I'm on the verge of having an aneurysm. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Ikeoko on 10 September 2008, 06:25:28 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DeMatador on 11 September 2008, 00:30:23 -I'm trying to beat every single song in GH:On Tour on my DS and trying to get all 5 stars.
-I'm collecting Secret Reports in The World Ends With You. -Some weeks ago I finished replaying PW:Trials and Tribulations waiting for some Gyakuten Kenji (Ace Attorney spin-off) news. Slugkid is actually finishing Justice For All chapter 4. On MY DS. So I've been half-playing that. Come on, Sluggo can't even point out the contradiction when someone says "2+2=7" (Slugkid attacks keyboard. Result: AÑLK)i8iyn +0io) EDIT: Wow, he beat JfA. Now he's playing Castlevania and NOT playing Trials and Tribulations. NOT PLAYING IT. NOT. -I've beat with CHEATS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the first time (not Julius Mode, "Soma Mode") -Spore Creatures. FEAR THE ALMIGHTY CHATBUBBLE! (Pic coming... later. It's a chatbubble. A grey one.) -I've recently finished my first Hotel Dusk: Room 215 playthrough. -Nintendogs: Best Friends. ME LOVE MAH LABRADOR TOBY! -Wii Sports. I almost beat it 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) -Super Mario Galaxy. 15 stars 'till Luigi (#####ing garbage bombing star, you're too hard!) -About to get Brawl, DBZ BT3 and Tabble Tennis. Wii games are expensive over here. That's it. And it will 'till something else comes out. Which is the next relatively good DS game to come out? P.D: HE'S NOT PLAYING IT. NOT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 11 September 2008, 20:27:34 I've been playing Wonder Boy in Monster World. I'm supposed to go to the desert next, but I got lost and ended up at an ocean.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 September 2008, 21:25:04 A friend close by gave Ikeoko a copy of Mario Kart DS that he just found on the road. It works, so we're both racing each other a little.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kamon on 11 September 2008, 21:29:15 That's quite a find.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 11 September 2008, 22:28:54 Come on, Sluggo can't even point out the contradiction when someone says "2+2=7"I've got to add two stuffs there. First I'd like to say that I know there's a contradiciont on 2+2=7, but I didn't point it out 'cuz I had no evidence! Then I'd like to say that I was playing DoS without cheats, unlike him. This was a conversation today. -I can't stand how you use cheats on good games like this. It kills them. -Oh, shut up, dumbass... -*Rolleyes* Oh, and I did play some T&T later, but I didn't have time to even finish the first chapter... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 12 September 2008, 00:28:37 A friend close by gave Ikeoko a copy of Mario Kart DS that he just found on the road. It works, so we're both racing each other a little. GIVE IT BACK! Seriously, nice find indeed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 September 2008, 00:44:03 My friend and I once found a white DS Lite in a carrying case in the school parking lot. It was totally busted up, a car had obviously driven over it. However, the case was filled to the brim with tons of games, and every single one of them still worked.
It was a good day. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 15 September 2008, 03:11:54 Abe, this is the first time I will admit to this: You were right about Too Human.
After having played a total of 9 hours of this piece of #####, I don't think I'll ever pick this piece of crap up again. After getting sidetracked by various games for the last month, I went back to playing Too Human for all of 15 minutes. #####. This. #####. You know, I just love not having the ability to regain health on a semi-regular basis. I love the fact that unless you're a healer class, you won't get health except for a health/drop ratio, which WON'T #####ING HELP YOU IF YOU'RE ALREADY #####ING DEAD. I love super-cheap enemies which immediately attack you once you respawn. I love how your enemies can nail you from miles away, yet your weapons won't be effect until you get within range...usually 30 feet away. I love that armor and weapons take damage every time you die, making it so the things that should be saving your ass won't be of any use to you after you've died for the 66th time. ##### you Silicon Knights for releasing this piece of #####, ##### you for even THINKING that we'd want to do multiple run-throughs just so we can get our guy up to Level 50. At this point, I doubt I'll ever #####ing piece of ##### ever again. It's terrible; it makes you want to rip your dick off. But then I realized that I like my dick where it is, so I'm done playing this crap. At this point, I don't give a flying ##### if they ever finish this trilogy. I'd even go so far as to say that Jumper: Griffin's Story is a better game. At least THAT was entertaining, and I felt like I got my money's worth. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 September 2008, 03:14:27 You know, I just love not having the ability to regain health on a semi-regular basis. MAN YOU REALLY LOVE THIS GAME Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 September 2008, 03:22:51 Not to mention the bad lighting, ugly colors, and unskippable cut scenes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 15 September 2008, 05:14:55
I love it so much that I want to hug the folks over at Silicon Knights with my nuclear arms. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 September 2008, 05:22:37 Past weekend I got a new mobile (LG Rumour, on Solo mobile) and there's a Street Fighter 2 demo on it.
... But once I realized I could play it with the sideways thing--the phone has a slider panel with a full keyboard that comes out and you turn it all sideways (screen adjusts itself) for texting-it's actually not bad. I can only play as Ryu and I can only fight Guile but still. I almost want to buy the full version just for the kicks, but I doubt I'll ever play it. I wonder if MM is available for the phone... I heard the cellphone one sucks and I'm sure it does but if the sideways view works for it, it could work out OK. EDIT: Oooh eeeh oooh. I found they have MM2 and 3 for my phone... Like I said I heard they suck but... oooh eeeh. I donno what to do... EDIT 2: Hm. Only MM3 is compatible with my phone. The one I want less, and the one that's more expensive. Uhffff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 September 2008, 07:25:38 Oh, yeah, speaking of phones. I forgot to report it here, but I got a brand new, very-nice Voyager.
It's pretty badass. I had MM1 on my first phone (some odd midget half-sized chode-shaped gadget), and MM2 on my last phone (a really old hand-me-down Razr), and they both sucked big time. On the Voyager or any similar style phone with a keyboard and sideways view, I'd imagine they'd be a LOT more playable and tons more fun, because the only real problem with them on my last two phones was that... well, they're impossible to play with the regular phone keypads. I mean, it just DIDN'T work. But I'm sure they'd both be perfect on the Voyager despite the obvious... "dumbed-down"-ness of them both compared to the originals. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 September 2008, 21:14:37 It doesn't really matter if the controls work for the MM Cellphone games... because the games don't play like the originals, MegaMan jumps higher and moves faster... which makes it harder to maneuver... etc.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 September 2008, 01:57:56 The controls were so bad that I was never able to notice that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 September 2008, 02:27:09 I think if Street Fighter 2 works OK on my phone (even though I just spam hadouken) then MM would be alright. I'd only have to play for a minute here or there, I wouldn't want to seriously play it like that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 September 2008, 17:20:38 http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169953
SOULJA BOY REVIEWS BRAID Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 September 2008, 17:42:39 What a douche.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 September 2008, 17:50:18 I think it's hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 September 2008, 17:51:43 YO DIS GAME FOR PEEPULL WHO LIKE GET DRUNK OF SMOKE WEED 'N' SOME #####
LIKE WOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAHHH Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 September 2008, 03:43:11 Mega Man 9. As all of you should be.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 September 2008, 03:44:42 MEGAMAN 9 MEGAMAN 9 MEGAMAN 9 MEGAMSA 9 MAGAMNA 9 MANAGAN ( MARGSMA_)_)+(DA+_+
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 September 2008, 03:55:29 I second that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 September 2008, 04:07:42 I'm playing the blame game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 September 2008, 04:11:00 I'm just losing the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 September 2008, 07:22:58 And I lost the game.
But its impossible to lose Megaman 9. XD Which I'm playing. And I've recorded my entire playthrough so far. Oh, right, I also met some guys, who play WoW, and they got me to play WoW. *Pulls out Anti-Name-Calling Shield* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 September 2008, 21:02:03 Mega Man 9.
And it's possible to lose Mega Man 9, Vin... it's called having your Wii explode. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 23 September 2008, 21:28:13 Metroid Prime... and discovering why I stopped playing first-person shooting games. I really like it, but I'm not very good. I've been stuck for about 5 days now trying to kill this annoying Omega Pirate with a 'witchy-poo' hat.
I've also been playing Mario RPG off and on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 September 2008, 22:27:49 I
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 September 2008, 22:29:45 Hard drives don't work like that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 September 2008, 22:34:20 They will when I get through with them, damnit!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 September 2008, 22:44:20 I think perhaps I did not fully understand what you were going to do with the fridge magnet.
And I'm too frightened to investigate further. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 September 2008, 23:16:29 It involves waterskis.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 September 2008, 23:39:59 Mega Man 9. You mean the way I'm spelling Megaman? Megaman 8 and Megaman & Bass both have it as "Megaman" (but then again, Megaman 9 has it as Mega Man but the title is Megaman... where was I going with this?) If my Wii explodes I just tell Nintendo "yo dawg mah wii as-ploded" and Nintendo would be like "vinch mah boi i'll sends you a wii thatll let u download ur gaems 4 free." And I'll be happy. Except all of my save files are gone. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 September 2008, 23:44:48 I wasn't correcting you. I was just saying that was what I was playing.
I could care less how people spell it... especially since Capcom themselves spell it a million other ways. I like spelling it MegaMan, but for some reason I sometimes put the space between it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 September 2008, 23:46:26 I used to spell it like MegaMan because of Battle Network. But I saw it as Megaman in 8 and & Bass and changed my ways.
But now its back to Mega Man... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 September 2008, 23:54:09 And through all the ages I really haven't given a #####, though I default to writing Mega Man as opposed to the other incarnations.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 September 2008, 23:55:06 I like and stay with MegaMan.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 September 2008, 23:57:00 Soulcalibur and Samurai Shodown II!
Oh yeah, and Condemned: Criminal Origins. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 02:01:34 I'm playing the "Reading books and drawing takes all my free time and keeps me from playing video games" game.
But on the weekend I finished getting 100% of all the gang turf in San Andreas. And I just have the final mission to do in it. But I never got that super pimp car store/garage thing available to buy and I don't get it. Unless I have to finish medal-ing the Driving School (which would be stuupidd). It involves waterskis. Actually I find wakeboards more precise now, however the traditional route is with water skis. Alternatively you can wrench planks out of a skid if you're in a pinch but I wouldn't. Of course, I'm never in a pinch so maybe I just can't relate. I could care less how people spell it... What I DO care about is how people say "I could care less" when what they really MEAN is "I couldn't care less". For whatever reason that always bothers me, like I could care a lot less about it than I do. The average person cares far less about it than I do. I like and stay with MegaMan. Same unless I want to be a big specific anal analhole about it. ::slowly smirks:: Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 September 2008, 02:10:30 I could care less about Megaman.
BUT I WON'T! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 24 September 2008, 02:20:32 Sometimes I say Mega Man, but it seems a little slow.
Megaman is good, although MegaMan may be more correct. But most of the time I just call him Hippopotamus. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 September 2008, 02:26:30 I could care less how people spell it... o rite kthx I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR POST MIKE *killed* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 24 September 2008, 02:27:29 I think by "I could care less" it means you care so less for it, that you could care even less of it if you wanted.
...I confused myself. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 02:29:37 It's pretty simple. If you could care less about something, then you care about it at least a little bit, since there's lower levels of caring you could achieve. If you couldn't care less about it, then there's no further down.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 24 September 2008, 02:30:02 Yeah, it means that he DOES care for it.
On the other hand, saying it in the proper form ,"I couldn't care less," suggests that there is no more un-care to care. And thus you couldn't possibly spare the care to care about the thing. Then you defeat the care bears and professor Cold Heart gives you Mentos in reward. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 02:36:57 Until he changes his name to No Heart and his title to Wizard and wreaks havoc all over again, anyway. But I think the true villain here is a combo team of Beastly, MAD Cat, and Azrael.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 September 2008, 02:41:15 Nope, it's Ganondemort.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 02:46:11 Those are from cartoons. Not even Ganon, that wasn't a REAL cartoon. You're wrong. Go sing the Wrong Song.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 24 September 2008, 02:50:28 Personally I liked Cold Heart better than No Heart, but then I barely remember the cartoons.
It's just that Cold Heart has one catchy theme song. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 03:03:05 Cold Heart is a better name if only because it's not as obvious as No Heart. But it sounds way cooler in general.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 24 September 2008, 15:59:12 Lately I haven't had time to play any games, but I've played a bit of Spore and Animal Crossing. I need to hook up my PS2 again. I feel the urge to play some Anniversay collections in celebration of MM9.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2008, 23:27:10 Could Spore and Animal Crossing be more different from each other?
Well, yes. A lot more. But still. I feel the urge to play some Anniversay collections in celebration of MM9. That's the opposite of celebrating MM9. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 25 September 2008, 01:38:55 I actually wanted to post something about that but didn't feel like giving the effort to.
Though you did it better than what I was gonna put. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 September 2008, 03:39:35 I feel the urge to play some Anniversay collections in celebration of MM9. I'M DOING IT ANYWAY. Backwards jumping and shooting isn't that bad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 September 2008, 21:59:48 Yes they are, and the ports are even worse.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 September 2008, 22:01:50 They aren't that bad...*
*I'm only saying said statement because I own the collection and I'd rather be in denial right now. ;_; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2008, 00:03:40 It sucks, but I have it, it's the easiest way for me to play said games at the moment, I might as well make use of it. That's all I'm saying.
And really, backwards jumping and shooting isn't THAT bad. You can't even like, argue that. You take a few seconds and get used to it. Then when you go back to the non-ports, take a few seconds, get used to it again. What's that going to do, ruin your life? If you can honestly say that, then sure it's THAT bad. But I'll still disagree on a personal level. Regardless the only reason I have it is it was a gift. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 September 2008, 00:04:47 You get used to it, sure, but as soon as you go back and play the real thing again, you remember how horribly crappy it is.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2008, 00:07:33 Obviously I don't have the real thing or I would be playing that instead.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 September 2008, 00:59:56 I know, I play the Anniversary Collections because that's all I have (even though I own MM2 and MM3 on cartridges... I just don't own an NES.)
But I'm just saying, they ARE pretty bad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 26 September 2008, 04:31:19 Well, considering that I don't own a NES nor do I want to go try and find one with all of the games, I will play my Anniversary collection since its the best thing I have.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 September 2008, 15:05:19 And really, backwards jumping and shooting isn't THAT bad. You can't even like, argue that. I wouldn't call it an argument, because it's a FACT backwards controls are bad. You don't get used to it, ever. It can only ever JUST feel not akward enough to let you cripple your way though the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xzeemo on 26 September 2008, 15:29:14 I never played any of the original Megaman games on NES. So addapting to the shoddy controls is easier for me. Still odd though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2008, 15:51:38 I wouldn't call it an argument, because it's a FACT backwards controls are bad. You don't get used to it, ever. It can only ever JUST feel not akward enough to let you cripple your way though the game. As someone who never really got into Classic Megaman until later on in life, I have no trouble at all. They're definitely stupid, yeah I agree. I'm just saying it's not worth an episode of uncontrollable baby punching. You get used to it. It's notable that I adapt easily to different controls and user interfaces and stuff like that. Though if I was playing Mega Man X where there's more than two buttons involved, that'd be a different story. The whole dash jump would have my thumb curving over the A while holding down the dash and I'd have difficulty keeping aerial control while trying to shoot. With Mega Man? Uh, A and B are switched. That means you move your thumb slightly differently for the same effect. I'm sorry, but that's not crippling to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 September 2008, 15:56:53 It'll still trip you up almost every time you start to play.
But right, you can get used to it. It just won't ever feel as smooth. Anyway, I have the PS2 version of AC, and the buttons are in their proper MM7/8/X positions. So no problem. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2008, 15:58:05 Well then let's just say I'm different and move on.
Might be playing Shake It! later today. If only because the temptation to get it will be on my path home from work. Yeah it's dumb, I know. I'M TIRED. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 September 2008, 16:18:06 Oh, it's out?
Sweet. I might maybe think about getting it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2008, 22:57:14 Didn't get it. Decided to save my money.
Though it might not have been in the store anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 September 2008, 23:23:53 I heard that the game is short if you just plow through it, but getting all of the treasures and doing all of the stage missions increases the play time by more than half.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 September 2008, 23:34:47 Sounds like a real Wario game to me, then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 September 2008, 01:04:23 Sounds like it's worth a good ol' rent.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 September 2008, 08:28:23 I am NOT spending the rent money on some skid Wario game.
See that? That's a rent-rental joke. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 27 September 2008, 08:31:34 I GET IT.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 27 September 2008, 22:44:53 I bought that new Kirby Super Star remake. I LOVE KIRBY SUPER STAR. I own the original cart but THIS ONE HAD LIKE A FEW NEW GAMES SO WHATEVER.
Also I'm playing the sims, YEAH I KNOW IT'S A LADIES GAME BUT I'M PLAYING IT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 September 2008, 22:48:31 The Sims is a ladies game?
I guess I should feel bad for trying to find the disc for it so I can play it... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 27 September 2008, 22:50:29 The only thing I hate about The Sims is that there's a krillion expansion packs for it and I hate the fact I'm so obsessive that I can't play it unless I have them all.
That's why I love the internet. :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 September 2008, 23:25:49 Same.
But I tried running the game and it kept freezing at the loading screen. So I uninstalled it. Hopefully I can find the damn disc, because I haven't the slightest idea where it could be.. I looked for it everywhere. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 September 2008, 00:02:19 I only have, and have only ever played the original Sims. I was playing it for a bit at the start of the summer again. Made my future family. My son was named Portario Gibson Collymore. Haha!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 28 September 2008, 00:57:31 Fight Night Round 3 with my badass new lightweight (7 Wins with 7 KOs, oh yeah) , Tales of Vesperia, Persona 3: FES The Answer, and of course, Megaman 9. So what does everyone think of MM9 anyway? Does it satisfy your hunger for a true continuation, or did it disappoint you? Yes I realize it says Non-Megaman games up top, but I just figured I'd ask a simple question.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 September 2008, 00:59:52 Guys, Kirby Super Star Ultra.
It surpasses the original Kirby Super Star. Well worth the cash. Revenge of the King is pure awesome, Meta-Knightmare Ultra is fun, and the True Arena is THE hardest challenge in any Kirby game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 28 September 2008, 01:29:16 It looks like they made the controls not so sloppy as the SNES version.
I thought it wreaked of rushed design. ... but then I rank Superstar pretty low on the "decent Kirby game list". Honestly, Adventure was tops, and Nightmare in Dreamland is the only thing that ever improved on it. And it's just a remake. ... but this might be worth picking up if it doesn't feel like I'm missing frames every time I take a step. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 September 2008, 07:46:59 Chron...
You and I... We don't agree on the subject of Kirby. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 September 2008, 08:47:50 Chron is probably right though, from the sound of it all...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 September 2008, 09:11:59 The general opinion is that Kirby Super Star is the best.
It doesn't feel rushed to me, IMO. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 28 September 2008, 13:00:21 It feels more like a collection of poorly slapped together mini games than a proper Kirby game.
It is fun, I'll give it that, but it just looks and feels really cheap. ... but I'll agree to disagree with you, here. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 September 2008, 22:50:32 I'll disagree to disagree with Chron and say that he's probably right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 September 2008, 22:52:52 It feels more like a collection of poorly slapped together mini games than a proper Kirby game. I can see why you would think that. But Revenge of Meta-Knight kicks so much ass it's not even funny. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 29 September 2008, 03:59:54 Revenge of Meta Knight was...
... not The Great Cave Offensive, which is really the best reason to play Superstar. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 September 2008, 04:57:34 I think I'll agree to disagree with you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2008, 05:12:41 Great Cave Offensive is awesome and Kirby Superstar or Super Star or "Superstarrrrrrrrrrr!" is awesome but I'm a Dreamland guy.
And I picked up the new Wario game, haven't played it yet. It's the FIRST game I've bought in a store since Brawl... I'll let you know how it is later. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 29 September 2008, 06:35:09 Once I get this bloody program to cooperate with me, I'll be playing Battlezone again for the first time in six or seven years YAY FOR FPS/RTS HYBRIDS
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 September 2008, 06:46:51 And I picked up the new Wario game, haven't played it yet. It's the FIRST game I've bought in a store since Brawl... I got it too. Only played the first two levels but its pretty fun. The music is FANTASTIC though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2008, 17:02:54 Wario Land Shake It is...
...great. I mean, I'd rather be playing MegaMan 9 but that's on a whole different level of great. This new Wario game controls PERFECTLY, and it's got such a great and smoothly drawn animated style which is what really appealed to me as a whole in the first place. I've always loved Wario Land games so this is fantastic. I'm glad I took the risk and bought it. It's pretty easy, but hell, what do you expect from a Nintendo game nowadays? It's just very fun and enjoyable. And as Vinch said, the music is ace. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 29 September 2008, 18:43:39 If there's a hard (or even Super Hard) mode in that game like there was in Wario Land 4, then that might prove to be more of a challenge.
I only learned about Super Hard WL4 a few weeks ago, and I still haven't beaten it. Mind you I only play the game while on bathroom break. ... and now I want Shake It. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 September 2008, 01:31:04 I just finished Justice For All.
That last case was really good, and pretty unexpected. I let Ikeoko borrow Ace Attorney, and when she's finished with that, she can borrow Justice For All. She mentioned she had Hotel Dusk. I might borrow that in exchange. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Ikeoko on 30 September 2008, 13:53:22 Phoenix Wright is sooo much fun, I'm pretty much addicted to it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 September 2008, 21:00:28 Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir
I'm enjoying the game fairly well surprisingly. It's just so silly. The gameplay is all pretty much puzzles and where's waldo type scavenger hunts, but the zany artstyle and randomized clue like plot are keeping me playing. Also, for only $19.99, not a bad price. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 October 2008, 00:01:03 I beat Wario Land Shake It.
I liked it. If it weren't for MM9, I might play it some more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 1 October 2008, 23:54:33 Silent Hill Homecoming.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 2 October 2008, 00:01:31 I want to play that.
If you think it's good, I might go get it. I saw a video of the beginning and it looked pretty good. Then again, I want to get Dead Space too... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 2 October 2008, 20:22:26 Silent Hill Homecoming.Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it. I've been thinking of picking it up as well, but just keep hearing so much bitching about it not being made by the regular developers, I don't know what to think. I am going to rent it eventually, once there's a copy available at Blockbuster or the availability becomes high on Gamefly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 2 October 2008, 23:19:09 Since I need batteries for my Wiimote (Shut up, Rez, we all know you're right about wireless controllers) I decided to play my Xbox, since I downloaded Megaman 9 (trial) and Castle Crashers trial on it yesterday. Because my Wii can't get online at the moment.
So now I am playing Castle Crashers which is fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 October 2008, 23:29:46 I've played Castle Crashers with a few of my new friends.
It's hella fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 October 2008, 23:53:29 I bought a charging station dock thing for my two Wiimotes ages ago.
Great investment, trust me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 October 2008, 03:58:08 I use rechargable batteries.
With a battery recharger. Recharges Double and Triple A. I use them for my Wiimotes and other handy electrononicmagadgets. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 October 2008, 06:54:19 Okay, so here are my feelings on Silent Hill so far:
This installment has been significantly more straight forward than the previous entries. I think it's primarily the influence of the American studio that worked on the game. There's also a significant number of visual cues taken from the movie, lending further credence to the theory. This could be good or bad, depending on whether or not you liked the convoluted nature of the previous games. The combat is vastly improved, as has been touted. This is simultaneously good and bad, as part of the suspense of previous Silent Hill games was the "Oh #####! I may not survive if I try to fight this thing." factor. The combat makes the enemies feel much more manageable, and takes some of that tension off. Conversely, running from your enemies, a long established option in survival horror, is almost wholly absent. You simply can't run from a number of battles. Perhaps that was intended as a mechanism to balance out your combat skills. Visually, the game is about as stunning as blood-caked, rusty metal and chains could possibly be. The enemy's are some of the best the series has ever seen (they're honestly a large part of why I play the games in the first place) and the signature static and film-scratch look is there, but mostly limited to cut-scenes. I've read a number of reviews that complained about how dark the game is, but let's be honest... It's Silent Hill. I expect to have extremely limited visibility. You play these games in the dark for the exact same reason. The only gripe I have with the game visually is that the syncing is abysmal, and a lot of the character models for towns people are generic and lack character. All in all, I think the game is pretty solid. It's significantly more accessable than the previous titles, so that may alienate the more hardcore SH fans, and it's certainly not as epic as Silent Hill 2, but it's a pretty damn good game none the less. Many hat tips to Jacobs Ladder, but we'd be lying to ourselves if the series hasn't always had that quality. It's too early to say if this or Dead Space is going to be a stronger purchase. Silent Hill already has a special place in my heart, so Dead Space is going to have to win me over, but honestly they both seem like pretty worthy titles. More thoughts as they come. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 October 2008, 18:43:31 I'm playing Megaman 9.
Holy #####. This is much harder than I thought it was going to be. Too bad I have class..... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 October 2008, 23:09:19 I've been playing the first Kingdom Hearts on a borrowed PS2. Not bad so far, but it's not all that epic. But I like it. I made a behemoth gummi ship, or at least the biggest I felt like for now, that's 58 pieces. That's probably not a lot later on, but it looks stupid because I don't know how to paint of my pieces either.
I tried MGS3 on it for a while... Eh. I think that game, along with RE, isn't really for me to PLAY, but for me to be the wingman on and help figure things out 'cause I like the story but I'm not so hot at the actual gameplay. And changing my camo every three seconds and laying down in the grass for five minute HOPING some Ruskie walking super slow two feet from me won't notice this grown man is there did not help. Although the camo concept is interesting. I miss the radar that show what way the guys are looking, because without it and with the crap camera and everything looking the same I can't get anything done. And furthermore, ##### crocodiles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 10 October 2008, 00:10:24 That's probably not a lot later on, but it looks stupid because I don't know how to paint of my pieces either. I think you buy the paint option from Cid. I'm currently going back to Crash Bandicoot - Crash: Warped. Boy I missed these games. Also, been mainly playing through Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. Absolutely breath-taking. Surely as hell beats any Call of Duty game. I've also been going through Medal of Honor and MoH: Underground before I picked up Crash. Is it me, or are the older games so much more fun to play compared to today's #####? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 October 2008, 17:06:15 I just beat GTA4.
Pretty decent game, but it was DAMN long and not nearly as good as San Andreas. I chose the revenge ending, which was decent... But I'm gonna go back and try the deal ending. Then I'm just gonna screw around. But yeah, the game got fairly tedious in the middle. Nothing was building towards anything. [spoiler]AND they #####ing killed off Kate. WTF.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 10 October 2008, 18:55:35 It's tedious from the minute you insert the disc.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 October 2008, 19:17:14 I just beat GTA4. If you pick the deal ending... [spoiler]They kill off Roman.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 October 2008, 20:01:32 I just beat GTA4. I have no problem with that. Those missions were easy too, I died once when going after Peg. None when going after Dimitri. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 October 2008, 20:02:56 But... no free Taxi service!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 October 2008, 20:10:49 ...
I never use it. They come from too far away. I just chase down regular taxis the whole time. They are so damned convenient. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 October 2008, 20:15:02 Yeah they are.
I went and checked how much I spent on taxis and was amazed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 October 2008, 20:25:00 I've spent over 9000, I'm pretty sure.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 October 2008, 02:36:48 I still can't describe GTAIV without it boiling down to "something's missing". Some kind of quality that San Andreas had.
I can't say I've seen much of the story, and what I've seen is in fragments with me missing stuff in between, but I definitely felt like it was going nowhere. When SA first came out I saw it at a friend or two's the same kind of fragmentedness, but got into it hard. And having actually now finished it completely, I'm so glad I restarted and did it all. I'm one of the only people I know who actually finished it, which is sad since it ruled so much. And yeah, I just read the GTAIV ending spoilers there 'cause I don't care at all. And there's no point not taking the taxis in it. Driving anywhere seems pretty useless, and why the hell to motorbikes suck so much all of a sudden? They are my favourite thing to drive in every other GTA. I always max out bike skill before any other vehicle type. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 October 2008, 04:49:58 "Bike skill?
What's that?" -GTA4 Yeah, Motorcycles stink. I beat San Andreas right through with zero cheating and about 75% completion. I got golds in all the driving/flying/biking schools. Maxed out everything with all girlfriends. And never bothered doing the 'collect' missions (photos, horseshoes, clam shells whatever). So, Vice City has everything that GTA3 had and then some, and San Andreas had everything that Vice City had, plus a LOT more. GTA4 lost things in almost every aspect from San Andreas. Fewer weapons, little customization, no stats, and no fun things to do on the side. It kept the jumping and climbing mechanics though, that was a good move. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 October 2008, 08:51:38 The only girlfriend I wanted to 100% was the cop, because I want the uniform. But I never even made her available to date because I decided to max out the three I had first. Denise takes forever and I don't give a ##### about the pimp suit. I got the mechanic girl but never took her anywhere yet. That casino chick is the easiest because you can just show up in the GIMP suit and the bar goes up super fast.
I don't know if I'm ever going to go bother to do all that now that I've finished the story though. But cop uniform would be SO cool. Someone here once said that Saint's Row took everything about San Andreas and made it better, and GTAIV did not take anything from Saint's Row. GTAIV's buildings and stuff are way taller, so I don't see much purpose in jumping other than when specifically needed in a mission. And there's dick all to do on the side then whatever. Although, little things like playing pool is neat. And when Ricky Gervais came out and did like a 15 minute stand up when my friend and I accidentally when into the comedy club... That was awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 October 2008, 13:43:58 That was decently entertaining.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 11 October 2008, 15:58:30 Haha, is that really in there? That's sweet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 October 2008, 18:53:42 Yeah. It was best probably because we found it completely by accident. If I'd have gone in there on purpose knowing that I'd have said it was just OK to good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 11 October 2008, 22:22:35 Tomba! (Tombi, if you're playing PAL).
I'm not sure why I like that game or why I decided to play it, but in a solid six hours today I beat the stuffing out of it (some of that time was used up in lunch and moving furniture though). Playing through again made me realize that you wind up with a lot of items at the end that seem to have no use whatsoever. Some of the items you do get to use are just there to be kind of cool; you never actually NEED them. Pretty sad, if you ask me. It's like they never finished the game. And then they made a second game, which I thankfully sold so I never, ever get the urge to play it, let alone touch it again. It's that bad. I'm not sure what else to do, though. I found Wild Arms 2, but I'm not sure if I really care to grind for a few days until I have enough levels to beat the special bosses. I hate grinding. Hate hate hate. But I also sort of want to see some of the special scenes. oh well Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 12 October 2008, 00:10:48 I want World Of Goo from WiiWare...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 12 October 2008, 01:25:10 Double Wires with a tablet pen.
Godly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 October 2008, 02:02:49 I want World Of Goo from WiiWare... You Europeans get the full version on a disc. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 12 October 2008, 12:04:39 Really?
...Why? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 October 2008, 13:58:44 I want World Of Goo from WiiWare... I'll give you the full version of World of Goo all over your face! OH SNAP! I'm currently playing through Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. This game is godly; I'm having more fun with it than the Jedi Knight games. The plot in it is pretty awesome, as it gives you a new look at the original trilogy...they should have just skipped over making Episodes I and II and just made this into a movie. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 12 October 2008, 15:45:48 You must be playing the wrong game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 October 2008, 18:28:14 Really? Dunno. http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/06/26/world-of-goo-boxed-up-in-europe/ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 13 October 2008, 00:32:34 I'm playing Digimon, finally..
NINJAMON GET! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 13 October 2008, 00:39:52 ##### YOU WIND
MY GIFT TO YOU WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 13 October 2008, 00:42:28 Hey, don't take the lords name in vain.
I'll send you that 99 cents one day, promise edit: OH MY GOD! METAL MAME MON GET!! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 13 October 2008, 08:56:47 So I tried playing MGS3 again, cause I loved it so much back when I first played it.
... I don't think I like MGS games anymore. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 13 October 2008, 13:51:20 You kinda have to be in the mood for it.
And sometimes it helps to just kick back on Very Easy and have fun. Anyway, I was going to play a game today, after I got some things in order. Not sure what, so I'll let you guys decide. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 October 2008, 14:00:35 Cave Story.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 October 2008, 14:02:22 Wait for it on WiiWare.
But it IS fantastic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 October 2008, 20:59:39 You kinda have to be in the mood for it. I might do that, because these days I don't have the patience to actually play it for reals. Also my friend just told me that the question at the start of Kingdom Hearts about how early you start your adventure is actually their back-asswards way of getting you to set the difficulty. But of course they don't tell you that at all, so I think I might have put it on easy without knowing. I want to know what the other questions meant now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 15 October 2008, 01:50:11 Right now I'm trying my hand at Monster Hunter Freedom 2 on PSP.
It's pretty fun, almost like a cross between Zelda and Phantasy Star Online. Except with some more things in it, like making items, mining, fishing, etc... Can't wait for the Wii one, actually. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 October 2008, 02:27:29 I played the first one on the PSP a couple of years ago (2?), it was pretty fun, but there was this one mission that was a pain in the ass... you had to take a damn egg back to your hideout, and getting hit or jumping from too high a distance would cause you to drop it and break it resulting in failure.
Not to mention a #####ing giant dinosaur thing was chasing you that was invincible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 October 2008, 02:40:02 PUH-LEASE. That sounds like my daily commute you puss.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 15 October 2008, 11:28:35 Mega Man 9
Super Smash Brothers Brawl Kirby Super Star Ultra. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 16 October 2008, 18:37:30 RayMan, for some reason. Despite how incredibly easy this game is, it's still quite fun.
Uhm... Then Sarge's Heroes. I <3 that frickin game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 October 2008, 18:44:19 Rayman 2: The Great Escape is one of my favorite games of all time.
And I still have no clear idea why, because it's really not that great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 16 October 2008, 18:45:51 Never played the sequel. Everything after that looked like real crud.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 October 2008, 18:57:00 Rayman 3 was so bad it made want to cry.
It was just... really bad. But 2 was fantastic if you got it when it came out. I don't know if it holds up today, but I have really fond memories of playing it on the N64 and it looked and played beautifully back then. The DS re-release was not so hot. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 16 October 2008, 19:01:05 They had a Rayman release for GB that was actually alright. It didn't play like any normal Rayman, of course. But you didn't have to worry about backtracking just to find those stupid cages.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 October 2008, 19:04:01 The Rayman I played for GBA was a remake, or rather, plain port of the original.
And I also remember playing a GBC one that was a lot simpler and had more Rayman 2 elements. That's probably the one you're talking about. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 16 October 2008, 21:00:48 Rayman 2 was gold, got it for the DC and finished it 100% in a matter of days.
Rayman 3 makes me want to pour battery acid in my eyes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 October 2008, 22:25:12 I got Rayman 2 on the DC also. I played Rayman 1 later for the PS. Both were good, but 2 was so much better.
The GBA port of Rayman 1 is ass though... with the smaller screen and all, and the music was terrible and some were just plain missing and they just reused other ones again and again... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 October 2008, 22:34:12 Rayman never looked appealing enough to me over other games so I never played it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 16 October 2008, 22:47:16 Me too, he just looked like one of those assy game characters to me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 October 2008, 23:01:53 Same. But I'd always look at it for a bit at the rental place. I kind of wanted to try it but there were other games I wanted to try more, usually.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 October 2008, 00:07:25 Rayman for the GBA, beat it, it was decent.
RayMan 2: The Great Escape WAS FRIGGIN AWESOME. One of my favorite games of all time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 October 2008, 00:14:18 I feel like saying it again, now that I know I'm not just crazy in loving Rayman 2: fantastic game.
I always felt like nobody else really liked it. Glad you guys all agree. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 October 2008, 03:12:24 Never really played Rayman.
I don't know why, just never bothered. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 17 October 2008, 03:13:43 It's crazy.
I'm at the cave section right now, right after "art land" or whatever it's called. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 17 October 2008, 07:00:39 The beta for LBP closed last weekend, so that makes me sad.
The beta for Resistance 2 started tonight, so that makes me happy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 October 2008, 21:21:31 Playing Mother 3...
<_< Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 17 October 2008, 22:50:27 Oh, hey Nova, I happen to be playing Mother 3 too!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 October 2008, 00:42:10 Wild Arms 3.
I thought I'd change the pace a little. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 18 October 2008, 00:57:14 Mother 3 for me as well...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 18 October 2008, 00:59:41 I'm playing Father 3, buncha momma's boys..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 October 2008, 02:32:18 I'm playing all your mothers.
They all call me daddy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 October 2008, 02:34:00 I'm sorry for your loss.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 October 2008, 02:36:52 I'm not.
(http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-06/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg) (creepy smile) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 October 2008, 02:44:01 One man's trash...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 18 October 2008, 02:59:39 Is... another man's giant baby?..
i confuse Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 18 October 2008, 03:26:46 I can't find any copies of Mother 3, so I gave up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 October 2008, 09:23:07 The beta for LBP closed last weekend, so that makes me sad. So, how does one get a Resistance 2 beta code? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 18 October 2008, 17:58:28 I think you fill out a beta registration form on the site: https://beta.myresistance.net/en-us/Apply/BetaForm
...and they email you if you got picked for the beta. I'm guessing you'll get a better chance of getting in if you select "41+" hours for weekly online playtime. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 October 2008, 18:43:03 Ahh, thanks.
8 Co-Op Online Games sound fun. Hope I get in! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 October 2008, 00:40:43 My Resistance beta code came from Gamestop. It comes as a pre-order bonus to those who reserve it...
...and inevitably employees. So far, I'm impressed. If it wasn't for the fact that it's a limited beta, I would still be playing Dead Space though. That game is #####ing awesome. Alien + Event Horizon = Epic Win Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 October 2008, 00:50:27 Yeah, I'm just going to preorder from EBGames if I can't get my code from the official site.
BTW, Edge, what's your PSN name? I need friends. >:( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 October 2008, 00:54:37 Playing No More Heroes.
It's not bad. Beat the Rank 10 guy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Dr. on 21 October 2008, 01:34:31 I've been really busy with college, but now I've been playing GTA 4, Starforce 2, and Halo 3. GTA 4 doesn't have a very great story, but has great gameplay. Starforce 2 is worse than the 1st and Halo 3 is another halo game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 October 2008, 01:40:26 Playing No More Heroes. It's a damned fun game as you progress. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 26 October 2008, 00:23:38 Metal Gear.
I finally found the second disk of Subsistence. Hopefully I can beat it and MG2 before AC:CF comes out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 October 2008, 01:52:24 You mean MGS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 October 2008, 01:56:21 No, he means Metal Gear. The second disc of Subsistence has the original Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 ported on it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 October 2008, 01:58:42 ...Wha?
The second disk of MGS1? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 26 October 2008, 01:00:43 No, the second disk of MGS3: Subsistence.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 October 2008, 01:02:24 Oh.
Wait. That doesn't come in the collection. DANGIT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 26 October 2008, 01:06:23 Yeah, lack of MGS3: Subsistence's second disk was my only problem with the collection when I bought it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 October 2008, 01:08:29 I didn't even know about a second disk until I booted up MGS3 and it said "Metal Gear Solid 3: DISK ONE".
I was like "Well duh, there's only one disk..." "... wait." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 October 2008, 01:37:27 lol
I'm playing LittleBigPlanet right now. SOOO FUN Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 26 October 2008, 02:18:07 Oh. Yeah, I've been searching for the second disk for awhile. Then I just found it at my local Gamestop. It's pretty fun, I'm just really sad that MGO servers have been down for like two years now. Everyone makes it look so fun! Special theater is fun, Snake Vs. Monkey is... kind of annoying, and duel is just boss fighting. I really only got the second disk for MG and MG2. I keep calling for Diane and Steve keeps giving me reasons why she can't talk. Stupid Diane. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 October 2008, 06:01:19 Ooooooh... LittleBigPlanet is AMAZING.
I hadn't had this much fun in a long while. I wanna keep playing but I gotta stop... I need sleep XD. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 26 October 2008, 09:02:52 *raises toast* Here's to the return of running and jumping to the right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 October 2008, 12:39:18 Sometimes I have to wonder why it was always to the right.
Unless it was more freeform exploration, it was always to the right... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 October 2008, 13:09:37 *raises toast* Here's to the return of running and jumping to the right. *gladly toasts* Right is right. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 October 2008, 13:41:18 Left to right just makes sense.
Anyways, I'm going to be playing World Tour all day at a friend's dorm. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 26 October 2008, 19:44:57 PokeMon Red.
Yes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 October 2008, 21:27:36 I started a Pokemon game the other day, the one where you ARE a Pokemon. You have to answer questions based on your personality to see which one you are and I got Squirtle without even trying!
But I haven't played it since and probably won't. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 26 October 2008, 22:00:39 I did that one too, I ended up with a Torchic.
That game sucks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 October 2008, 22:17:42 Well, I have played GH:WT ALL DAY.
Well, 6 hours. It's pretty awesome with the Music Creator and stuff. I enjoy it immensely. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 October 2008, 22:18:16 Music Creator?
I need to know what this is now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 October 2008, 22:53:46 That should have been implemented in the first or second game. Too little too late, I think.
I did that one too, I ended up with a Torchic. I just wanted to run around as a Squirtle with a little scarf like on the DS game's cover. I was playing the GBA one. But whatever, he didn't have the scarf. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 October 2008, 22:58:42 Music Creator? Everyone can create their own songs and share them online. It offers you unlimited DLC. It takes a while, but it's fun. The Zelda theme, Mario theme, Chocobo song, and some other good ones have already been made and put up. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 October 2008, 23:14:45 I've settled it, I'm getting Rock Band 2 eventually. Just the game itself. That means I don't have to buy anything else.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 27 October 2008, 15:30:16 I'm playing through Grandia for the first time.
It's pretty cool. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 October 2008, 15:56:45 I hope you enjoy it; it's my favorite game.
Don't let the slow start bother you, the game picks up quickly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 October 2008, 21:31:27 I'd love to find it for PS somewhere. I've only ever heard good things and want to try it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 27 October 2008, 23:33:55 Where the hell is Mr. Mime in Red version!?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 October 2008, 23:39:19 It's one of those trade quests.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 October 2008, 23:40:47 Yep... and you don't even get one with a normal name... I think it's name is Marc or something else that's stupid and makes you wish you could have your OWN Mr. Mime with its original name or a name you came up with.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 27 October 2008, 23:42:04 Marcel.
After the famous mime who escaped Lord Vetinari's scorpion pit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 27 October 2008, 23:43:13 And I assume Jynx is a trade-off to?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 October 2008, 23:44:13 Yeah if I remember right.
Same with Farfetch'd, and Lickitung. And Machamp if you don't have anyone to trade with... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 October 2008, 23:53:51 Uhm, this might just be me, but why would you even WANT a Mr. Mime or Jynx other than for Pokédex data anyway?
I've settled it, I'm getting Rock Band 2 eventually. Just the game itself. That means I don't have to buy anything else. Read some articles today, and it seems that the new GH has a far better tracklist. By leaps. But I haven't looked myself. Either way, the fact that I just saw a commercial in which Kobe Bryant is singing on Guitar Hero World Tour with other pro athletes playing the instruments solidifies my decision to never buy it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 27 October 2008, 23:55:19 That's exactly what I need them for. I'm just 15 entries away from having a complete PokeDex.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 October 2008, 23:58:38 Heh, I got the full Pokedex in Blue (yes, Blue... sue me) a long time ago. Probably around 10 or so.
Thankfully the save file is still alive, but I would like to change my name in that game... because it's #####ing "Ash"... ugh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 October 2008, 00:00:18 Well I got 151 pokedex'd in Red back in the day so my dick hat is bigger than yours!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 28 October 2008, 00:01:05 I don't think I ever completed my Pokedex until I got Gameshark and got Mew and everything.
So, I DID complete it, but not fairly. And yeah, Mike, I WOULD get Guitar Hero, but Rock Band seems like the better choice right now since apparently I can just carry over all the tracks from the first one right into the second one, I already have all the instruments in perfect working condition with no need to get any new ones, all the old DLC that I've missed out on for the first game is compatible and I can finally go through it all like I've been meaning to, and I rather like the tracklist I saw. Plus, I'm a sucker for Linkin Park. But that's not really a reason. Just a perk. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 28 October 2008, 00:05:11 Well I got 151 pokedex'd in Red back in the day so my dick hat is bigger than yours! Your dick hat may be bigger than mine, but my #####in' cock is SO bigger! ... My rooster... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 October 2008, 00:44:32 Well I got 151 pokedex'd in Red back in the day so my dick hat is bigger than yours! For a while I only had 150, my friend had 151, which pissed me off. He used a Gameshark or whatever. Then a couple years ago I found out that Mew glitch and did it on Yellow version and then transferred it to my Blue version. THAT was when it was officially completed. I didn't feel as special as when I got 150 a long time ago. Pokemon Blue was probably the only one I cared to get all of the Pokemon without cheating. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 28 October 2008, 00:47:09 Ack. Forgot about the Mew trick. I already went and beat every trainer on the game... So I'm #####ed.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 October 2008, 00:52:34 I've never heard of the Mew trick. My friend wanted us to use gameshark, but I knew that could wreck my whole game. So I let him get two on his and then trade it over.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 28 October 2008, 01:01:20 I stopped caring about pokeymans before I filled out the dex.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 October 2008, 01:01:27 The Mew Trick (http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/rbcatchmew.html), if anyone was interested at all.
Kinda strange that someone would find that... But then again, someone found MissingNo. also. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 28 October 2008, 01:01:38 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Bought it today, and I like it so far - still can't touch Classicvania but I'm most definitely not disappointed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 28 October 2008, 01:04:42 I heard about the mew trick, and just for the occasion I went out and bought yellow version. What an awesome glitch, its hard to pull off though, you can't save until you get mew.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 28 October 2008, 01:06:09 As for the Missingno. method, I only used that so I could get lots of Nuggets to sell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 28 October 2008, 01:06:25 I've been trying to play Wild Arms 3 properly and pay attention to the story this time. I like those games for the cool music, but 3 just isn't as good as 2 was.
That, and I found Granstream Saga, and I've been playing that and getting mad over the battle system. You'd think I would have remembered that from the demo, but NO, all stupid Chron remembered was the shower scene that happens at the beginning of the game. But I at least finally understand why your armor and weapon materialize out of freaking nowhere now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 October 2008, 01:07:27 I heard about the mew trick, and just for the occasion I went out and bought yellow version. What an awesome glitch, its hard to pull off though, you can't save until you get mew.Yeah, the first time I pulled it off, I SAVED BEFORE THE FIGHT. Thankfully, I didn't run out of Poke Balls. You can actually get it earlier than the link says to also. You can get it as early as Cerulean City. You just need an Abra and there's a trainer past Nugget Bridge that you can do the fly/teleport glitch with, then you can go to the Slowpoke trainer afterwards in the same area and then fight Mew on your way back to Cerulean. Though it's alot harder since you'll most likely just have Poke Balls on you and not Great or Ultra Balls (...lolballs). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 28 October 2008, 01:09:04 tl;dr
Haha, Nugget bridge. Anyway, I'm done Order of Ecclesia, last boss was total BS, one form of Drac is NOT A FINAL BOSS! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 October 2008, 07:17:50 Tomorrow I'm getting Rock Band 2, my roommate is pitching in.
Also, MegaMan character in Rock Band 2: Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 October 2008, 16:30:31 VENT!
*shot* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 October 2008, 21:28:20 So, the coolest thing about another batch of these same games is that you can create your own character? That normally would at least make me want to rent it, but no dice.
All my friends (and I) are super busy anyway and I live on the other side of the city from them anyhow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 29 October 2008, 23:36:17 .... Does pinball count as a game in this category? Because I've been playing it a lot in my school's recreation room lately.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 October 2008, 00:23:17 Welp, just got Rock Band 2. Also Iron Man and Incredible Hulk.
Will be making my own MegaMan-style character eventually. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 30 October 2008, 00:49:56 I played some Wild Arms 2 today.
I realized that I am still ridiculously under leveled to take on any special bosses, yet I am also still ridiculously over-leveled in comparison to the final boss. I really hate grinding, but I really love this game. Oh, and by the way, we're talking about a gap of "You didn't even hit me" and "I just died in two turns". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 October 2008, 03:06:04 Welp, just got Rock Band 2. Also Iron Man and Incredible Hulk. I hope you don't mean the Iron Man game, as it sucked balls. Seriously, I'm pretty sure there was a scene where Tony knelt down and slurped off Rhodey. Anyway, I just finished the first Kingdom Hearts. I really liked it. I'm aware my questions on the ending will be explained in the second game, and I'm eager to take that one on. But speaking of ball licking, two things; One - I'm really pleased that Donald and Goofy eventually became useful. Because I'm not gonna lie, until Donald gets healing magic you're pretty sure that the sounds him and Goofy make in battles is just them sucking each other off while you-Sora does all the work. At first they basically just die all the time and you don't care. And giving them items ever is a waste because they use them all. the. #####ing. time. But they stepped up and got brushed somewhere between Halloweentown and Hollow Bastion with some great. Two - Why the hell do they bother to shell out 20, 000 experience points for beating the final final final final final final final final boss? I said that eight times because there is basically 8 boss fights in a row with no save points amongst them. 20, 000 exp is, of course, more than enough exp to level everyone at least once or twice. And it shows you that they leveled. It gives you that little box saying what stuff went up. Actually, it gives you box on top of box on top of boxes they leveled so well. But then, you get your ending video, all epic and changing from play graphics to in-game cutscene graphics to cinematic graphics and it's all lovely. And then your credits, which you watch for the little extras that are like epilogues for minor characters, and then you get a real sort of epilogue for the main three characters. And then I'm all "Nice." And I wait. And then... a "The End" screen. Cool. I'm cool with that. It looks nice even though it's just the boxart. Yep. OK. Press X. Nope? O? ... Sq-square? Tri...angle... Start! Start is the key, of cour-No? What?! An ENDLESS end screen? I can't save? Why the ##### can't I save?! Some people call that an exaggeration, and others like pickles, but the point is that that is very weird. Very very weird. I just don't get it. I kind of want like, a little crown next to my save file there, or something. Something. And I want those levels, because while the final 8 boss fights weren't all hard-one of them kicked my ass around for like nearly an hour. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 October 2008, 03:51:53 I've been playing Call of Duty 4.
Fun game. Lots of HOLY SHI- moments Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 30 October 2008, 04:10:40 You're about ten months late to that particular scene. I've since grown tired of it and gone back to old faithful CS:S :D
Still stumbling my way through Order of Ecclesia as well as refreshing my Brawl skills in preparation for the ultimate showdown of final destiny two days hence. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 October 2008, 20:51:49 One of the final boss fights in KH really kicked my ass as well... I think it was the second or third one, not sure. I just wasn't dodging right I think.
And I do think its stupid that you get leveled up in a fight that you can't save afterward. The same thing happens in the second one, except the Japanese version I think... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rama Olendris on 30 October 2008, 22:33:35 Dude! Cave Story! My friend made me play it this afternoon, now I'm hooked. I'm going to be playing this for a while when I have time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 October 2008, 22:39:33 I have beaten cave story pretty well. Though I never was able to beat the true final cave and final boss.
Damned angel things. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 October 2008, 23:04:32 I beat Cave Story completely. I forgot about that "true final stage" until you just reminded me. It was a bitch.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 31 October 2008, 00:43:32 Yes it was, but rewarding definitely.
Final final boss was cake though. It's just the GETTING to him part. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 November 2008, 21:22:07 I've been playing Rock Band 2 a lot with my friends recently. I also got Guitar Hero World Tour for myself.
I love how the Overworld theme from Zelda is second place in the GHTunes Top Rated Songs thing, and Green Greens from Kirby is fourth place. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 November 2008, 21:38:51 One of the final boss fights in KH really kicked my ass as well... I think it was the second or third one, not sure. I just wasn't dodging right I think. The "third" one for me. Although it might as well be the second one. You brutalize Ansem the first time on the beach, then fight that giant Heartless thing for the umpteenth time (EASY 30 second boss), and then Ansem again but you're completely alone and he's way stronger and way more annoying because he'll do things that basically cheap you into death, since they're not all THAT strong but can often hit you in multiples. So even if you have that "Second chance" or whatever ability it is that gives you a bit of HP left when hit with something that would've killed you, he'll just knock you again before you can heal at all. So that took me a while, but after that I had no real difficulties. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 November 2008, 21:41:47 I NEED TO GET WORLD TOUR FOR MY WII RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Arg. I just need the disc is all..... junk. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 01:32:21 So much Rock Band 2.
And we only have ONE guitar controller. The one from GH3. No other instruments. My parents were supposed to bring up the other instruments today, but they forgot. So now I have to wait 'till next Sunday. I'm just lucky they're coming up again so soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 02:26:36 Has anyone played that other one? Rock Revolution or whatever?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 02:32:08 I didn't even know about that until right now. Looks lame.
So yeah, just wanna' say, Rock Band has so much DLC for "The Who" that I'm bursting with happiness. I blew most of my Microsoft Points card on their songs. I can't WAIT to get the drumset up here and play The Who songs with it. Seriously rad drumset licks in all their songs. Keith Moon is a #####ing legend. Plus I know all the words to most of their songs so I'd actually ENJOY doing the vocals for them. Heeeee's a piiiiinbaaaaaall wizard, there haaaaas t'be a trick... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 03:05:03 You should get some Zeppelin tracks too then, if you can. John Bonham was epic.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 03:54:06 There is no Zep.
They refuse to sign their music for videogames. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 04:08:39 It drives me INSANE that The Beatles and Led Zeppelin won't let anyone use any of their music.
I mean, you have NO idea how much more fun Rock Band and Guitar Hero would be with ANY of their tracks. ANY of them. JUST ONE. IMMIGRANT SONG? HELTER SKELTER? GRAAAAAAAAAH. I was talking about this earlier today with my friends. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 04:18:12 Be happy that AC/DC finally let them use theirs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 04:21:53 A lot of the factors that led me to get RB2 over GHWT had to do with all of the lovin' from The Who and AC/DC.
Plus, the first Rock Band's track list was absolute perfection and is still my favorite track list out of all these types of games, so I still wanted to play all of those songs. And I still can, since I exported them into Rock Band 2. Linkin Park was just a perk, and I'm hoping they'll get some DLC somewhere along the line. You have no idea how fun rap sequences would be with the microphone. Figures they'd pick "One Step Closer" which has no rap in it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 04:53:05 SHUT UP WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!
(Sometimes a friend of mine and I just yell or text that line to each other randomly for no good reason.) Anyway it's lame there's no Beatles or Zeppelin. Money-wise they'd actually make an astonishingly larger amount of scrill off of video game licensing than album sales. It's actually ridiculous. There's a reason Aerosmith did a whole game for themselves, and they get paid so absurdly for it they might as well be MLB players. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 05:27:11 The thing with The Beatles and Led Zeppelin is that they won't even let Apple sell their music on iTunes.
I think I read something about iTunes maybe getting some of them up for sale but I can't remember and don't feel like checking. I do remember Jack Black making a HUGE deal about convincing Led Zeppelin to let him use Immigrant Song in "School of Rock." It's in the special features. He basically got on stage during a Zeppelin concert or something and got the whole audience to beg with him. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 05:30:33 That -is- the best 30 seconds of the movie.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 05:31:58 Heh. I kinda' liked that movie.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 2 November 2008, 06:55:32 Playing Rock Band to Behind Blue Eyes would probably make the game for me. Pity I've no money for that sort of thing, but my dreeeeeeams, they aren't as empty, as my pooooockeeeeet seeeeeems to be
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 November 2008, 07:47:10 Hahah, my friends downloaded the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "They're Red Hot."
If I had to quote anybody on that song's Expert difficulty in this game, it would be how my friend Jon described it, "This song is basically ass rape for 30 loooooong seconds." I got 78% with Bass on expert... but it was on "No Fail" mode so we couldn't lose. And bass is always the easiest anyway. But I also tried the drums. Ooooooh #####, I wouldn't recommend it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 14:42:10 Playing Rock Band to Behind Blue Eyes would probably make the game for me. Pity I've no money for that sort of thing, but my dreeeeeeams, they aren't as empty, as my pooooockeeeeet seeeeeems to be Hahaha, that was the first song I downloaded. I was so #####ing excited to play it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 November 2008, 16:18:06 Wait, I thought they were making a Guitar Hero game comprising solely of Beatles Music...I heard that anyway.
It would be the only Guitar Rhythm games I'd even possibly think about playing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 November 2008, 16:51:52 You might be thinking of GH: Metallica... which isn't about the Beatles, if you can tell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 16:56:36 Yeah, no Guitar Hero: The Beatles.
That would be pure heaven. But it's never going to happen. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 November 2008, 17:27:42 http://www.redherring.com/blogs/25376
http://kotaku.com/5072654/electronic-arts-set-to-distribute-harmonix-beatles-game-%5Bupdate%5D Okay so it's not Guitar Hero or Rock Band but it's still going to be similar, I bet. There's way too many #####ing Guitar games out now, though. I LIKE WII MUSIC!!!!:) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 2 November 2008, 17:34:30 Yeah, no Guitar Hero: The Beatles. 'No More Guitar Heroes' would be even more awesome. Annnnnnnd... I'm busy with MGS3 disc 2. I don't have the patience to finish Metal Gear. I'd like to finish it. But I'm just not really into the classic versions of games I love in their present form. I'm used to the way I was introduced to them first. I've beaten NES games (in this situation it's actually an MSX2 game) and I respect them as games. I love how 8-bit games look, I love 8-bit music as much as I love orchestrated symphonies, and hardcore guitar solos. It's just they're all from before my time and sometimes it's a bit frustrating to play a game that can't always point me in the right direction once in awhile. I'm not a baby who needs my hand held through everything, but I like some hints as what to do next. Classic 8-bit games are most excellent, but I just prefer games with a bit more. My first videogame related experience was really with an SNES. The first console I ever owned was the N64, and that's what really got me into gaming. So a lot of the time playing real classics feels a bit awkward. It makes me feel like less of a gamer to admit all this. Anyboo, yeah, I'm just trying to earn all the extra crap in MGS3. I just feel like going all completest on it. Speaking of which, I earned the Monkey Mask on disc 2. Does anyone know how I actually access it on disc 1? Do I have to start a new game? Beat the game again? I honestly don't know. Anyway, yeah, Special Duel mode is pretty fun. So I'm sure disc 2 as well as going back to disc 1 a bit will keep me busy until the 16th. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 17:45:53 http://www.redherring.com/blogs/25376 Holy #####. Yes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2008, 18:02:09 I don't see what's fun or hard or remotely interesting about playing The Beatles' music.
GH Metallica had better have a better selection than the Aerosmith one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 18:04:53 I'm making a huge decision right now.
I feel this urge deep inside of me to get the new Guitar Hero. What should I trade in out of these? Smash Bros. Brawl. $25 Twilight Princess. $15 GH3 $12 DS $20 MarioKart DS. $15 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 November 2008, 18:31:26 None of them? >_>
Well, not Smash Bros. the most... Posted on: 2 November 2008, 13:27:01 ARGH DAMN TED NUGENT We get near the end of our Guitar Duel and then even though the crowd loves me the most, he starts to rape me and instantly wins! And I can't win by having the bar go all the way to my side but he can! Talk about cheating... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 18:47:10 John, if you HAVE to get rid of one of those, get rid of Twilight Princess.
It's the one with least replay value. My next vote goes to Mario Kart DS, because by now, you SHOULD be bored of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 19:16:01 It's my only DS game....
I'm REALLY on the fence about Brawl though, I never play it, and it's right now worth half of GH:WT. I have over 200 hours of play on GH3. I have about 50 on Brawl. I'll have at least 100 on WT by the time I get rid of it. I only play Brawl at parties any more, and that's only AFTER everyone is really tired of Rock band. Right now I'll need someone to give me a real good reason to keep it. All I need is $50. Posted on: November 02, 2008, 02:56:07 PM What should I trade in out of these? And now I have to consider selling all of it and getting the new guitar with it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 19:19:31 Well, don't sell GH3 because that's still more tracks to play. Unless you can export them into World Tour.
I just realized that I have the option now of selling the original Rock Band since I don't NEED it anymore, since all the tracks have been exported off of it and work on "any future installments." I don't see what's fun or hard or remotely interesting about playing The Beatles' music. The Beatles are a huge part of my life, I grew up listening to them, The Beach Boys, and The Rolling Stones since my parents gave me some of their CD's as a kid. So, in the case of The Beatles, it's really just the fact that they have such a vast library of quality songs, and such a diverse variety of them over the years, too. It's really just... I mean... man, it's THE BEATLES. And was the GH Aerosmith track list really not good? I love Aerosmith and almost got that. Metallica, on the other hand... well, I have what I believe is at least 60% of their discography on my computer left over from when someone ported over their entire music collection to my computer years ago, but I NEVER listen to them. Apparently they're not my cup of tea, but I can't figure out why. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 19:32:15 Guitar Hero Aerosmith was a piece of crap.
Not many songs, only about 40% Aerosmith, and the non Aerosmith sings tended to be weak. Just not worth the money really. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 November 2008, 19:37:31 Concerning the Beatles game, I'd only play it if you can do the sitar parts...And you doing the string octet from Eleanor Rigby would be great too.
I really dislike (electric) guitars now, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2008, 20:43:56 GH:A should really just have been all of Pump and Get A Grip.
It wasn't. Beatles are no better than any other disposable pop band. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 21:08:57 Take that back.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 November 2008, 21:12:06 ABE IS A GOTH KID. :(
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2008, 21:22:01 Yes, clearly that is what I am.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2008, 21:22:43 I don't even think he's a person.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2008, 21:24:28 That's more accurate.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 2 November 2008, 21:29:33 He's a monster. An abomination of some sort.
With killer website design skills. I'M PLAYING CAVE STORY. THE BLOND ROBOT GIRL DIED :[ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 November 2008, 21:40:12 Abomination?...Abominator...
Abomination... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2008, 21:49:27 RIGHT!
Anyway, this week I planned to finish MGS4, but I've been in too bad a mood, so I have played nothing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 22:54:06 Every game John listed there other than GH3 is better than any GH.
I don't even think he's a person. What's the difference between that and a goth kid again? I played a bit of Pokemon Fire Red today because I'm so damn bored at home. I need a new DS game but I don't know what to get. I can't find the first Phoenix Wright now, so I'm reluctant to get the third just 'cause. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 2 November 2008, 23:07:24 If you like Metroidvania games I recommend Order of Ecclesia, I've had lots of fun with it although these days I only ever play DS on the bus to and from school.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 2 November 2008, 23:09:51 Yeah, it's a really great game. Dracula's castle is really fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 November 2008, 23:47:22 Abomination?...Abominator... loooooooooooooooooooooooool. Every game John listed there other than GH3 is better than any GH. I play Guitar Hero more than anything else. It's just what I do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2008, 23:51:24 IT'S WRAHNG!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 2 November 2008, 23:54:49 Playing Fallout 3 right now, and Kenshiro-ing my way through it. ##### YES, BLOODY MESS IS THE BEST PERK EVER!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 November 2008, 00:56:46 Dracula's castle is really fun. Dracula's castle is Castlevania. It was a good game, but I could really have given two #####s about the story. I doubt I'm alone in saying it isn't why I play those games; So, that being said, I would have liked to see less story and more game. This is only exacerbated by the fact that the story seems like it's only there to serve as a transition between areas that shouldn't have been sectioned off in the first place. PoR did that, and I didn't care for it then either. It was shorter than I would have liked, and the alternate modes seemed a little stripped down when compared to the last few outings, but all-in-all it was a satisfying title. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 November 2008, 10:34:56 I've been playing Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the last few days after finding it over at Target for $15. It's a pretty smooth game, although I don't remember how to do everything.
Why I've been playing that, I don't know, because I still have yet to finish Fable 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, and a ton of other games. Hell, I haven't even started playing Far Cry 2. I played some Fable 2 tonight. It is a definite improvement over the first, but this whole family thing and getting people to like you is not that great or as easy to do (as in the first one). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 3 November 2008, 12:59:52 Dracula's castle is really fun. Yes. I know. I'm just saying that certain stage is really fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 November 2008, 14:49:25 I've been playing Wild Arms 3 again.
Not sure if I already said that, but right. Last time I played it I cheated horribly and had no idea what was going on in the story. For some reason I can never remember the story of an RPG if I cheat through it. It was one of those cases where I found some codes, wanted to try them out and wound up beating the game before I had any idea what was happening. So this time it's totally clean and I'm trying to pay attention. ... apparently after you get to a certain point you can just sit around and level yourself and your little sandcraft to horrible heights, and that's what I'm doing. I figure that once I have enough stuff to upgrade the sand craft completely I should be 10 levels over par for the next chapter. I'm slowly starting to like it more than the second game, although the characters in Wild Arms 2 will forever be the best in the series. I'm also missing the poorly translated existential ramblings and philosophical mumbo-jumbo further obfuscated by lost-in-the-translation mishaps... ... but it's still a fun romp through Filgaia. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 6 November 2008, 05:35:50 I got Quantum of Solace yesterday, and finally got to play it today because I left my PS3 at my friend's room.
Anyway, it's a pretty fun and solid game. It's a little linear, a little more than GoldenEye linear, but I'm really liking the shoot-out scenes. You can play the game in first person mode, but that will usually get you killed. Its best to take cover and move into third person mode to take down your enemies. It's very easy to die (takes about 4-6 consecutive hits to die) but if you cover for a bit you can recover (doesn't make sense but whatever). Anyone who wants some solid Bond gaming, Quantum of Solace is an instant buy. Just a little annoyed because I thought it was both Casino Royale and QoS together but so far it's just QoS. Then again, I've only played the first two levels. Also can't wait for Quantum of Solace this 14th! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 6 November 2008, 21:15:13 The QoS game is trash.
The movie was good, but not as good as Casino Royale. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 November 2008, 21:37:59 Isn't the game basically just a Call Of Duty skin or something?
I heard it was built on that Cod4 engine. That kind of puts me off. But I've mostly enjoyed Bond games so I don't know. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 7 November 2008, 00:18:20 Only good Bond since GoldenEye was NightFire, or maybe Agent Under Fire because those have too-similar names for my tiny mind.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 November 2008, 03:06:47 The CoD4 engine doesn't really effect the Bond moodness of it. You'll be spending half the time shooting in third person mode. But unlike the older Bond games, you do get the choice to play sneakily or go guns a blazing (of course, there are parts where you're forced to do one or the other).
Finally got to the Casino Royale part. I assume that this will be a quick flashback in the movie. Posted on: 6 November 2008, 19:23:35 I just tried out the Mirror's Edge demo. Day one purchase. The game is #####ing awesome from the 10 minutes I've played it. If anyone's interested the game plays like just your average game of le Parkour. With people shooting at you sometimes (the point of the game is to not shoot back but to escape using whatever means). The game is in first person mode and because there's no HUD, a lot of people get motion sickness from playing. However, I feel fine. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 7 November 2008, 03:15:31 Technically, it's simulation sickness.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 7 November 2008, 03:17:36 Simulated motion sickness?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 7 November 2008, 03:19:45 No. Just simulation, because there is no motion. You're sitting in your chair/on your bed, staring at your TV screen.
But nonetheless, I personally think it's cool alone that a game can accomplish that much. EDIT: Read differently. Yeah, it's simulated motion sickness. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2008, 03:33:34 Yeah, I tried downloading the demo (and the Banjo-Kazooie one) yesterday off XBLA but it wouldn't let me download them yet because they're "currently only available for download by XBLA Gold Members. Check back later for Silver Members."
So, I'll try again tomorrow or something. I'm really excited for BOTH of them and they come out on the same day, so I have to pick one. So the demos are important. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 November 2008, 06:12:25 Only good Bond since GoldenEye was NightFire, or maybe Agent Under Fire because those have too-similar names for my tiny mind. Agent Under Fire was the best I've played since GoldenEye, so I'm thinking it's that. I don't remember being greatly moved in either direction by NightFire. But more what I meant was that as someone who doesn't particularly get into any FPS games, I'm usually a lot more into the Bond games when I play them (though they aren't really FPSsy at all...) and actually bother continuing level to level. Though I dislike stealth missions in any game. Sounds weird coming from me right? Wrong. Because what I mean by stealth missions, is stealth like in Bond, or GTA, or even MGS at times where you don't really have any kind of stealth skills at all other than moving and crouching behind ##### at the right damn time. And you move around like a lummox and just stand in places people don't happen to be looking at. Because I love games where I have skills I can use to be stealthy. Like using shadows, or good camouflage (the system of it in MGS3 is cool with the percentages and stuff, but the no radar thing and everything/one looking the same doesn't go with me, since if everyone else is camo then I don't know why it's special that I am), or grappling up walls, or sneaking under a guy by hanging on the ledge under him. Cool #####. Not walking around normally and just hoping the guy doesn't turn a corner. That's not stealth tactics at all. That's hide and go seek tag. Except you die or lose or whatever and have to start all over and it's not the least bit fun. At least in GTA SA if you're caught they just a hundred guys in to kill you, which is actually manageable in that somehow... I'm tired of getting frustrated to the point of suicide on certain games. There's a whole area in Bully, where you sneak into this asylum or whatever, where you can't be seen. It would almost have been fun if not for this part that was ludicrous hard. Basically there's a guard at a window who keeps looking left and right. You have to go from the door (which by rights he should be able to see you waiting in), crouched, and move to the wall in front of him when he glances away from you. And then out the door on the other side when he looks the direction you came. It doesn't sound hard but was the only hard part in the game. He looks to your left and swings to the right so fast it takes an assload of tries (and you have to rebreak into the asylum and move around not getting caught in it every time, since when caught you get thrown back outside the gates and all) before you get under him there at the wall. When he looks right, he looks a bit longer so getting out of the room is more simplified but it's still easy to get caught. It was frustrating to the point where things weren't fun for that part. I hate that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 November 2008, 06:19:48 Tell me about it, I'm playing Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels on Wii VC. I'm almost an expert at the first three worlds.
Granted I don't have to retry from the beginning of the game every single time I get a game over, but it adds to the score. So far I have gotten as far as 4-3. I was doing so well, then I got to 4-1 and I died three times in a row at the same spot. Ugh. Made it through that level and the next on one life, and then something stupid happened and it was over. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 November 2008, 06:22:15 That's how I lost Coin Bird (a Super Mario Hack) at world 8-6. I was mad because the whole time I just wanted to see what they replaced Bowser and the Princess with from Coin Bird stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 7 November 2008, 08:11:11 Last week, I became the last man in existence to pick up Phoenix Wright.
I'm somewhere, I assume half way, into case 5. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 November 2008, 13:11:54 Last week, I became the last man in existence to pick up Phoenix Wright. That game on the shelf was waiting for you; waiting for the day that you would come, pick it up and buy it. It was your destiny, you know. Mm-hmm. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2008, 19:21:39 Okay, so I found out that game demos on XBLA are available to Silver Members a week after they go up, which meant I was able to download the demos for Mirror's Edge and Banjo-Kazooie 3.
Since both games are coming out at the same time, and I only have enough money for one, the choice is very clear. Banjo-Kazooie 3 by FAAAAAAAAAR. Mirror's Edge is fun and its a novel concept and since I played it first, I thought it was so good that I'd probably like it better than BK3, but I'll be damned if the BK3 demo wasn't the most fun I've had playing a videogame in YEARS. I mean, the Mirror's Edge demo was short and sweet, fun to play but very empty and not too gripping. BK3's demo is HUUUUUGE and it's intimidatingly large, but oddly for me, I LOVE that it's huge. So much to do, the graphics are beautifully cartoony, and the controls are spot-on. I LOVE the vehichle mechanics, Mike would eat this game alive. SO much customization possible, even in the demo I've had some crazy fun. It's very easy to tell that when you collect a lot of parts, you'll be able to build some insanely crazy vehicles. And it doesn't take as long as you'd think, either. My only problem... is actually a HUGE one. You can hardly read any of the text on my screen. Which is a big problem for a Banjo-Kazooie game what with all the funny dialogue, especially this one with all these parts and menus. It's a real strain on the eyes, and since sometimes the text just flows along without letting you wait to read it, I've missed quite a bit on instructions. The important stuff seems to let you wait until you press "A", so I'm fine. It just sucks that I need to buy a #####ing HDTV or some ##### to play this game the right way. I tolerated small text with Dead Rising because it wasn't too important. But... god. It's like, I finally get a godsend of a game and they screw me over with small text that I can't even read. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 7 November 2008, 19:25:57 So, BK3 ain't to bad eh? I need to borrow someone's 360 then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2008, 19:40:40 It's different from the originals, but they really just made it flat-out freeform fun.
When you unlock the first world and go in, you're going to flip out if you've played the old games. It's called BanjoLand and it's a conglomerate of all the most memorable worlds from the first games all crammed together into one level. Like, Gobi's Pyramid and the Snowman's Scarf and Clanker himself! And the music is a fantastic medley of all the main themes from those games all rolled into one in a sort of mechanical factory style. My face lit up and I smiled uncontrollably when I heard the Freezeezy Peaks music start playing AS I first caught a glimpse of the Snowman's giant scarf. The game looks like it's pretty huge and there's a ton to do. And with all the customization and pure fun you could have by just spending time doing nothing in particular, it looks like it's going to be amazing. I mean, while I was playing the demo, I couldn't find any real limitations or boundaries, and even though I saw a red barrier wall that seemed to be blocking off some other areas, I never even had the urge to go over there because of how much other stuff there was to do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 November 2008, 19:52:31 There's a glitch to bypass that barrier, allowing you to visit everywhere else in Showdown Town and see things you shouldn't see in the demo.
My friend did it and is afraid of how monstrositly big Showdown Town is. Yes, I know monstrositly isn't a word. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2008, 20:07:51 But "monstrously" is and you could've easily used that.
Anyway, yeah, it looks huge and limitless in a way that I actually LIKE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 November 2008, 20:17:23 Yes, I could have use monstrously but I forgot that word was the one I was looking for.
But anyway, I'm probably going to buy BK3 and play it on my friend's Xbox 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2008, 20:20:42 I just found out that BK3 is only going to be $40.
This just keeps getting better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 November 2008, 01:47:13 Everything sounds good except for the lack of a 360 on my end.
But that shouldn't be a problem. I can probably mooch off of a friend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 8 November 2008, 01:58:24 Started the demo again and realized that it didn't save and that I had to start over. Which was fine because it was just as fun as the first time, and I understood things a bit better.
I found a way to make the text more reasonable: mess with the contrast. It helps. I beat the demo, and now I can't wait for the game. So, Vinch, what's the glitch to get out of the barriers in Showdown Town? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 02:14:35 Badass. I didn't really play any of the games that weren't the first one, but if I get a 360 (which I might 'cause they're into a price range I can accept now) I might pick that game up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 8 November 2008, 02:16:16 Glitch to get out of Showdown Town. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGFgJw7Gsrg)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 November 2008, 02:42:41 DUDE. That's friggen sick. The world is HUGE.
... Wow, that text really is small... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 02:55:24 That text is a joke. I'm not getting an HDTV anytime soon. Mine is clear and great and I'm very happy with it even though it's not high-def or widescreen.
But the game is pretty. Though sometimes Banjo looks like a turd. I guess he always did, though. I hate any Youtube video that says "watch in high quality" at the bottom. 1) If I wanted HQ I wouldn't be on Youtube. 2) Why is it still #####ing slow and ##### when I don't put it on HQ? 3) Gay. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 November 2008, 02:57:00 I don't see the point with having text that small.
I mean... c'mon. They should fix it by the time the game's finished or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 8 November 2008, 02:59:13 I have a Greasemonkey script that always plays the videos in HQ. I've not noticed much slowdown in streaming, and it's always worth it.
And HDTV + XBox 360 or PS3 = beauty. Since the technical achievement is graphics, it's nice to see that they look even better in HD. The Wii gets all pixellated though. I never liked Banjo Kazooie games, but that does look fun to at least roam around in vehicles. (PS, if you can't see that text you need glasses) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 8 November 2008, 02:59:29 Yeah, Mike, trust me on this. And don't worry about not having played the others. The two N64 ones are the only ones that count anyway, so you've only missed out on one. And the gameplay has changed QUITE a bit so it doesn't even matter, aside from all the cameos and homages that I've seen in Banjo Land, and that just seems to be a place where they're trying to fit all of that sort of stuff in at once.
But yeah, just with the limited parts they gave me in the demo, I've already created a ton of crazy machines. I like how you can use the propellors to fly or to go steer underwater. I'm about to start the demo again so I can make a fun one I just thought of where it's Banjo on a pillar with one wheel. Or at least try to make unicycle or something and see how that works. Also to try the glitch. As for the text, I've gotten used to it. At first it will drive you #####ing insane, it almost caused me to not want to bother buying the game. But you DO get used to it if you fix the contrast a bit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 03:05:26 I played a bit of Tooie. Wasn't impressed.
Hated the name too. ie. I have a Greasemonkey script that always plays the videos in HQ. I've not noticed much slowdown in streaming, and it's always worth it. Aging 12" laptop. It's like if I'm doing anything other than watching those videos it's super choppy. And I can't not be doing multiple things on the computer. I can't not. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 8 November 2008, 03:07:15 Uh, there's an option to have video always play on High Quality, guys.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 03:14:35 That is NOT the problem we're discussing. I'm mentioning that any video that gives me the option, is still choppy and slow when I DON'T let it do high quality (which it must want to do and is punishing me).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 8 November 2008, 03:20:50 Uh, there's an option to have video always play on High Quality, guys. They finally implemented that? Oh, well. I'd rather use the Greasemonkey thing since it's 100% hassle free. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 8 November 2008, 06:16:29 Anyway, I just beat Quantum of Solace.
Ended in a bit of a cliffhanger, but I guess that doesn't spoil the movie. Was a little bit short but towards the end the gameplay got kind of tiring. For me, though, the game is long enough and difficult enough that it kept me coming back to the end. Also, the AI is programmed really good. Sometimes the AI will decide to throw a grenade under an opening gate, and there's the occasional kamakazi man running towards you in order to kill you... which is actually annoying because of how low HP you have (but annoying in a good way). And its now officially the first PS3 game I've beat (other than MGS4 but I didn't beat that on MY PS3). So, not bad for a Bond game, and certainly not bad for a first Bond game by Activision. Looking forward to their other Bond games, as long as they have something new in store. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 18:00:55 Uhm. I just checked out some stuff on my Wii on a CHANCE because last night I tried from 2:00am to 4:30am to fix my PC in any way and I couldn't get anything (How DO I actually boot windows from the repair disc anyway? It won't work so I can't format...). So I just decided to see if my Wii would connect to wi-fi via my, or any surrounding area, wireless router (why does someone have a connection called Believe_In_Jesus? Is he the one giving me wireless woes?).
Well. Apparently Nintendo decided that the Wii can now connect with my router. It used to be incompatible, but all of a sudden... Yeah. The connection isn't strong, really, but it's working enough for a system update. Taking a while but I guess it's worth it. Maybe I'll be able to go up the street to Shopper's Drug Mart and get a Wii Points card + classic controller and get MM9 today. I'm dying for a new game and I can't play Cave Story at home (which is like all I want to do right now). And there is no way I'm taking the bus to any game store today. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 November 2008, 19:35:09 Just buy the points with a debit or credit card right in the shop channel.....
That system update I got last night did nothing as far as I can tell. Also, miraculously, the red button in my guitar was fine after I cleaned the plates in the detachable neck with rubbing alcohol. Which means I'm still currently playing World Tour. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 8 November 2008, 20:13:53 I just got, played and deleted the demos for Banjo Kazooie, Tomb Raider Whatever and Mirror's Edge, all of which are exactly the crap that ruins gaming.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 November 2008, 20:55:42 Just buy the points with a debit or credit card right in the shop channel..... I want the classic controller anyway. Plus I don't have a credit card, and don't debit online (though I should). Anyway I decided to just play demos on my DS instead 'cause I don't feel like doing anything today before this party I'm going to. I just finished with a cute little strategy game called Ninjatown or something. I had a lot of fun in the six levels you get. I'd buy it, but not full price 'cause it's not all that hard or compelling (but it probably gets better). It's kind of funny too. Now I'm gonna try this Dragonball Origins, which I'm surprised is in 3D. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 November 2008, 23:04:44 Just buy the points with a debit or credit card right in the shop channel..... It doesn't work with just ANY debit card. Mine doesn't. I'd use it all the time if it did. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 8 November 2008, 23:08:45 If only it did work with my debit...LES SIGHS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 8 November 2008, 23:20:23 I has a credit card now so I can buy stuff from the PlaystionStore.
I finally get to play Bionic Commando: Rearmed. :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 November 2008, 23:29:34 I have a Mastercard!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 November 2008, 23:43:00 Visa Debit card, in ATK mode.
I can purchase Wii points with it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 November 2008, 23:43:54 Yeah, you WOULD crack a Yu-Gi-Oh joke right now!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 8 November 2008, 23:56:36 Visa Debit card, in ATK mode. YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD! YOU LOSE 2000 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 November 2008, 04:13:48 Yeah. I don't have a credit card because I don't WANT one.
But I'm going to have to get one for my European adventure soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 November 2008, 06:29:26 ASR, Text problem is being fixed. (http://rarewitchproject.com/?id=1707)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 9 November 2008, 07:45:45 Well then. That makes Banjo all the more awesome.
*Hears Abe say "bah-humbug" from the distance* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 9 November 2008, 13:50:44 Some other game has rediculously small text as well... I don't recall it.
Anyway, are they fixing the fact that the text is unfunny, too? Banjo makes Crash Bandicoot look appealing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 9 November 2008, 14:06:11 I never saw this, as I never put effort to anyway, but...
Banjo Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBPb7wDErMo&feature=related) I guess I only have one personal issue now, is that there's enough adventure or more adventure than fiddling with these machines and junk (in the actual game). As cool as all this looks, I wanna play a Banjo-Kazooie game, not Banjo-Kart. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 November 2008, 14:37:46 From what I hear, if you go in expecting a true Banjo-Kazooie 3, you're going to hate it.
It's more of a spin-off game than anything else, whether or not they want to admit it. Some similar aspects of gameplay, yeah, but don't expect much to be the same. I'm just surprised that I actually ENJOY the new gameplay. And yeah, the text fix just made my day. Now I have absolutely no qualms with the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 9 November 2008, 16:47:47 Some other game has rediculously small text as well... I don't recall it. Dead Rising I believe. They assume everyone has an HD TV. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 9 November 2008, 20:00:45 If I had a 360, the main selling point would probably be the soundtrack. Because Kirkhope is almost as much a god among composers as David Wise is.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 November 2008, 20:11:35 Some other game has rediculously small text as well... I don't recall it. Fixed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 9 November 2008, 23:44:53 Dead Rising is right, I've never heard of Dead Space.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 November 2008, 00:20:36 Me neither. Sounds like an old arcade game or something.
Rented Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows on the Wii. Which looks badass. I'm only ten minutes into it, getting used to ANOTHER new swinging engine and stuff but so far it's cool. Cage is already in it and you know I love that. You can change from black suit to normal anytime. I'm not sure but I've heard there's like ramifications for decisions, and I'm sure using the alien suit is one of them. That's cool. Although I want to use it without worrying about going evil. Still, it's cool so far. We'll see though 'cause the last time I rented a Spider-game on Wii (Spider-Man 3, for the movie) I had such a bad time I never popped it in again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 10 November 2008, 00:23:26 You guys never heard of Dead Space?
It's a Third-Person Survival Horror Shooter with the location based in an Outer Space colony. It's not bad, actually. Its just that I was planning on playing it in bed but the text is so small that I had to get right up close to the TV to read it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 November 2008, 00:31:03 I really want to get Dead Space but...
Seriously? They did that ##### too? Why won't they learn? To be honest, after going through that ##### with Dead Rising, I REALLY don't want to go through it again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 10 November 2008, 01:40:24 Spidey games are so hit and miss.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 November 2008, 04:28:21 They are.
So far it's hit. Wii controls take a bit of getting used but are pretty alright so far. Don't like Spidey or Cage's voices outside of real cutscenes. Just had some stuff with my favourite Spidey lady (not MJ). A lot more of the random city events than in previous games, and since I'm trying to keep being a good guy, I'm fighting every gang war, every drive-by, helping everyone who need to go to the hospital, etc. on my way to missions. That makes it take longer, and I don't think the story of the game is all that long. Just enough of upgrading for each suit, and unlocking other costumes isn't a chore, in fact they come along quickly. I have 3 unlocked so far, interesting choices for this game. For one of the three costumes I've yet to unlock, all you have to do is finish Act 2 (one of the costumes I had all you had to do was finish Act 1) and another is just about defeating 500 enemies (EASY). Levelling (a matter of HP and swing speed) as well isn't a chore, it's based on collecting a certain amount of spider token things for each level. This is the kind of fetching that in the past has made me basically want to die (tokens in "Ultimate Spider-Man", yeah?) but it seems like almost every building has one of these things lying around, so it's actually pretty damn easy to find any of them. Thus, you don't even have to look for them, just pick them up on your way around. Upgrades are bought with experience points. And you can "sell" upgrades you don't want anymore, which is a good idea since sometimes you don't really get how something works from the description. Story wise, it's been mostly a lot of fighting gang members and learning moves so far, but the opening video is set a few days into the story's future so you there'll be something. Not to mention (but I will) lots of cameos since that video itself has a bunch, like Steel Spider, in the background fighting (so that's not even including people that actually have lines in the opening). One thing I'm glad for, I'd definitely play this a second time or third time. I've only had a couple of the "decision" parts but I can tell they're weighed heavily enough to allow for replay value. I'm trying to keep my alignment red (or good, rather) and keeping to good guy decisions instead of succumbing to the alien costume, but I switch to that costume when I feel it works with the story. NYC loves Spider-Man. Speaking of which, the whole thing LOOKS real pretty, and the game isn't kidly like I assume "Spider-Man: Friend Or Foe" was since Venom was basically your dog. The city seems pretty big, clearly bigger than "Ultimate Spider-Man" and easier to lose yourself in, since the colours are more real and thus everything (like a real city) can look similar in a good way. In Ultimate, everything was easily recognizable, so much so that you always knew where you were, which sounds good but isn't since this is supposed to be New York City. So far the game is pretty good, I've yet to take in the scope of the whole scenery or really get into the story but I'm considering actually buying it. Hopefully, there is a plain Peter Parker costume. I love those. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 10 November 2008, 04:44:58 Cool. I'm definitely interested in your opinion as of you finishing the game, because I remember wanting it when you talked about it before. I completely forgot about it until now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 November 2008, 15:34:05 From what I hear, if you go in expecting a true Banjo-Kazooie 3, you're going to hate it. Well... by the sound of that, I won't exactly hate it, but I expected a Banjo adventure game. I'll hate the fact that I'm not getting it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 November 2008, 15:53:31 From the first trailer a while back, I could tell it wasn't going to be a true Banjo game and was disappointed. But by now I'm over that and I'm okay with what we have now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 11 November 2008, 19:52:17 Out of all the games I'm currently phasing in-and-out of, I'd be playing Halo PC every night. I don't normally play it for the campaign. Just for the online multiplayer.
MoX and I normally go on for a few games every night. I played for a little bit with JC, and I got Chron briefly into it. If anybody else has the game, Custom Edition or the, uhm... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 November 2008, 21:57:42 Further along in Spidey I've only encountered one glitch, which is a glitch that keeps happening in modern Spider-Man games. When you bring someone to the hospital and is doesn't register that you've done it. So eventually you just have to move on and let the game think you failed to save that person. BUT this only happened to me the one time in this game, and nothing else like that happened.
The game hasn't been too challenging, and you have a seemingly unlimited amount of retries at any part of anything, since the game autosaves like ALL the time. So that's pretty good, because there are times when the last part of a boss fight is doing quick Wii remote and nunchuck motions (which are incredibly improved since Spider-Man 3) and if you screw them up once you die, but get to retry from that part so it's not at all bad. As I've heard, there's barely any story. There is one, but most of the game is tied up in the chaos that is NYC. Imagine the amount of city events in other sandbox Spidey games tripled, or more. However, the lack of complex-complex story is not anything, and I really haven't minded it that much. I feels like a day to day Spidey-life game at some points, just stopping crooks and Kingpin's thugs, and heists while on your way to a new mission. Which is actually pretty cool, because now that I'm fully accustomed to the swinging I realize how awesome the swinging is. But I STILL haven't explored the city, really. I've been all over, not that I can tell, but there's so much crime and need going on down in the actual streets that the only way to get away from it is to stay up high (makes sense) since as I'm playing this with full red alignment as much as possible, I always solve everything on my path if I'm down in the trenches that are the streets of New York. Central Park looks more massive than in Ultimate Spider-Man, which I remember thinking was very massive the first time I saw it from the top of a building. Everything in this is just that much bigger. Everything. The music when fighting seems almost tailored to the type of fight. I don't really want to spoil anything but when fighting certain guys at one point in act 3 (some of whom tend to just stand in the streets like zombies until they notice you) the fight music is creepier than I remember it being when fighting gang bangers or techno henchmen. When you're just swinging around up high, closer to the beginning, the music does that kind of grandiose thing they do in the Spidey movies, which seems about perfect. The cameos I wanted most have been in it (Cage, and someone else) already, and I've been really liking the rest so far. Universe-wise, it's using the normal Marvel universe (616), but somewhere in the past. It's after the New Avengers got together (they talk about it a bit, and Sentry's watchtower appears over Stark Tower) but also some point before the Civil War, evidently. Of course, it doesn't have to really be placed, but they've put enough of the real Marvel U in there. I don't know if it's me or the game, but it's a lot easier to not accidentally switch to the black suit now. The you switch between red and black with a flick of the nun-chuck, which used to have me switching back and forth in the air and such all the time whether I wanted to or not. Hasn't happened at all anymore, and I had to try a bit harder to actually put the black suit on for a second when I wanted to see what it looked like changing from a new costume I'd unlocked. Still having a great time with the game, though there's not much story. My arm hurts loads from the swinging. For the first time I've hit a part where I don't really how to collect a certain thing for a mission, and apparently the internet doesn't really know how it works either. Luckily, it's an optional mission and I can move on. I'm not sure how much of the game is left, other than replay stuff, but if it goes on enough more I'll probably buy it. It must be so different (easier?) in the black suit, headspace-wise, because you can just ignore a screaming city and not give a ##### about what the citizens think of you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 11 November 2008, 22:49:37 Want something fun? Here you go. (http://www.addictinggames.com/karoshisuicidesalaryman.html)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 November 2008, 23:17:05 I love that game, SO not easy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 11 November 2008, 23:27:44 I got about half way.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 00:19:22 Just beat it. Kinda' fun. Really easy, though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 12 November 2008, 01:21:09 Yeah right. You suck at it.
It's either REALLY easy or REALLY hard. Either way, those tips come in handy. You just gotta think outside of the box. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 November 2008, 02:21:19 The only bits of trouble I had were in x7 and x2. Rest was pretty simple. Wish it was longer though, I like those types of games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 02:58:11 I got x2 by accident. I was like "This is stupid. I'll just replay the mouse level."
And voila. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 November 2008, 03:03:42 Yeah, I had to ask ASR for that one. That was bogus.
I didn't do anything for the last one. I just stood there and SQUISH. I didn't even know what happened. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 November 2008, 03:08:26 I got stuck really early. >_>
I got to 41, the one with the safe on the woodblock... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 November 2008, 03:13:57 [spoiler]Get under the grey block, and keep jumping up and down while looking left. Shoot the wooden crate while moving left. It should crush you.
That's the way I did it. You can also just spam shots and then move the safe right so you can jump into the spikes.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 03:50:10 Arg, I got to 31 the other day, now I'm caught on #7.
Posted on: November 11, 2008, 10:41:50 PM I BEAT THE GAME ALL BY MAHSELF. #7 was hard. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 November 2008, 03:50:44 [spoiler]Hit K.[/spoiler]
EDIT: Nevermind. But really? That was easy for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 12 November 2008, 04:04:14 For those that already beat the first one, have ago at the second installment. (http://www.venbrux.com/karoshi2/Karoshi%202.0.zip) More twisted and crazy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 04:06:54 No downloading for kthx
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 04:12:42 Was 7 the one with "K"?
That was hard? Seriously? THE KEY? It was so obvious. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 04:15:44 A key!
A, not a but A. It took me a bit.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 November 2008, 05:31:40 I just spent too much time jumping around that one, that was the first one that wasn't easy as all to me, so I was probably a bit cocky and not thinking enough.
I'll try the second one tomorrow if I can. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 15:39:22 #2 is notably harder....
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 16:33:15 Yeah, I'm on 48, and I can't beat it because I'm PRETTY sure you need to insert a CD and I don't own one here.
Right now I'm trying the MegaMan 9 Press Kit CD. Posted on: 12 November 2008, 16:05:56 Press Kit CD didn't work, and then I remembered I had the MM9 Soundtrack. So I stuck that in. It needs to be an actual audio CD because it will start playing music from it. The boss battles and kart racing stuff was fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 16:45:34 Did you chose spikes or the heart at the end?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 17:09:00 ...what are you talking about?
There was a part where I looked away and my character was just hovering above a giant spike. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 12 November 2008, 17:27:10 Yeah, I'm on 48, and I can't beat it because I'm PRETTY sure you need to insert a CD and I don't own one here. You don't need a CD. Your computer probably sucks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 November 2008, 18:35:36 ...
I had to insert a CD so it would play..... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 18:37:20 Yeah, you definitely needed a CD for that one.
I even looked online to make sure. And it was very obvious that I needed a CD, I figured out the puzzle immediately. It just took me a second to find an audio CD. I forgot I had the RM9 Soundtrack. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 12 November 2008, 22:14:56 We're talking about Karoshi 2.0, right?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 November 2008, 23:15:52 Yes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: von Teelio on 12 November 2008, 23:17:07 Awful wierd. I never came across that part then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 November 2008, 03:11:43 Then you haven't beaten the game. It's Level 48. Go check it out.
So. Got Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Lots of fun. Reccomended. But don't expect old-school BK. It's very different. But very, very fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 November 2008, 05:59:14 Just finished BioShock. I was late to the party because I won't buy a 360.
Great game, but that's old news. I'm pretty interested in seeing where they take the sequel though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 November 2008, 14:49:18 That's another game I told myself I'd play when it came out, and then never did.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 November 2008, 14:57:01 Wonderful moral to the story.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 November 2008, 16:32:33 Hehe. One of these days I'll finally pick it up.
Alright, everybody: if you have an imagination, go get the new Banjo-Kazooie. The amount of different vehicles you can make is literally endless. I'm so startled right now. I mean, I just made a motorcycle with folding wings, and a propellor on top that flies you way up high, and then you can detach it, and then glide like an airplane all over the place. It's so much fun. I don't even have that many parts yet, either. The more you get, the crazier things you can make. And everything is useful. You'll find yourself making sweet new vehicles just for one challenge, and you'll be totally okay with that and having fun doing so. There's a great Test Track, too, so you can instantly check how your vehicle is coming along. And on top of that, you can go to the garage at ANY time in any game world, and it'll pop you right back you were when you're done. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm about to build my first boatplanebike. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 15 November 2008, 00:05:59 Just started playing Knights of the Old Republic.
Man, you tell people you're playing it as a girl and everyone (read: my brother) freaks out. Bloody romance subplot. Is there anything wrong with Carth that it sucks to have him in your party? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 15 November 2008, 05:11:30 Naw, Carth's a cool dude.
Unless... [spoiler]You go Dark Side, he eventually just runs away like a little bitch. It's kind of pathetic to watch.[/spoiler] Anyboo, I'm trying to finish Half-Life 2 before Sunday. If I don't then I'm going to completely forget about it and embark on a quest for wallpaper that matches my rug. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 November 2008, 05:58:43 ##### you and your Animal Crossing!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 November 2008, 07:05:16 Banjo-Kazooie is... so... much... fun.
To illustrate my point: I just made a giant airship that with a self-destruct bomb and an ejector seat. I flew it really high in the air, started the self-destruct sequence, and then ejected at the last second. I repeated this about 6 or 7 times. I did it once with a boat, too. The fact that they included a self-destruct vehicle part is explanation enough as to how much fun you can have just screwing around in this game. I also made a very tall "space rocket"-type thing with propellors instead of jets. And I used detachers to make it fall apart in the air. Like a real space rocket. I also made a lot of planes and did a lot of dive-bombs into a lot of things. And this is just me playing around! The actual gameplay is fun, too! I mean, you can literally make almost anything. You unlock more as you go, and you just keep getting more and more things to make. It's got a great pace, too. It doesn't start you off with too much stuff so as to overwhelm you. It's just enough at the beginning to slowly ease you into how to make vehicles. Then, over time, you amass more and more parts. I mean, I just got monster wheels. Still haven't tried 'em out. But damn am I excited. I've had enough for one night. RECAP: I MADE AN AIRSHIP AND EXPLODED IT AND EJECTED LIKE JAMES BOND HOW COOL IS THAT ##### Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 15 November 2008, 07:11:32 Damn you and your Xbox 360. >:(
I got Mirror's Edge yesterday. Very fun and innovated. I also obtained Star Ocean: First Departure. I played through the original YEARS ago in Grade 8 but never got to finish it. The remake is proving to be a very fun nostalgic trip. Can't wait for Second Evolution now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 15 November 2008, 12:43:38 Naw, Carth's a cool dude. Well, I'm too much of a wuss to be evil in games, so there goes that problem. Although I was more wondering how good he was in combat. I'd have an easier time going dark, mind you, if you were allowed to be subtle charming Lawful Evil rather than raving lunatic Chaotic Evil. "Only Sith deal in absolutes," indeed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 16 November 2008, 03:20:47 In combat Carth is pretty good.
He's mainly a ranged fighter type guy, I just give him blaster pistols and let him shoot holes in dudes while I sword 'em to death. You'll probably use him until you get Zalbar. Then you might switch him back into the party a few times afterwards, but you'll probably never use 'em again after you get more than 1 Jedi. I mean, even when I needed a ranged dude I'd think to maybe use Carth, but then I'd see Canderous and HK-47 lookin' all awesome next to him. Ya gotta go with HK-47. Make sure to have him with you whenever possible and talk to him often. Don't worry about Canderous, you'll have plenty of time to talk to him in the next game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2008, 06:24:00 I can't stop playing Banjo-Kazooie.
I don't get it. Most games nowadays can't hold my attention for very long. I mean, I'll like them and enjoy them, but I just won't get really INTO them. I haven't spent more than a few hours at a time playing any video game that isn't a MegaMan game or Rock Band/Guitar Hero in years. I'm just having a blast. There's so many things to do, and I've been playing for so long and doing so much just messing around, and I still haven't even scratched the surface. I'm confident that this sort of game won't appeal to everyone, and to be quite honest, I'm not a big fan of it as a Banjo-Kazooie game because it's clearly NOT a Banjo-Kazooie game. But I genuinely just love the gameplay. It's crazy-awesome creativity and imagination at its best. Mike, I'm pretty convinced that you'd love this game, too. What with all your obsession with customization, which probably exceeds my own. Try it out if you ever get the chance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 November 2008, 11:23:24 I'm currently messing with the Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action! game that I picked up for my 360. I bought it as a gift for myself and my family, as I now have a video game that we all can play together during family get-togethers.
As of late, here are the games that I have picked up since October: Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA download) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Bee Movie Game ($10 over at Kmart) Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway LE Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 (Under $6 on Amazon.com) Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit ($16 at Target) Fable 2 LE FarCry 2 LE Gears of War 2 LE The Golden Compass ($5 at Kmart) Kengo: Legend of the 9 ($10 on Amazon.com) Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal ($10 at Kmart) Quantum of Solace LE Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action! I've been switching between Gears of War 2, Scene It?, and Banjo-Kazooie as of late. Moreso Scene It?, as it is easy to play while I'm going to bed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2008, 15:52:41 I like movie trivia games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 16 November 2008, 17:15:39 Me too. Though I don't know if I love it enough to put up with that Buzz! Quiz guy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2008, 18:19:13 Haha, yeah. But I can deal with Scene It. I've played the DVD versions before.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 17 November 2008, 01:56:18 In combat Carth is pretty good. Awesome, thanks. I wub HK-47. He makes up for all the tl;dr of Bastila's dialogue. And then some. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 November 2008, 03:29:52 HK-47 is a horrible name.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 17 November 2008, 03:39:17 I'm robot gay for 'em.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 November 2008, 19:30:52 World of Goo.
Best. Puzzle Game. Ever. Period. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 November 2008, 20:14:56 I really want to play that. I will when I get the chance.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 November 2008, 21:02:02 Guitar Hero World Tour.
Currently failing at music making, but its fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 November 2008, 22:03:59 Holy #####.
I've been going insane with Banjo-Kazooie today. I built an actual airplane. It's crazy. It's so #####ing awesome. And a submarine. I made a working submarine! Holy hell. AND A UFO. AND A DETACHING SPACE SHUTTLE. People. Buy this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2008, 00:44:59 Is there an actual adventure in this game or do you just make #####? If it's the latter then it's a rent.
Anyway make a giant Kazooie AT-ST Chicken Walker. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 00:49:40 There's an actual adventure, yeah. And it's very fun, too. Mainly mission-based, but the missions are way fun and surprisingly don't get very repetitive.
This game practically forces you to be creative. Basically, you unlock better and better parts as the game goes on, but I never ONCE felt like I was limited, even when I had the bare minimum of parts. It's like, you don't realize how much more you can do at any given moment because there's always a million possibilities, and then when you get newer, better, parts you're just like... "Oh. Oh #####. Oh ##### YES." And a billion more ideas fly into your head. But yeah, there's a very solid adventure. 6 main game worlds, and one giant hub world. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2008, 00:51:06 OK then
make a giant Kazooie AT-ST Chicken Walkerand get back to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 01:19:28 The legs won't specifically move like legs since there's no joints or pulleys, but I'll definitely try.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2008, 01:46:50 No joints or pulleys?
What the hell? So you can't make anything with arms then. Hm. Sucky, but not a deal breaker. So then, all motion is flight/swim and wheels? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 03:46:06 Basically, everything but joints and pulleys.
Trust me, that's hardly a limitation once you play the game. I'm sure it sounds like one right now, but it's really really not. So, I found out you don't need an XBOX Live GOLD Membership to upload pictures online with the game. So, here's some high-quality pics of my airplane, my submarine, and my detaching rocket. [spoiler] (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Airplane1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Airplane2.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Airplane3.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Airplane4.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Rocket1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Rocket2.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Submarine1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Submarine2.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Submarine3.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/BK/Submarine4.jpg)[/spoiler] You're only allowed to upload 10 pics to your account at a time, so I just picked these three vehicles to show off for now, since they look the nicest. But they're also fairly generic. A lot of mine are really only worth showing off if you can see them in action, so I just picked these three. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 November 2008, 03:50:35 That's pretty friggin sweet actually.
I wish I had a 360.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 03:58:38 Sorry, the images were stretching the screen and I didn't realize. Hid them in spoiler tags now.
And yeah, I haven't had this much fun playing a videogame in ages. Not even MM9 compares with this in the least. MM9 was a very different kind of fun. Genuine videogame fun. This is just... actual fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 November 2008, 04:08:17 STOP MAKING ME WANT THIS GAME.
EDIT: I just realized that sounds almost like a direct quote from Mike. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 04:15:24 YOU CAN MAKE A TITANIC THAT DOESN'T SINK
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 November 2008, 04:16:39 My parents died on that boat, you fiend!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 04:18:02 THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT
AVENGE THEM Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 November 2008, 04:24:31 I'll never join you!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2008, 05:16:35 What sank the Titantic?
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! That's a play on a Futurama joke. Really though, STOP MAKING ME WANT THIS GAME. Although your plane isn't cool enough. You need to do me and you a favor and make that sumama bitch a biplane. THAT'S cooking with spice. Trust me, biplanes are the #####. Hm. 360's are a lot cheaper now... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 19 November 2008, 05:29:07 A lot cheaper than a Wii or PS3, that's a given though.. seein' as 360's been out longer.
I'd like some price cut's on a Wii.. I'll probably convince my dad to get a 360 this Christmas, he's been talking about getting one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 05:35:05 I have a really cruddy biplane that I started making but it didn't work right so I never finished it. But I will for you, Mike. I will for you.
And yeah, the 360 just got a new price cut I guess. I keep seeing commercials. But I didn't think it was cheaper than the Wii. I don't know how much Wii's are nowadays. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 19 November 2008, 05:39:41 They're still what they were a year ago.
About 300 total. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 November 2008, 05:45:02 I see $250 on BestBuy.com.
I got mine for $100 from one of my brother's friends. Plus he threw in Rayman: Raving Rabbids for free, and two controllers. Best deal ever. That was back when I had completely stopped playing videogames. I probably would have never gotten a Wii if it weren't for that fantastic deal I was offerred. Best part is, I bought it with all my own money so the Wii is exclusively mine, while the first 360 we had was paid for by my parents, so even though my brother used it more often than I did, it was still technically mine, too. I never let my brother use my Wii. Not that he's ever wanted to. But sshhhhh. But yeah, the story of how I got my own 360 is even dumber. My brother's 360 got RROD'd, so he sent it in. The impatient bastard made my dad buy him a new one while he waited, and then he broke that one, too. So, we got that one repaired but couldn't return it, so we had two. I got the other one. There's different variations on the 360 story depending on what mood I'm in, because I'm pretty sure that's not exactly how it happened since I never got the full story. I just got a free 360 and didn't ask questions. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 19 November 2008, 05:52:50 BestBuy says 280 in Canada Land. Walmart sells it for 270, which ends up being about 305 in the end, BestBuy is worst buy.
I'd rather buy the Wii used if it's gonna cost 3 bills. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 01:07:54 Uhm. I don't remember my Wii being over 350, maybe a bit less.
360's are a 299 here or somethinglowenough-99. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 01:31:30 They were just lowered to $199.99 USD here. Don't know what that translated to in Canuck Bucks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 01:37:54 Roughly 199.99. At least that's what the commercials say. I was going to post that originally but thought it was REALLY low sounding. But you just confirmed.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 01:42:30 Yeah, I was a bit surprised. My brother got his first 360 via eBay back when they FIRST came out and were sold out everywhere. My dad paid like $550 for it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 01:44:02 So what you mean to say is your dad got his first 360 via eBay.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 20 November 2008, 01:48:41 Totally right. I wait 'til Christmas and buy the desired system with my own money. I don't get such luxury as getting one out of the blue.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 01:54:33 No, I mean, my brother (who is younger than me and thus amplifies all of this) is a spoiled bastard who has like 6 iPods to my one, gets every game and game system he wants WHEN he wants it, gets those really expensive headsets and earplugs for XBOX Live! and gets XBOX Live! renewed every year while I don't and never have had XBOX Live!
That last exclamation point was a real one, not part of the "XBOX Live!" thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 02:18:50 What's XBLA? I just assumed it meant "XBox Live Association" or something.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 20 November 2008, 02:36:28 Arcade.
It's the XBox Shop Channel, basically. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 02:36:58 XBOX Live Arcade. Where you download all the downloadable games, DLC for retail games, etc. Part of the Marketplace, which sells useless crap like Gamer Pictures and Menu Themes.
It's basically the Virtual Console/WiiWare of the XBOX 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 20 November 2008, 02:37:28 inb4asr
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 02:40:51 So that's where I'd get my mitts (mitts with strings attached) on "On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness" then?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 02:41:55 Is that the Penny-Arcade game? Yeah. I saw it on the menu there.
SO. IN OTHER NEWS THAT IS VERY RELATED TO THIS DISCUSSION. I did a naughty thing. I sent help@gamestop.com an e-mail saying that... that... that I pre-ordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts from one of their stores but never recieved my Pre-Order bonus code to download the original game off of XBLA for free. WHICH IS A LIE. But... but... surprisingly, they aplogized for my fictional predicament and sent me a code. So. I undeservingly have a free download for the original Banjo-Kazooie on XBLA. BUT! Karma is against me! That New XBOX Experience apparently went online today, forcing anybody connected to the internet with their 360 to update. It's basically a complete overhaul of the XBOX Dashboard and interface and stuff. It's rather nice, really. There's those Avatars that are complete rip-offs of Mii's but of much better quality and admittedly look a great deal better than Mii's. It forced me to make my own before I could run off to enter my free promo code and download Banjo-Kazooie. BUT. Apparently Microsoft's servers have been going bat##### crazy all day because of this massive new update, and the Marketplace has been down all day so I've been unable to download my treasured and undeserved Banjo-Kazooie because of some stupid massive update that I really could care less about. I think the best part of this story is where I lied and got a free code. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 02:46:26 If you already own Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts why do you want to download it and not pass the code off to you're sexy biracial ninjistic friend instead?
Is that the Penny-Arcade game? Yeah. I saw it on the menu there. Yep. Played the demo at my friend's and it looked great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 20 November 2008, 02:47:20 He could like, sell it. That's why.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 02:51:14 What kind of game is that Penny-Arcade game? I know nothing about it.
And that code is for the ORIGINAL Banjo-Kazooie. N64 version. Microsoft won the battle and is getting both Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie released on XBLA. If you pre-ordered BK:N&B, you got a pre-order code to get the original BK 2 weeks early, and free. It'll be available to the public to download on Nov. 26, I guess. But yeah, for the longest time I've been meaning to re-buy an N64 and the first game I was going to buy for it was going to be Banjo-Kazooie. Since I'm lazy and this is much easier, downloading it on XBLA is the method I've chosen. Oh, and I did that silly free code e-mail thing twice, so I have two codes. I'll happily give one away to somebody here with an XBLA as soon as I recieve it via e-mail. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 20 November 2008, 02:57:34 The Penny-Arcade game is a turn-based rpg set in the comic-book-meets-pulp-horror-meets-H.P. Lovecraft deranged 1920s universe of New Arcadia, delivering mature and compelling entertainment to gamers via accessible episodic delivery. It's relatively humorous of what I've played, although, I've only played the demo on my computer, so...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 20 November 2008, 03:00:10 It's not that it's a bad game, it's just shallower than advertised.
Still, I played all the way through it, and cared enough to get all of it's achievements. I'm also pretty starved for decent RPGs lately, since any of the ones worth owning are on the 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 06:40:57 ORIGINAL BANJO-KAZOOIE GET.
Just sat through the opening before the title screen in pure nostalgic bliss. Oh, dear god am I ready. And I was just about to go to bed, too... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2008, 21:17:10 I just played a DS demo for a Prince Of Persia game.
Pass. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2008, 22:15:40 I played that game a long time ago.
It was horrible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 20 November 2008, 22:22:04 Games like that don't fit the DS. Just like Assasin's Creed.
Played DB origins. ##### yeah, awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 20 November 2008, 22:24:18 Yeah, I played the demo of that last Saturday I believe. It was decent fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 November 2008, 06:59:59 Oh, crap. For some reason I thought Mike was talking about Assassin's Creed.
Posted on: 20 November 2008, 22:35:42 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8o4AMJG5WU I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW THIS GUY DID THIS. (BK:N&B-related) Posted on: 20 November 2008, 22:53:13 PREPARE TO BE WOWED, GENTLEMEN. ASR's Showcase of his best muhfuggin' Banjo-Kazooie vehicles! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2dRdj94ss) PREPARE TO HAVE BEEN WOWED. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 November 2008, 15:38:36 That's really sweet.
I have been wowed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 November 2008, 22:36:27 This one is even better! I just keep thinking of better stuff. Oh man.
The Cannonball Launcher Playset. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7OcNsswdAs) Oh, got to Freezeezy Peak in the original BK last night. Oh man. That game. That LEVEL. OH MAN. THAT MUSIC. Posted on: 21 November 2008, 22:22:27 Flying MegaMan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NV7GUJNTU) AND THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, MATRIX. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 November 2008, 22:48:58 That's funny.
It should be called "Flying MegaMan Head"... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 November 2008, 01:18:24 My friend has that game, he made a totem pole vehicle or something...
Nuts and Bolts is one of the other games I wanted to try if I ever got a 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 November 2008, 04:14:51 The cannon is pretty slick.
Nice work on Megaman too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 November 2008, 04:58:42 This is so cool:
[spoiler] (http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8051/jiggyyd2.jpg) [/spoiler] I don't know how that guy got so many Jiggies at once. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 November 2008, 14:22:33 I popped in a few of my games to see if there were any updates for them, including Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. I played around twenty minutes of it.
Holy god, that game is amazing. I can't wait until they release the bigger text update (supposedly it'll be out soon) so I can play it without standing right in front of my TV. I can't wait until I get to really start building stuff. I also played some more Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Still awesome. Captain Marvel is fun to play as, as is Joker. Also played some Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal. It's okay...it feels like Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, only with more camera issues. It's good to have stuff that my cousin's kids can play when they come to visit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 22 November 2008, 14:37:47 I have friends, who I doubt have played it, read reviews about Banjo and told me it blows.
By the sound of it, I'd say otherwise. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 November 2008, 18:03:32 I kind of want to play to play Mortal Kombat VS DC. Just for a little bit.
I popped in a few of my games to see if there were any updates for them, including Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. I played around twenty minutes of it. And it only gets exponentially better as you get more and more parts and find more and more to do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 22 November 2008, 20:27:53 The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt.
Must... beat... in under... 30 minutes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2008, 20:52:24 It's too bad that the blocks all have that those silver edges, makes everything look patchwork.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 November 2008, 21:52:45 That really bothered me at first, but then I grew to like it. Probably denial, I dunno'.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2008, 22:24:23 It was my only problem with the vehicle building in Kingdom Hearts, as all strongest blocks had edges that, no matter what colour you picked for your block, were another colour that clashed wildly with it. So I made my ship white (which had the only acceptable edges of any colour; grey) with some solid greens.
When I get this, I'll probably try making a motorcycle first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 November 2008, 23:00:09 Honest-to-god, my first saved vehicle is a mini-cycle.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2008, 23:04:15 I'm gonna make a real hog. Double-wide tires.
Might get a 360 and this tomorrow. I can very much afford it all, but it's weird for me just up and get stuff like this. Nuts, yeah? Yeah. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 November 2008, 23:05:01 Bolts, yeah? Yeah.
In Original Banjo-Kazooie news: I'm at Click-Clock Wood finally. (There's no "S" after "Wood"! I didn't know that!) I've 100%'d everything I've come across so far. It's a lot easier now that I'm older. Although, admittedly, the game jumps in difficulty right around Mad Monster Mansion. Rusty Bucket Bay is actually really hard. I couldn't find these 4 notes for about 30 minutes. Just roaming around the level in vain... but I got 'em. Apparently I can just walk in and do Grunty's Game Show without even entering Click Clock Wood, which I never knew was possible since I've never had this many notes before Click Clock Wood anyway. But, I'm still gonna' do Click Clock first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2008, 23:06:08 Goodone.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 November 2008, 14:34:37 I'm still in the first world of the original Banjo game. I need five more of the #####ing notes and I can't find this stupid #####ing green bird. Where the ##### is this #####? I've looked ALL OVER THE GODDAMN PLACE!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 November 2008, 14:49:58 I would tell ya, but I lost nearly all my memory about what was in the Banjo games except for a few characters and the landscape.
I'd like to play it again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 November 2008, 17:14:58 Haha, I beat it last night. Grunty's Quiz was a LOT harder than I remembered it, hoo boy.
And Speed, you're crazy. That world is super easy. I completely forgot Mumbo's Mountain even EXISTED but I still 100%'d it in just over half-an-hour. COME ON BUDDY, YOU CAN DO IT. Mad Monster Mansion is where you're supposed to start getting frustrated! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 November 2008, 23:40:54 Got a 360 today. Yep. Played Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts since then until now. Good stuff.
The 360 came two other games, Lego Indiana Jones and Kung-Fu Panda. I care about neither. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 November 2008, 00:24:34 I'm expecting some crazy contraptions out of you.
I'm talking a replica of Mousetrap. ON WHEELS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 November 2008, 00:55:32 When I get decent parts, I'll go nuts. All I've managed to make that I like right now is a crappy little pretend motorcycle with the traction wheel up front and standard in the back, and a ramming arm up front. It's only good for getting from point A to B and in races, but you can't do anything else with it at all.
I have a replay of the fight for that coconut, which was literally 4 seconds long. 4 seconds is a stretch too. It was just "1 2 3 go" bamf over. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 November 2008, 01:15:07 Good for you Mike.
Have loads of fun with that 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 November 2008, 01:22:55 I'm excited to rent Saints Row and Fable, as well as the sequels.
But ... And MM9... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 November 2008, 06:45:31 I think you can download Fable from XBOX Live, under XBOX Originals. I mean, I dunno' if that's your style, but it's an option. That's how I got Psychonauts since I couldn't find it anywhere at all.
And yeah, that coconut fight with Grunty was REALLY quick for me, too. I think less than 4 seconds, I'll check. I didn't even realize what happened. I think it's just really easy to get lucky on that one. Posted on: 24 November 2008, 01:41:17 ...I found the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Text-Based Adventure game that Douglas Adams created with Infocom. I've only played it for a little bit before, and I couldn't save. Oh, wow... this is great. Here it is for download if anyone else is interested: WARNING: JC SAYS MALWARE: http://www.sadena.com/hh/hgttg.zip Haha: [spoiler] >Take toothbrushandFord seems oblivious to your trouble, so you ask "Ford, what about my home?" He looks startled, then guilty. He starts to say something and stops. He starts to say something else and stops. Suddenly, he seems to see the bulldozer for the first time, stops starting to say things and starts.[/spoiler]This is great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 November 2008, 15:18:54 Yeah that site is all malware-y.
Also, remove the code, or put a return in it somewheres, it's stretching the page to helk. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 November 2008, 16:41:19 ...it's not stretching the page for me. You're crazy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 24 November 2008, 16:47:39 Yeah, there was no stretching. JC just had his monitor set to like 640x480, or he was using a retarded browser.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 November 2008, 17:00:42 Or not.
Posted on: November 24, 2008, 11:59:53 AM But the main concern is the malware on that site. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 24 November 2008, 17:09:41 The problem, then, would be the retarded browser.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 November 2008, 17:39:00 Yeah, Firefox is flat-out terrible. And the ONLY reason I think that is because so many people love it and in my book, that's reason enough (if I happen to be playing the pretentious non-conformist twat style for the day.)
Added a little "WARNING JC SAYS MALWAAAAARE" notice thingy. Because I'm not picking up anything, but maybe he's right and I don't want to be responsible for destroying anyone's computer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 November 2008, 23:45:25 It's fine on my Firefox.
I used to hate it for the reason ASR hates it, but I dealt with that when Safari and Camino started sucking and I was used to tabbed browsing. I'll try that game... when I finish all the books. Anyhooo I just played the Call Of Duty 3 demo that's somehow already on my XBox 360. All I really have to say is; Jesus Christ. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 November 2008, 00:40:04 The game is REALLY hard and I keep messing up. From what I've read about it before, though, it's supposedly WAAAAAAAAAY different than the books but with a #####load of references to it every which way.
Everything I've personally played though is pretty much spot-on to the beginning of the book with obvious differences for being a game. I can't solve the Babelfish puzzle, which I've heard terrible stories about, so I'm going to have to look at a walkthrough or something. The download came with one in a text file. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 November 2008, 00:47:04 The game's an EXE file, yeah?
I won't be able to play it for a while anyway. Unless... XBox... But nah, I don't have a keyboard for it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 November 2008, 00:49:30 Ha, yeah, it's one of those old-school DOS games. Of course it's an EXE, hehe. It's a really cool experience, and kind of funny that I just found it now since I've been doing the MMM TBA thing.
I've played a few before but never seriously and I think I actually really like these. It's gotta' be pretty simple to make your own and that's something I'd really like to do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2008, 01:25:32 I think you can download Fable from XBOX Live, under XBOX Originals. I mean, I dunno' if that's your style, but it's an option. No I'll just rent it, 360 is backwards compatible, right? I really just want to play the new one, but I figure I should play the first first. With Saint's Row the first one is necessary because 2 is a direct sequel, but I don't know about Fable II. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 November 2008, 01:37:01 Most games are backwards compatible but not all. I'm 100% sure Fable is, though. Especially since they sell it as a download. It's probably just really random and obscure games that are left incompatible right now.
But yeah, never played Fable or Saints Row. Though I own Saint's Row. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2008, 03:18:09 Saint's Row (the first one) is apparently what GTAIV should have been.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 November 2008, 03:32:43 The 360 with the 512MB internal hard drive is NOT backwards compatible.
So, go for it if you have the 20Gig or higher. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 November 2008, 03:47:58 Fable is backwards compatable, I've tried it before, so it should be fine.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2008, 03:57:37 The 360 with the 512MB internal hard drive is NOT backwards compatible. No worries, I got the 60GB. The XBox with the 512MB, while cheap, didn't seem worth it at all, since it would fill up in two shakes and I don't need XBox stuff cluttering up my external harddrive that is supposed to be for art and such. I don't know if I want to wait and finish Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts before renting some of these games. Really, I should've finished Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows and MM9 on my Wii before starting Banjo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 November 2008, 03:59:14 You can try to stay away from Banjo for a while but it'll just pull you right back in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2008, 04:01:26 Yeah. I mean, yesterday I played it for a WHILE but all I did was explore the damn town, get Mumbo boxes, and free stupid Jinjos.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 November 2008, 18:02:19 I AM SO GOOD AT GUITAR HERO.
I can beat the vocals of over half the songs in the game on expert. I haven't tried the others yet, but I bet I can beat them too. I can also get 5 stars on multiple songs while singing on expert and playing guitar on expert. It's really hard to hold a mic and play guitar hero at the same time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 27 November 2008, 18:05:18 MMBN2 again.
Realizing that I am REALLY not patient enough for all the postgame stuff. Also defending the Empire again in my trusty TIE starfighters. And Assault Gunboats. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 November 2008, 19:18:42 Auditorium (http://playauditorium.com)
Addicting game, harder than helk even if it IS just the demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 27 November 2008, 20:38:30 I'm playing Disaster: Day of Crisis.
... I love my Wii. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 27 November 2008, 21:16:15 Currently borrwing Resistance 2 from my cousin.
The co-op mode is fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 November 2008, 21:17:34 My brother has Fallout 3 and if I get bored I might give it a try.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 November 2008, 21:39:27 Auditorium (http://playauditorium.com) People should try this game, it's a blast. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 November 2008, 22:02:01 It freezes my computa'. But the first three levels worked and were interesting but not enough to keep me from turning it off and doing other things.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 November 2008, 22:53:06 It's pretty rough on system resources.
I can't play it full screen without it freezing my computer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 December 2008, 04:13:13 My favourite game right now is "Hero Klungo sssavesss teh world!".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 December 2008, 04:23:48 I love when it crashes. I don't even mind.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 1 December 2008, 04:37:34 I really don't feel hardcore anymore.
All I've been playing lately is Brawl, City Folk, and DDR. Oh! And Half-Life 2! That makes me feel a bit better. I still really need a 360... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 December 2008, 05:03:19 I like it, but I didn't really need a 360. There are a few games I'd really like to try though.
I love when it crashes. I don't even mind. Same here. Fifth level was a total bother but I loved it anyway. I find it so funny that the title is that literal, and he's actually holding the entire world. Plus the game art is funnily wrong. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 December 2008, 05:42:26 When I saw him holding the world above his head, I knew they'd hit gold.
Posted on: 1 December 2008, 05:04:46 I would like to be playing this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_&_Teller's_Smoke_and_Mirrors#Desert_Bus Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 December 2008, 05:55:47 Wow, I want to start a marathon of the game too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2008, 01:10:02 Yeah I heard about Desert Bus somewhere before, but I've no desire to play it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 December 2008, 01:27:39 Desert Bus is a hilarious idea to me, but I'd actually like the rest of the Penn and Teller game to mess with friends.
The shoot-em-up where Player 1 is always winning sounds like a great prank. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2008, 01:39:10 Smoke And Mirrors is the one that actually sounds like the most long term fun to me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 December 2008, 02:01:24 Haha, yeah. They all actually sound really cool except the psychic gorilla one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 3 December 2008, 04:08:42 Today I completed Half-Life 2.
G-Man came out and said "Blah blah blah." Now all I've got is City Folk and DDR. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2008, 04:26:31 HALLO THIS IS A STORY OF BANJO AND UM A KAZOOIE TYPE. 'There and back again, a bear's tale.' (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/01.jpg) Once upon some times, Banjo was mad stuck in a volcano. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/02.jpg) Yep, real stuck. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/03.jpg) But he was awesome so he had this awesome Behemoth MKI to use. (The MKII is way better but uh let's ignore that for now.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/04.jpg) So um Banjo said "##### that." (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/05.jpg) And he decided to peace. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/06.jpg) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/07.jpg) "Peace!" (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/08.jpg) "Real talk though; I hate you, volcano." said the Bandje. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/09.jpg) And so the irredeemable bear set off on a coming of age journey. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/10.jpg) But we're not gonna talk about that cos that's too long a story and this one is already long enough. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/11.jpg) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/12.jpg) Let's just say; It was really #####ing off the wall balls hot. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/13.jpg) Also, he fought the sun. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/14.jpg) Believe it. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/15.jpg) It was pretty awesome. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/16.jpg) But after, he gave up on life because once you devour the sun what else is there? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/17.jpg) So he fell. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/18.jpg) And it was like kind of sort SPLOOSH! (With a whale.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/19.jpg) And Banjo was saved. (And he saw a whale.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/20.jpg) Yes, you are thinking what he's thinking. (The whale is thinking about ketchup, but he knows nothing about what it could possibly be used for.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/21.jpg) "Break yourself fool!" said Ukulele. (If the whale spoke english, it would have said "blurp blurp I'm a whale") (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/22.jpg) Oh and Kazooie was there, but she doesn't really matter these days. (She also winched up the whale with the wrench. That's a lot of u's, most of which are double!) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/23.jpg) They decided it was a good idea to carry the whale around in the air. (The whale thought this was counter productive, but he's a whale anyway.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/24.jpg) The whale was too big. (The ship was too small.) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/25.jpg) Banjo and Kazooie (but mostly Banjo) got mad so they took the Behemoth MKI up and exacted revenga on the whale. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/26.jpg) Perfect. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/27.jpg) Delicious. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/28.jpg) Revenga. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/mico_dj/banjo%20story%201/29.jpg) The moral of the story? MO' MONEY, MO' PROBLEMS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 3 December 2008, 04:36:28 Love it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 December 2008, 04:37:15 *slow clap*
AND THAT IS WHY EVERYONE NEEDS TO PLAY THIS GAME. *slow clap is now a much faster clap* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2008, 04:40:31 MO' MONEY, MO' PROBLEMS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 December 2008, 04:47:31 I feel obliged to comment for the amount of work that took.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 December 2008, 04:49:01 The best part was "blurp blurp i'm a whale" followed by "Banjo was mad stuck in a volcano."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2008, 05:10:07 I feel obliged to comment for the amount of work that took. The worst part was getting the images off the XBox and organized on my laptop. The site was acting weird plus it saved all the images with random names (numbers and letters seemingly random) into my OVERFULL default download folder. So finding the images and renaming them was also a pain. The images just happened when I was playing, and accidentally got Banjo on that little island in the volcano without a ship. So I that was cool and decided to start taking pics of the ship. From there I just started to try stuff. I want to take pictures of the Behemoth MKII, which I made today. It's better in every way, pretty much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 10 December 2008, 21:33:16 I currently find myself addicted to Super Stardust HD, when I should really be studying for finals.
Particularly because I have an EMT skills exam in two hours... *laughs* Someone is going to die because I like video games too much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 December 2008, 22:53:41 Having started to replay the original Banjo-KazooieTHYANKSTOALECROBBINSFACE, I'm not surprised I still have the impression that Kazooie is a male when I'm not thinking about it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 December 2008, 23:28:14 HEY MIKE
HEY HEY HEY You're welcome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 December 2008, 23:32:04 Wahuhhheuil?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 11 December 2008, 01:46:22 Haha.
So today I just remembered Cheato, and realized that I played through all of the original Banjo-Kazooie without ever visiting Cheato. Oh, and last night, the bass pedal for my Rock Band drumset broke. Goddamn. Yeah, it was the old one, but it's like they designed it to perfectly last until a few months after Rock Band 2 came out. The sad thing is, I'll probably just re-buy the original Rock Band drumset since it's $50 as opposed to $90. Or wait until the new one is cheaper. Posted on: 10 December 2008, 23:34:04 Rock Band drumset update: Fixed it with duct tape. I swear that stuff is going to eventually cure cancer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 December 2008, 04:55:12 Or fix cancer after the cure hits it, to make super-cancer (cancer with a cape).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 December 2008, 00:57:46 I'm playing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom right now. :P
Holy ##### Roll is pwnage. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 December 2008, 00:58:38 What? It's out?
God dammit, now I'll have to get it too. >_> *wink* EDIT: It just came out today. I completely missed that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 December 2008, 01:19:21 I definitely don't have to get it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 December 2008, 01:46:03 Well, beat arcade using Morrigan+Random other characters.
The game is pretty fun. I'd like to try playing with friends, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 December 2008, 01:46:17 I'll never play it and never care about never playing it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 December 2008, 01:47:26 I think I only actually like fighting games in an arcade type box thing. Otherwise I'm just like "Who cares?"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 December 2008, 02:11:43 I'll never play it and never care about never playing it. Eh? I thought people here were excited that Trigger was going to be one of the characters. :/ Or maybe that was just Rez or something... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 December 2008, 02:20:03 That was Morgan.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 December 2008, 02:22:00 Oh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 December 2008, 02:24:08 I'm excited that they're using him, but I'll not excited enough to do anything about it. I'll appreciate the arcade version or something being shipped to the US nearby.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 December 2008, 02:47:58 It's cool that he's getting recognition and all, but, well, honestly, I could care less about the actual game. Like Mike said.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 December 2008, 05:28:50 Uhm. Did anyone else download the Sonic Unleashed demo on 360? 'Cause, um, holy #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 December 2008, 05:36:19 ...I thought that was just for the Wii?
And is that a good holy 5-pound-signs or a bad holy 5-pound-signs? Clarify. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 December 2008, 06:35:03 Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, AND PS2.
The Wii version is different from the other versions gameplay wise. There are different levels (and apparently more warehog levels). But the story and FMVs are the same. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 December 2008, 14:20:50 Is it good or something?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 December 2008, 19:07:40 I forgot there was a demo.
I'll download to see if its good, like Sonic 2006. After playing THAT game's demo I was sure never to buy it. Even if its only 20 dollars. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 December 2008, 19:08:30 Yeah, it's out for PS2. I saw it at Wal-Mart and I thought, "Seriously? Wow."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 December 2008, 19:15:54 SEGA just wants to
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 12 December 2008, 19:36:50 So, how about that Gears of War 2? Too bad it only lead to more confusion than the first Gears.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 01:19:30 It's a good holy 5 pound signs.
Mostly I said it because it's faster. It's... It's much faster than Sonic Adventure style games before it (i.e. 3D running). Before I posted, when I just started the demo I was like "Holy #####..." to myself. There's grinding again, but it's also fast. As well as it all being very fast, it's very smooth. Grind rails must actually be waxed now. Everything's just really... It's kind of a trip if you're not expecting it the first time you play the demo. It's speedy, and there's clearly multiple paths through these areas like old Sonic games, but you have to have a really good damn reaction time (or play that level a lot) to get that stuff going right. Sonic sometimes goes like "Yeah!" or "Perfect!" and it's actually very encouraging where that kind of stuff has been annoying in the past. I'm pretty impressed, really. The gameplay is actually quite fun again, and there's quite a few different kinds of things that you have to react split-second too. I'd prefer another level in the demo to be really sure though. I'd rent it first, as with all Sonic games. I recommend the demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2008, 03:26:49 I'll definitely download the demo, then.
I'm more worried about the Werehog sections, though. They seem pretty lame. If it was ALL just running Sonic levels I'd have bought it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 09:24:18 It seems like, from the demo, this is what "Sonic The Hedgehog" from a couple years ago should have been. Because, I think anyway, it's more of a return to the feeling I get from the original Sonic games. Speed, quick reactions, multiple paths.
Story-wise, I'll only ever accept something on the level of the first Sonic Adventure for a Sonic game if they're going to try to have a big plot in it. The gameplay system works, they don't need it to be all plot-heavy, so if they want it to be they better do it masterfully like SA1. Everything I've heard about the game makes me sure to try before I buy, so I'd rent it but I probably won't if there's something else I want more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2008, 19:15:04 After I eat breakfast I'm gonna' try out the demo. I'll throw my 1 cent in afterwards.
Yes, one cent. Cry about it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 December 2008, 20:01:52 I heard the werehog levels are crap... while the normal Sonic levels are amazing.
See? Sega is purposely trying to make Sonic #####ty. They'll amaze us with one thing and then throw something in it to ruin it. Demo sounds good though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 20:45:41 It could end up like I've heard Mirror's Edge is, where the demo is all you need.
I'm downloading the Mirror's Edge demo now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2008, 20:59:10 Yeah, the Mirror's Edge demo is sweet, but I hear the game is very flat and there's not much variety from the demo.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 21:16:54 Exactly.
I just figured out what Ring Energy is in the Sonic demo, and when you use it things get even faster! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 December 2008, 21:21:46 Oh great. I try downloading the Sonic Unleashed Demo...
"This is only for Gold members, try again in a few weeks." #####ing retarded. Now I'll try Mirror's Edge... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 21:25:48 Really? That's very ridiculous. What is the point of that? It's just a demo of just one level. Unclench Microsoft, for God's sake.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2008, 21:32:36 Oh, that's how the Mirror's Edge and Nuts & Bolts demos were for me a while back.
They released both those demos a few weeks before the games actually came out, which usually doesn't happen. But basically, I found out that for the first week a demo is available, it's only available to Gold Members. After that, anyone can download it. Luckily, I'm at home, and my brother has a Gold Membership. So I'm off to try it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 December 2008, 23:32:28 Upon playing the Mirror's Edge demo, I have to say I see what people mean about the controls and/or not really seeing what you're doing, but not it's an issue that's easily dealt with. Once you get past all the boring training it's pretty fun.
The only thing I really don't like is combat, since half the time I can't see what I'm doing. It also makes the ability to disarm someone completely useless if they know you're there. I'd really rather it be that you have to get to wherever, sometimes with a time limit, and sure sometimes with some enemies, but most importantly if it was VERY free-roam. Because what I really want to do is just run around and jump buildings and stuff. I don't know if it IS like that or not, but that's what I'd like to do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 December 2008, 23:41:39 Yeah. I like the idea of the game more than I think I actually want to play it.
Oh, and apparently my brother ran off to his friend's house with his 360 Hard Drive, the only one with a Gold Membership account on it. So, I still have MY hard drive, but, hey, no dice on the Sonic demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 December 2008, 00:23:10 Mirror's Edge isn't nearly as "Free roam" as it would like you to believe.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 December 2008, 00:29:18 Something bad just happened. My 360 just froze like it did when I was playing Fable II, but it did it during a cutscene in Lego Indiana Jones.
I dislike that game anyway, but now I'm worrying about my Box's health. If I get the RROD, is it even possible to recover save files? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 December 2008, 00:49:01 Yes, Those are stored entirely on the hard drive or memory card, neither of which you are required to send in when they repair your 360.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 14 December 2008, 01:49:27 I think you could complain to Microsoft about it and get a repaired or better one. Don't quote me on this because I'm not 100% sure, but a friend of mine did something like that. He had issues with his 360 but they said they wouldn't do anything with it unless it had the red ring.
So he left it on while he was at school with a towel over it. Came home. Red ring. I'm sure you don't want to break your box though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 December 2008, 04:40:06 Red rings are caused (primarily) by the fact that Microsoft uses really low quality solder. When it heats up, it cracks, and circuits lose connection.
1-800-FOR-MY-XBOX will get you Microsoft's customer service department that takes care of such matters, but yes, they'll only do something for you if you get a RRoD. When it does die, make sure to be really, really irate when you talk to them. There's about a 1/3 chance they'll send you an Elite model to replace your broken unit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 14 December 2008, 04:45:43 ...That's kind of cool.
Speaking of which my friend did one of those surveywinafreexbox360 things online which I thought was a sham but then he actually got a 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 December 2008, 06:48:06 When it does die, make sure to be really, really irate when you talk to them. There's about a 1/3 chance they'll send you an Elite model to replace your broken unit. Good to know. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 December 2008, 14:53:02 You have to put really heavy emphasis on how you gave them the benefit of the doubt. You knew how bad people said it's failure rate was, but you didn't want to believe it, because you didn't think a company as large as Microsoft would put out such shoddy quality products. Also mention how that kind of failure rate would sink any other company, and how you're astonished that it's STILL an issue after three years of production.
Work angles like that. It'll help your case. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 December 2008, 15:56:52 ...That's kind of cool. Link plox. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 December 2008, 18:59:07 Edge, it's sad how I'm keeping that information in mind because I've accepted that my 360 will inevitably die soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 December 2008, 19:17:16 This is entirely the reason I don't own one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 December 2008, 00:06:14 Heh. It's sad because the more I play the 360, the more I like it. I hated the original XBOX but the 360 has proven to be what I'd call the best of the current generation, despite the Wii being my favorite.
Anyway. Finally got around to playing the Sonic Unleashed demo a couple hours ago. It was... a step in the right direction. I don't know if I'd want to buy it, but it WAS some genuine Sonic fun, and the camera actually isn't terrible this time. It was really fast, too, as Mike said. They finally got the speed right. My only problem is the Werehog sections, which of course they didn't include in the demo so I have no idea what those will be like. Those are what I'm wary about. Anyway, good job, Sonic Team. For once. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 15 December 2008, 01:10:13 The Warehog ends up being to Sonic Unleashed what the Tails/Knuckles/Eggman/Rogue stages were to Sonic Adventure 2.
They need to stop trying to add gimmicks to pad the games length. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 December 2008, 01:54:59 It's sad how 66% of Sonic Adventure 2 was listed right there.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 December 2008, 03:09:46 And that's why Sonic Adventure 1/DX is the best 3D Sonic game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 15 December 2008, 03:32:08 It may be because I played SA1 after I played SA2, but Sonic's movement in the first just seemed sluggish by comparison.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 December 2008, 23:01:03 -Was it SA or SADX? I can understand the former but I found the latter was overall better made than SA2:B.
I won't buy the new Sonic. I don't own my favourite Sonic so I'm not gonna start with something that will probably only be half-good. -I wouldn't have gotten a 360 if it wasn't as damn fun as it is. I feel the same way as ASR; The Wii is my favourite but the 360 has.. something. I hate original XBox burningly. I hate how this 360 WILL fail me, though. I really do. It's one of the key reasons I held out so long on getting one. Unfortunately, I'm starting to understand why people like the idea of achievements and gamerscores. Don't get me wrong; I don't like that idea. But holy ##### is it ever encouraging when you get an achievement by accident. It's got a sick pull or something that makes you happy about it when it's so unimportant. -I keep playing Lego Indiana Jones even though it's not really good. I mean, Lego Star Wars 2 (which is the So why do I keep playing it? It's simple; I can turn off the sound, and watch TV shows on my laptop while mulling away at this game. And somehow, that makes the game really enjoyable. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 December 2008, 23:25:47 Unfortunately, I'm starting to understand why people like the idea of achievements and gamerscores. Don't get me wrong; I don't like that idea. But holy ##### is it ever encouraging when you get an achievement by accident. It's got a sick pull or something that makes you happy about it when it's so unimportant. Essentially, Microsoft hit a marketing jackpot with a stupid gimmick that gives you a false sense of superiority. But yeah, I know the feeling. I got an achievement in Banjo-Kazooie for building a vehicle with over 200 parts and going over a certain speed, completely by accident, and I was like "Hey. That is some cool stuff. I guess. Maybe." And there's an achievement that you can only get before you go to the last level, and even though I don't care about achievements, I still made sure to get that achievement before running off and not being able to get it anymore. So there is sadly some sort of pull that affects me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 December 2008, 01:03:55 Uhm... So what is that achievement anyway?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 December 2008, 01:08:38 Speedy of the Collossus. Or whatever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 16 December 2008, 01:43:42 The 360 didn't originally pull me in because I didn't want to send the impression that such piss-poor manufacturing standards were okay.
At this point that opinion may be moot, since so many other don't/didn't care (I would expect we'll see similar ##### in the future as well, though that may just be my cynical side talking). They completely lost me when the only exclusive that I really wanted got ported over. Don't get me wrong, there are games on it that I still wish I could play, but not enough to compromise my standards. I guess it just made the most sense to me to buy a system that had the same games in terms of what I wanted to play, with a lower failure rate. (nevermind that it was cheaper overall) I completely understand your draw to achievements. The trophy system is, for all intents and purposes, the same, and it IS nice when you get that little pop-up saying what you just accomplished. I also enjoy them because they make games last longer (I'm an i dotter). Maybe they would be less annoying if only YOU could see them? Or, better yet, if only YOU could see them, and higher scores granted you access to exclusive previews of stuff or something that made them seem more worthwhile in the long run. Also, I was referring to SA:DX, as I never played the Dreamcast iteration. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 December 2008, 03:39:33 I felt exactly the same about 360... And then Banjo dropped. And I've been making a mad amount of money for my age and living arrangements and hadn't spent a dime of it on frivolous things (or ANY things, I've just been banking it). Also peer pressure, but that's never really worked on me so I can't really count that but it probably greased things.
I guess all the planets lined up. On the subject of the trophy system (which is the PS3 thing, yeah?) and all that new Sony jazz, I read some stuff today about PlayStation Home... Well, I'll just say the concept originally sounded awful, and now it sounds a lot worse. Also, I was referring to SA:DX, as I never played the Dreamcast iteration. Weird, I never played either of them on Dreamcast either, but I had the opposite experience with them on GC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 December 2008, 03:43:46 I played both on Dreamcast, but SA1 was a demo, and SA2 was at a friend's house. I prefer the Gamecube versions.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 December 2008, 03:47:49 Well that's a given, really, since it's not like they straight ported the bitches.
Heheh, he said "straight ported the bitches". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 16 December 2008, 04:07:33 Home will be a bigger deal for casual gamers looking to socialize, more than anything else.
I'm a hermit when it comes to gaming, so I never used my beta version, save for the initial "let's just see what this is about" phase. Also, Semi-random aside: Afro Samurai on Blu-ray is #####ing awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 16 December 2008, 18:18:36 Bought Chrono Trigger DS yesterday on a whim, now I'm #####ing addicted, someone help me.
I DONT EVEN LIKE RPGS AND I SOMEHOW LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 December 2008, 19:10:08 I have a solution.
Give me the game. I haven't played it, am trying to save cash by not buying a lot of games, and I know I'm missing out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 December 2008, 19:17:44 Or better yet, give ME the game! I can afford it, but-um-I'm saying please so that's way more polite.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 16 December 2008, 19:28:12 I'm sure I'll... figure it out myself.
*hastens back to ds* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 17 December 2008, 05:34:32 Final Fantasy VII.
It's basically the reason why I'm not on the Internet that much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 17 December 2008, 17:37:20 That game is either over-hyped or gets a bum rap, there's never an in-between.
I thought it was good. The graphics for the time weren't the best, but I also don't care about graphics. The story was good. Cloud was slightly Emo, but he managed to do it without being a pussy. And it had Mr. T with a gun hand. MR. T WITH A #####ING GUN FOR A HAND! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 December 2008, 23:08:51 It seems that most people I know like it, but realise that it's generally over-hyped.
I see it as the game that sort of branched Final Fantasy over into becoming... something else. Now we have games like Final Fantasy X, with the weird sphere grid thing, and all of a sudden any character can learn any magic or special ability, making them all the same. That's my main problem with 7. As a game by itself, I thought it wasn't bad. As a Final Fantasy game, they sort of had their thing going and then turned on their fans with something else... again, that's not bad by itself, but it's progressed into something worse. Comparing it to IV, I loved how every party character eventually had a purpose. They all had an important role in the story. I don't know when they started to lose that aspect, but I'd guess that VII wasn't helping any. I played it through once, and I tried to play it through a second time for the hell of it, that didn't really work out. I got pretty bored and quit. But maybe I was spending too much time on quests. When it comes to me and Final Fantasy, the last one I'd buy will probably be the DS remake of VI. Getting XII was a mistake, and I guess it doesn't matter whether or not I get XIII because my cousin and my brother are obsessed with Final Fantasy, so they'll end up getting it I imagine. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 17 December 2008, 23:16:06 I've decided to play through Earthbound again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 December 2008, 23:35:22 Earthbound: Yes, please!
FF7: Nah, I'm OK thanks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 17 December 2008, 23:50:41 Last month I started playing FF7 for the first time, I enjoy it so far. Haven't played it in awhile though since caught up with other games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 December 2008, 00:23:24 I dunno, I tried playing FF7 once... I just couldn't get into it. Didn't think it was bad, but I didn't find it too interesting either.
I've decided to play through Earthbound again. That reminds me, I should seriously finish that game already. I love it so much yet I haven't beat it. Too many distractions... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 18 December 2008, 01:39:21 I tend to not like Final Fantasy altogether, and I don't see what's special about FF7.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 December 2008, 03:02:51 I think Final Fantasy, like many other things, was ruined by an explosion of fans.
Before Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy fans where just general RPG loving folk. When Final Fantasy VII hit, there was a massive influx of fans. It remained that way for awhile. Suddenly people started to realize that lots of people liked FFVII, and decided that they no longer did. I actually know someone who dislikes it purely because so many people like it. That's easily one of the most retarded reasons to dislike something that I can think of. I still really enjoy FFVII. I don't give a damn who does or who doesn't. It certainly isn't the end-all-be-all of RPGs, but it's still pretty damn good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 December 2008, 03:07:39 I'll probably give FF7 another shot soon, maybe during the holiday break.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 December 2008, 04:13:15 I would give it another shot but I'm worried even having FF7 anywhere near my house will alert rabid fans to come press up on my windows like civil zombies. And there's enough people already here doing that just 'cause I'm home, I don't need any more.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 December 2008, 04:51:49 I've agreed with everything Edge said about FFVII.
I've played and beat it a very long time ago. I remember loving every second of it, I just can't remember why. A long time ago after that, I disliked it just because it has so many fans. Coming here made me a smarter person on opinions, and I realize that it's stupid to hate it for such a reason, especially since I had so much fun with. Playing it now, I can remember why I had fun with it. So yes, I agree, it's a good game, but it's highly overrated. The translation is terrible and the materia system is broken because of the fact that everyone can be the same. But those are my only real big beefs about it. I'm on Disc 3. I'm more than powerful enough for Sephiroth, but I want to try to master all of my materia and get the Master Materia from all of the Huge Materias. Then I'll try my hand on Emerald and Ruby WEAPONS but I doubt I can even manage to scratch them. x_x Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 December 2008, 05:24:18 I will tell you one thing I absolutely love about FF7: Its music.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 December 2008, 06:11:51 My opinion on it all?
FF1-FF6: EPIC! FF7-FF?: EPIC FAIL! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 December 2008, 13:22:43 "Fail" is so overused lately.
Every time I hear it it irks me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 December 2008, 16:14:32 Then I'll try my hand on Emerald and Ruby WEAPONS but I doubt I can even manage to scratch them. x_x Emerald Weapon: Knights of the Round + Quadra Magic + Mime Ruby Weapon: Kill two of your comrades before entering the battle, that way he doesn't do that damn whirlsand move. Once his hands are in the sand, cast phoenix to bring them back. Now you have a full party, which helps a lot. Next you'll want to w-summon Hades and Knights of the Round, then mime the hell out of those. Also, equipping items like ribbons, mystiles, and Minerva bands will help nurf any attacks Ruby manages to use. My opinion on it all? I can't help but wonder what qualifiers lead you to group them in such a fashion. I would give it another shot but I'm worried even having FF7 anywhere near my house will alert rabid fans to come press up on my windows like civil zombies. And there's enough people already here doing that just 'cause I'm home, I don't need any more.... That's easily one of the most retarded reasons to dislike something that I can think of. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 December 2008, 19:51:41 He was TOTALLY joking there. Had to have been. That wouldn't happen. Right? ... Right?
I used those strategies to beat Emerald and Ruby, back in the day. Levelling up all that materia took hours. And then I beat Sephiroth AFTER and I was like "... what the ##### was that?" I was expecting something several times more difficult... because even though that's the first Final Fantasy game I ever played, I don't know. You get an impression from those insane-looking bosses that actually fighting them seems to be like swallowing a seedless grape after thinking you'd have to force a live monkey down your throat. I guess it was just the fact that those bosses weren't really "hidden" bosses, so I didn't figure they'd be stronger than Sephiroth. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 18 December 2008, 20:52:56 FF7 was alright, I played it to the end, enjoyed the funny lego graphics, liked the battle system, story was alright..
FF8 I played, a few times even. Didn't like it. FF9 was awesome, loved every last bit of it. Especially Garnet. FF10 was refreshing, liked some concepts. Aeons were ugly as #####. WEIRD STUPID STORY. FF11 and beyond: no thx 9-10 did it for me, only FF games I liked, I couldn't get into the first 6 except for 5. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 18 December 2008, 21:56:10 Final Fantasy 1, 4, and 9 are pretty good.
I hate FF8 and 10. The rest were relatively mundane. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 December 2008, 22:46:05 I can't help but wonder what qualifiers lead you to group them in such a fashion. I'll tell you! The first 6 were on Nintendo systems, yeah, and that was nice. Also, I just didn't like 7 and everyone else made it even worse by never shutting the ##### up about it and wondering if there had actually been a 1 through 6. On top of that 7 was super homoerotic. Main character wears a dress, main character bathes with a bunch of dudes, and then main character gets asked out by a big black guy. I didn't like playing a Final Fantasy game that made me feel like I was playing Cho Aniki. Furthermore FF7 pretty much ruined every FF character in any game after that. Remember when protagonists weren't flat chested girl-men who cried about stuff? I remember, and that's how I liked it. But noooooo! Big eyed, girly boys who bitch and moan bring in the demographic of a acne ridden, fat, twelve year old girls which before that point was a completely untapped market. So no more originality or manly protagonists, or good villians either, and while they were at it they threw out the idea of having any female characters who didn't have big boobs and annoying high pitched voices. Yeah, no more strong female protagonists like Rosa and Rydia, make way for Lady Melon Tits and Ms. Get Stabbed. And the icing on the ##### cake is that there are a bunch of retards out there who claim that FF7 is the best game ever. That's bull#####. In my opinion it's not even a very good game. It wasn't even up to snuff for the time in which it came out. No voice acting, everything looked like a blocky ##### stain, the sound was crap, and it wasn't fun. Compare that to Metal Gear Solid, a different game on the PS1 that didn't totally suck balls. Great graphics, voice acting, damn good voice acting, and the sound was great, and it was a damn good time. So there, I defunct the idea that FF7 is the best game ever. Also, MGS3 was way better than the original, so that defuncts the idea that FF7 is the best game ever again. Any idiot who would even think to claim FF7 is the best game ever needs to be #####ing murdered. In short; FF7 RUINED EVERYTHING! ...And FF4 was the best of all of 'em. Oh, also Metal Gear Solid was better than every Final Fantasy game put together. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 18 December 2008, 22:57:04 I generally don't like voice acting in my RPG's, so that bit I could care less about.
The rest of it is relatively true. Although, it's quite exaggerated. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 18 December 2008, 23:13:22 Just so you realize this Edge: You asked for it.
Also, the Yoshi Derby in Super Mario RPG just might be the most pointless thing I've ever done. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 December 2008, 23:45:16 Dude, I #####ing hated that.
The Yoshi Derby is Square's second worst creation ever. ...Oh yeah. Final Fantasy 7 was also racist. ^_^ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 December 2008, 00:17:58 No one's claiming it was the best game ever. But other than that, I enjoyed the rant.
When it comes to FFVII being racist I really hope you don't bring up what I think you're going to bring up. Just because Barret is black doesn't mean he's a portrayal of all black people. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 December 2008, 00:34:19 I love voice acting.
I also like Tales games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2008, 01:05:17 No one's claiming it was the best game ever. But other than that, I enjoyed the rant. Well, I was kind of kidding, that's why it wasn't a part of the rant. And there are actually quite a few Did I mention FF7 horribly maimed Cid too? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 December 2008, 02:12:40 I'd rather play Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is NOT the best game ever but it's pretty darn good and worth my time to replay. It's a true contestant.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 December 2008, 02:59:22 Right. My stance on Final Fantasy starts, and often ends, with this; I can't stand any game where I absolutely hate the character that I am supposed to be. If I wanted to hate myself, I'd just keep living my normal life, I don't need that crap in my escapism.
It's sort of like in Spaced (hello, Alec) where he keeps drowning Lara Croft because of his girl troubles. GETTING TO THE POINT; I hate Cloud, Squall (but not in Kingdom Hearts as "Leon", where I find him awesome. It helps that he's voiced by David Boreanaz, even if there's little voice-acting in the game anyway), and Tidus (I hate him the most). They've turned me off all the new FF games. And of the ones I've played, the only one I really liked was the one with Cecil (I still get confused as to which number it is). I also remember enjoying Mystic Quest Legend (that's the EU title I played it as, but here it's just "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest" or something), but I'm not sure I ever finished it. Possibly the simplest RPG on earth, since it equips for you and you can't do anything about it, plus it sort of just pushed you right through, but a good little entry-level RPG game for getting on with in ##### time (that's the S word, ##### time means those little periods of nothing doing between actual things you have to do). Had moderate fun with Crystal Chronicles, but the co-op was only ever good if you had the RIGHT people around. I played once where there were two control freaks in the game and I was over it. All I wanted to do was smash things with my Lilty, and we spent over an hour wandering a #####ing desert getting nothing done. That was worse than playing the game alone, which got old enough fast enough that I'll probably never pop the game in again. "Fail" is so overused lately. "Epic" isn't? I would give it another shot but I'm worried even having FF7 anywhere near my house will alert rabid fans to come press up on my windows like civil zombies. And there's enough people already here doing that just 'cause I'm home, I don't need any more....That's easily one of the most retarded reasons to dislike something that I can think of. He was TOTALLY joking there. Had to have been. That wouldn't happen. Right? ... Right? Yes, I was. I thought it was lucid enough, but whatever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 December 2008, 03:02:37 "Fail" is so overused lately. Fail is overused more. "Epic Fail" has REALLY started getting on my nerves. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 December 2008, 03:05:30 There's a book called;
The book of EPIC FAIL (title written something like that) and while I've not read it, I never will because I hate it's title. Yes I judge books by their cover. That's how you know what damn book it is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2008, 03:13:47 GETTING TO THE POINT; I hate Cloud, Squall (but not in Kingdom Hearts as "Leon", where I find him awesome. It helps that he's voiced by David Boreanaz, even if there's little voice-acting in the game anyway), and Tidus (I hate him the most). They've turned me off all the new FF games. And of the ones I've played, the only one I really liked was the one with Cecil (I still get confused as to which number it is). Cecil was in four. And yeah, he's awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 December 2008, 03:16:48 The whole game is awesome.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 December 2008, 04:08:06 You're damn right it is!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 19 December 2008, 06:08:18 This whole thread is tl;dr..
This is the only thing I bothered to look at enough to care. "Fail" is so overused lately. The John is right, people at my school say this a lot in class. And it's getting to the point where I'm about to tell these people to ##### off and stop talking like retarded sheeple. ##### yeah new page. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 20 December 2008, 00:37:04 Left 4 Dead.
Left 4 #####ing awesome! Hooray for Valve! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 20 December 2008, 03:28:01 My friend's playing that, another game I want to try on the 360. I heard the PC version had custom content but my computer is crud anyway.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 20 December 2008, 04:16:23 Yeah, I want to get some new games for the PC... but my computer is so damn outdated I think I'd enjoy it more on the 360... like Oblivion.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2008, 21:49:06 My cousin got me de Blob on Wii for Christmas. It's really fun, and the look is very pretty. They should do a TV show/movie with these graphics.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 December 2008, 21:52:40 Should it be based on the game?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 21:53:45 I kept seeing that and thinking it looked cool. Is that the one where you paint the city or whatever? It sounded fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2008, 21:55:42 Yeah it is.
Should it be based on the game? No. I just meant with a similar look. I don't think the story would translate to TV at all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 21:58:54 I might check it out. Sounds like a fun little diversion game I can just pick up and play whenever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 22 December 2008, 22:22:22 I've been playing Donkey Kong Country 2 on the Wii's VC.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 22:38:18 Good boy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 December 2008, 01:53:06 I downloaded it as well a year ago, but the lack of a classic controller makes it difficult to play.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 23 December 2008, 11:32:50 *Loves the classic controller.*
I think for Xmas when I get 5000 wii points I should get more games. What do you all suggest. I have: All 5 Strong Bad games. Megaman 1-3 and Megaman 9 Donkey Kong Country 1-2 Kirby 64. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 December 2008, 16:34:59 DKC3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 23 December 2008, 16:40:32 WORLD OF GOO
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 December 2008, 16:45:41 Brain Challenge
Prince of Persia Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action! Viking Off-and-on games Arkadian Warriors Gears of War 2 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 December 2008, 18:36:15 WORLD OF GOO SECONDED There is no excuse for not getting that game. Seriously. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 December 2008, 18:38:18 How much is it and how addictive is it?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 December 2008, 18:56:37 It's been my "I'm Going To Download That As Soon As I Get Some More Wii Points" game for a long time now. I think it's 1,000 points.
And it looks soooo great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 December 2008, 19:54:48 I really want World of Goo now.
Harumpf. $15 though.... Anybody wanna send it to me as a gift :) I'll send one back some other time, I promise. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 December 2008, 20:01:11 It's 1,500 Points? Ugh. I'll get it eventually.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 December 2008, 20:05:12 It's 1,500 Points? Ugh. I'll get it eventually. After you gift it to me, right? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 December 2008, 20:18:08 Right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 December 2008, 20:27:01 "Yeah right." that is! OHOHOHOHOH!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 December 2008, 20:36:52 Is that a no?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 December 2008, 20:40:39 Right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 December 2008, 20:43:01 Right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 December 2008, 21:18:42 Alright.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 24 December 2008, 22:27:02 The music for World of Goo is enough to make you buy it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 December 2008, 00:31:04 Nintendo messaged me personally to tell me themselves they thought it was great.
I might buy it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 December 2008, 01:38:34 Abe, how many hours have you logged on it?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 December 2008, 02:36:51 Nintendo messaged me personally to tell me themselves they thought it was great. Well LOOK at you! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 25 December 2008, 02:43:24 I have the PC version and the soundtrack is installed with the game so I can bring those epic tunes around with me anywhere I want. I wish they'd used a higher bitrate, though. Oh well.
Everyone should try the demo (http://2dboy.com/games.php) for free, at least. It ought to blow your mind. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 December 2008, 04:33:13 Now that I know it's for PC....
Posted on: December 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM Balls, $20 for the PC version? I'd rather have it on the Wii for 5 less. Posted on: December 24, 2008, 10:05:38 PM I'm playing the demo, and it's a fun game, but eh. Posted on: December 24, 2008, 10:52:11 PM Beat world One. That last level was tricky, but my hardest time was the Tower of Goo. It was hard to make a tower that didn't collapse while still using as little goo as possible. The bridge was easy, as I was already use to collapsing things, I just built down onto the cliff a bit and built at a 30 degree angle. Snap, a few quick goo placements and bam. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 25 December 2008, 08:03:00 Nintendo messaged me personally to tell me themselves they thought it was great. Did Mario call YOU, personally, to tell you to pick up your copy of Mario Galaxy when it came out? No? He called me! It was awesome! Too bad I never actually went to grab my copy. Also, Commissioner Gordon. He called me too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 December 2008, 16:49:40 I once got a call from M.A.D. Cat but he was just trying to sell me a time share.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 26 December 2008, 05:40:35 I have the PC version and the soundtrack is installed with the game so I can bring those epic tunes around with me anywhere I want. I wish they'd used a higher bitrate, though. Oh well.Got the demo. I like it. Since I'm not buying it, and they won't sell it around here, I'll just juice it up as much as I can. I got an OCD on "chain". It's the easiest to get, I think. Edit: Also on the first two. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 26 December 2008, 17:06:01 Little Big Planet is probably my favorite game now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Shawn on 26 December 2008, 17:14:05 Eh, I thought it was OK. I don't own LBP, I played a demo at Wal+Mart. Maybe I wasn't enjoying myself that much because my neck hurt like hell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 27 December 2008, 03:47:55 Well, that would certainly explain a lot.
You wouldn't get to appreciate the sheer amount of creativity offered in the game by standing at a little booth at a Wal-Mart, now would you? LIKE I MADE A LEVEL WITH BOUNCY MUSHROOMS. I made the bouncy mushrooms myself cause I have talent. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 December 2008, 04:28:01 I caved and bought World of Goo for the PC.
SO AMAZING. Still trying to beat the last level of the first world. It's hard. The music IS great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 December 2008, 04:41:34 I too caved in and bought it.
Beat it too. Everything except those epilogue levels. Ugh. I have a total of 15 OCDs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 27 December 2008, 04:44:46 I caved and bought World of Goo for the PC.The demo ends with that level so here: [spoiler] You don't have to take all of the goo up the hatch. As long as you take some it's alright. Once you get up there, the eyes are like ballons, for you to float hiiiigh... [/spoiler] I too caved in and bought it.I got like 4 OCDs only on the demo. And I know how to get another one... The ones I have are the first three levels and Chain, and I figured out how to get the one on Ivy towers... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 December 2008, 05:24:00 I got 3 in chapter 4.
Ease of OCDs: Time based=easy. Move based=can be easy or hard. Goo Ball based= can be really easy or the most annoyingly hard, as each one would have to be perfectly placed. I will always hate the level "Tower of Goo." It always freaking collapses on me.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 27 December 2008, 05:31:21 I skipped it. I'll solve it sometime. I managed not to make it collapse, but then I used too much goo. I only had 22 left. Goal's 25...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 December 2008, 05:38:23 And to get OCD is some ungodly number.
BUT, the good way to build an effective goo tower is to build a wise base, then 3 pillars off of it. Build the middle pillar about as high as you can without it falling and then connect the two side pillars. You save a bunch of goo and keep a lot of rigidity. Very helpful at the World of Goo corporation (over 300 gooballs), and some of the later levels. Chapter 3. Upper shaft. Almost the end of me. Came to me in a dream about gooballs actually. I love green gooballs. They are SO versatile. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 27 December 2008, 05:45:35 In WofGCorp. I hate having all the gooballs when the tower is small, it messes a lot. Also, It's lame how black goo can only have two connections...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Shawn on 28 December 2008, 17:38:28 I've been playing "Spider-Man: Friend or Foe" recently. I can't wait to unlock Venom. ^.^
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 29 December 2008, 17:32:03 Golden Sun.
Considering starting up with MGS 3 again. If I have time to, of course. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 30 December 2008, 00:13:49 I tried to finish Mirror's Edge. The damn game was so fun at first and now it's just dragging on and on, and I very much hate it at this point.
I'm on the last chapter. I'd have beat it by now but problem is it keeps freezing after the very long climbing part. Like, it took me a half an hour to climb the damn thing on my first try and then it froze. No problem, I'll load the game up and start at the last checkpoint. Only problem is, the last checkpoint is before the annoyingly long climb. I tried three times. It freezes in the exact same spot every time. Disc isn't even scratched... arrgh... I'm just letting the PS3 cool down now, but I doubt its overheating because it freezes at the exact same spot... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2008, 00:19:59 Ha. PS3.
From what I saw, Mirror's Edge is modern day first person Prince of Persia. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 December 2008, 00:46:19 Not really. It's not smooth enough.
On a dose of de Blob and Fable II. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 30 December 2008, 03:55:20 I've been playing Persona 4.
I like it so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 31 December 2008, 01:32:44 Have you gotten to the Gay dungeon yet?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 31 December 2008, 02:16:18 Yes...
Yes I have... That is assuming you mean... [spoiler]...The bath-house in which Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 31 December 2008, 07:08:11 Yeah, that sounds like what the transsexual janitor who told me about it described it as.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 31 December 2008, 08:03:35 Ew, randomly generated dungeons.
No THANKS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 31 December 2008, 19:36:46 I could've sworn I posted here saying I hated Sonic's voice in Sonic Unleashed but the demo gameplay was alright.
WOOO! ... ugh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 January 2009, 07:49:56 The demo gameplay was great you wad!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 January 2009, 07:55:34 Yeah, the demo convinced me to rent the game.
I'll comment on how bad the werehog parts are afterwards. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 January 2009, 07:57:39 Are the Sonic parts awesome at least? "Good" isn't good enough.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 January 2009, 08:00:43 I didn't rent it yet. >.>
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Shawn on 1 January 2009, 08:37:08 I'm sure it's better than Sonic 06.
Also, Gamespot gave it a pretty positive rating. (well.....for the Wii version at least......) Take a look: http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?qs=Sonic+Unleashed Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 January 2009, 17:00:25 What I read about it:
The Sonic parts were awesome, but they're so fast that they're over so quickly... and then you have to do the slow, annoying Werehog parts. Basically, major pacing issues. Put me off completely. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 January 2009, 20:37:05 The Sonic parts feel like Sonic Adventure 1 at some points. Which is a good thing.
I don't even want to TRY the werehog crap. Why couldn't Sega just focus on the damn things they did in the demo and NOT add some retarded gimmick to ruin it? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 1 January 2009, 21:01:49 Did you know the prefix were- actually means man?
So Sonic Unleashed makes no #####ing sense, or less than it did before. Whatever, it sucks, so I don't care. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 January 2009, 21:06:28 Well, he could've been called a Hogwolf.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 January 2009, 21:24:42 Or a Hedgewolf.
Hogwolf sounds the best, oddly. But totally doesn't fit with Sonic, since it brings pigs to mind more than hedgehogs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 January 2009, 21:31:08 I like the sound of "hedgewolf".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 January 2009, 22:02:04 It's waaaaaay better than Werehog.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 January 2009, 04:16:08 Hedgewolf makes the most sense, too, considering the appearance of the creature in question, and why it was named a hedgehog in the first place.
Sano stated exactly what I was thinking when I read "werehog", but I thought I'd be a little bitch to make anything of it. They probably just wanted to use the "were" part because of its common association in this age with the idea of turning into something; werewolves and werebears, for example. That doesn't make it RIGHT, it just means that it appeals to the majority who are ignorant of the proper meaning of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 January 2009, 04:24:59 I'm pretty sure everyone who heard the word "werehog" way back when it was first revealed had the same thought: "Aaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhh."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 January 2009, 04:29:32 If they read Dinosaur Comics, yes.
If they don't, probably not. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 2 January 2009, 04:29:39 Forgot to mention I'm playing the Orange Box, I beat Portal (loved it), and now I'm playing Half-Life 2. Great games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2009, 07:26:45 I played the Half-Life 2 demo and I don't know why but I felt very apprehensive like with a survival horror game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 January 2009, 16:43:41 It definitely gives off that sort of vibe. It has a very unique way of storytelling where there are no cutscenes, but everything happens around you while you're still in first-person. Since it's all happening in real-time, it gives you a greater sense of urgency and danger.
I've still never beaten it. I just get distracted. I started over again not too long ago, but then Banjo-Kazooie: N&B came out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 January 2009, 03:18:41 It didn't help when the girl was like "Look! ... Zombies!" and then didn't really do anything about them until I went close (which was after I killed a bunch of them by thowing wood panels and explosive barrels their way).
And yeah, the whole time she's talking to people on the computer I just kept strafing looking at the doors and then looking out through the window waiting for a bunch of zombies to come into the bunker thing. If I had like, a second player or something more responsive manning the gun I'd feel better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 January 2009, 04:15:59 I wouldn't be surprised if some silly patched it for Wii remote.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 January 2009, 04:23:59 I wouldn't be surprised if some silly patched it for Wii remote. You can use a Wii Remote on anything on the computer, you just need a bluetooth thinger and the program. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 January 2009, 04:40:14 You also need infra-red LEDs or whatever, to go on top of the monitor if you want to do the pointing thing. I've looked into it.
I'm still certain it would need to be patched for the crosshair to follow where the Wii remote points and the user to still be able to move around normally. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 January 2009, 05:29:26 I just started another Fable character. Girl. Gonna probably go evil-ish with it, if not all the way evil. I have SUCH a hard time doing evil ##### in this stuff haha.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 January 2009, 05:58:02 I've been playing Animal Crossing: City Folk so much, I forgot MMM existed.
VISIT ME SOMETIME. *Goes back to fishing* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 January 2009, 05:59:33 I would, but only if I had Wii speak because I'm tired of typing in that game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 4 January 2009, 18:01:29 Just got Little Big Planet yesterday. Having a blast with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 January 2009, 09:22:59 I started playing Legendary today. I don't think the game is nearly as bad as the reviews made it out to be (then again, I just completed the second chapter). It feels like old-school Wolfenstein 3D or Doom with today's graphics.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 January 2009, 01:28:32 Got San Andreas off of the Xbox Live Marketplace (it's cheaper there than buying it used in GameStop... so yeah.)
I completely forgot how much #####ing better this game is than GTA IV in terms of ##### to do and the story missions... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 January 2009, 02:32:38 I remembered that the whole time I was playing GTA4.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 January 2009, 02:45:59 I recently downloaded and have been playing Donkey Kong Country 3.
It's worse than I remembered. Still fun, but not as good as my childhood memories could recall. It was great replaying stages I remembered, like the one where you had to run while lightning would try to strike you. The moment I replayed the stage, I was yelling "IHATEDTHISLEVELIHATEDTHISLEVE LIHATEDTHISLEVEL" and it made it all the more entertaining. Everything else seemed new since I had forgotten most of it while DKC and DKC2 I replayed like mad when I was young. Also, Bleak was a very disappointing boss battle. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 January 2009, 03:21:42 I hated the one where bee's would chase you..
BEEEEEEEEEE'S!! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 January 2009, 04:37:55 DKC3 was a solid game, but DKC2 was so much better that I never really played the third much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 January 2009, 06:34:03 DKC3 was a solid game, but DKC2 was so much better that I never really played the third much. Right. It's still fun, thus I'm still playing and I don't feel ripped from my $8. I'm just saying it's a bit more inferior than I realized compared to the first two. Also, the level with the giant saw in the trees gave me nightmares as a child as well. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 January 2009, 17:07:20 At least the gravity-themed levels were cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 18 January 2009, 16:17:23 I got a Quake Live Beta invite, finally, it's great.
If anyone wants invited, let me know, but I haven't got any yet and the first one already has dibs on it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 January 2009, 19:36:11 Recently I've been frequenting God Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAga2AjfZlg&fmt=18), Left 4 Dead, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, and Guitar Hero 3.
I've got the Penta-wielding feat. Juggling games is a bad habit of mine. I've pretty much forgotten City Folk, kind of sad, I only played it habitually for about 3 months. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 January 2009, 21:13:34 Now that my laptop can finally achieve playable framerates in C&C3, I've been playing through the GDI campaign and enjoying every minute of it. I've always loved the series' over-the-top FMV cutscenes and ridiculous storylines.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 January 2009, 23:14:18 So it's like Windows 7 is what Vista should have been.
They were released in reverse order. It's funny too, Windows 7 has lower system reqs then Vista from what I've seen. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 January 2009, 01:18:16 Yes, Windows 7 is grand. Even though I shouldn't, I've been using it as my main OS on my laptop.
Anyway, been playing Fallout 3 the past two weeks. Very awesome game, but it was a rental so eventually I had to return it. Thinking of buying it, though. I also finally got Phantasy Star Zero for the DS (finally because of the whole package thing I vaguely talked about in the How Was Your Day thread). Much, MUUUUUCH better than PSU. I think I'm even liking it a little more than PSO, too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 January 2009, 19:09:42 The only console games I allow myself to play are demos, because I can just say "I'll play a demo and then get back to work" and it usually works out that that takes less than 20 minutes.
I really only use my 360 for DVDs right now. Which is expected. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 19 January 2009, 21:26:37 Just played the demo for Pure.
Most fun I've had in a racing game since Mario Kart DS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 January 2009, 22:38:40 It's not so much a GAME... well, check this out:
KORG DS-10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl73AXnQh7I) I'm having SO much fun with this. Like, here's what you can do with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYTGJkcJjU Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 21 January 2009, 22:45:21 I got my brother it for Christmas, he makes crazy music with his Mac and so on.
It seems fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 January 2009, 23:05:38 It's really overwhelming but I'm getting the hang of it. I'm borrowing it from a friend, and this is the first time I've touched my DS in... oh, at least a few months.
I might even buy this for myself if it doesn't get old really quick. It's really fun to mess with. And it's fully functional as a synth if hooked up to an amp, which is awesome, if useless to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 21 January 2009, 23:39:54 I've seen this in stores and was SOOO close to buying it on the spot. If I get another DS cart any time soon it will be this one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 January 2009, 23:53:43 I like the DS was dieing the whole time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 January 2009, 00:48:18 It's so fun to mess around with. I keep going back to it. Like, I'm writing jokes right now and preparing for going on stage tonight, but every 20 minutes or so I keep going back to mess around a little more.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 January 2009, 00:53:52 Theresia for DS. Holy #####. This is a great survival horror adventure game. The game has more atmosphere than any game on DS I've played and has a very strong Silent Hill vibe to it. The interface is a nice mix between Shadowgate 64 (actually moving in 3D enviroments) and Shadowgate NES (detailed still screens for rooms and action points). Plot is quite good and presented in a masterful way. And get this, my game time clocked in about 15 hours for both scenerios even with me cheating with a faq for the 2nd one. This is an absolute gem for the DS and if you like survival horror games you do yourself and your DS a GREAT disservice for not picking it up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 January 2009, 01:03:42 I like the DS was dieing the whole time. It wasn't dying, it was actually being recharged. The orange and green lights are on. Anyway, it looks cool. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 January 2009, 04:17:27 None of you know what it's like to see a DS literally DIE..
None of you know.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 January 2009, 14:38:21 Because it's never happened. Unless you misspelled 360, in which case I think everyone is quite familiar with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 January 2009, 19:05:37 I guess Rez isn't familiar with my DS massacre of 07..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 January 2009, 19:30:43 I thought it was the DS massacre of 07-08...
How many was it total? 5? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 January 2009, 21:03:35 Yes, 5. One was my brothers, and if it didn't have a warranty, I would have had a mangled face right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 January 2009, 23:07:32 That's what happens when you do ##### you're NOT supposed to do on it...
Only console I know of that just dies randomly is the 360, like Rez said. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 January 2009, 00:30:00 None of you know what it's like to see a DS literally DIE.. I don't know your name, I just know the sound you make when you take some DS's life. Yes, 5. One was my brothers, and if it didn't have a warranty, I would have had a mangled face right now. So what was the thing of his you broke that didn't have a warranty then? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 January 2009, 01:13:16 I'm playing No More Heroes again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 23 January 2009, 02:57:11 'Cause it's awesome?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 January 2009, 03:37:57 Darn right it is.
Harvey is next up. Should be a good time. I'm juggling it between school work and free time reading. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 23 January 2009, 04:06:15 None of you know what it's like to see a DS literally DIE.. STEVE. Yes, 5. One was my brothers, and if it didn't have a warranty, I would have had a mangled face right now. Nothin'. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 January 2009, 05:00:15 None of you know what it's like to see a DS literally DIE.. It's a play on a Tropic Thunder line, you ponce! 'Yes, 5. One was my brothers, and if it didn't have a warranty, I would have had a mangled face right now. Then why's your face like thaaaaaaanevermind. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 26 January 2009, 04:50:46 Been playing Zanac furiously.
It's pretty ridiculous how the enemies in the first level actually have more firepower than you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 27 January 2009, 16:35:49 Finally got Tribes 2 working. Simultaneously wowed by how awesome this game has always been and how effing hard it is to relearn how to aim the weapons.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 February 2009, 10:17:42 I've been juggling Brain Challenge, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, Fracture, Legendary, and The Simpsons Game, while trying to get back into Gears of War 2 (at least so I can finish the campaign) and Mass Effect.
It isn't really working. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 February 2009, 17:39:25 Naruto?
Rrreally? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 February 2009, 17:59:01 Yeah. I've never watched the anime before or know what it's about, but a bunch of my buddies up at college have the game and they all liked it. If it weren't for me finding it for $9.99 at Kmart, I wouldn't have picked it up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 2 February 2009, 20:07:00 ...
Rrrreeeeaally? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 2 February 2009, 22:46:17 I played one Naruto Fighting game. It was actually interesting and not that bad.
Except, it played like a combination of Budokai and Smash Bros. And like Budokai, it gets boring after awhile. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 February 2009, 22:36:53 So does Brawl.
TSSss. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 February 2009, 23:02:00 I was gonna say the same thing.
... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 4 February 2009, 01:22:29 Well, to point out the obvious, EVERY game gets boring after awhile, but I just remember Budokai gets significantly dull.
Brawl seems to last with me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 February 2009, 01:26:55 I can play Lunar 'til my eyes fall out, then point the TV towards the floor, and play more.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: maniac man on 4 February 2009, 02:11:24 Im hooked on Kingdom Herts 2,Mega Man Command Mission,
Guitar Hero World Toar, and DBZ games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 February 2009, 02:17:57 I'm cracking up right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 February 2009, 02:41:24 hert toar
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 February 2009, 03:13:12 Kingdom Hertz is the sequel to MegaMan
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 February 2009, 04:30:43 Kingdom Hertz Rent-A-Car wouldn't let me drive the car we got rented from the dealership while ours was in the shop because I'm under 25 and only have a G2 license (you need a G (G1<G2<G)).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 February 2009, 17:09:00 I bought the full version of Auditorium today.
Holy balls. It's fun and hella difficult. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 4 February 2009, 17:11:05 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 February 2009, 17:15:18 And I'm almost halfway through the game and my brain is melted.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 February 2009, 19:08:26 The other day I played the demo of Legen-(wait for it)-dary, and it was pretty good and interesting enough but I don't think it's the sort of game I'd really play. Same with Dead Space. Survival Horror gameplay is lost on me, but I enjoy being the wingman and figuring out the puzzles and ##### with the person playing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 February 2009, 21:55:30 playauditorium.com
The demo levels. Harder than crap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 4 February 2009, 21:57:56 Taking that literally, crap, is actually quite a moist substance.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 February 2009, 22:05:24 Not if it dries poo head.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 February 2009, 01:39:10 Of it you eat a lot of whatever makes it really hard. There's no blanket statement for the consistency of it other than "gross".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 February 2009, 23:20:21 Me and Someguy just went for a MMX completion challenge, first one who wins, wins. Probably the best one we've had, it was neck and neck, both of us staggering behind sometimes, but catching up later. I won out of pure luck; Someguy got killed by Sigma accidentally, which gave me just enough time to shoot that #####-heads head off.
This wasn't a speed run exactly.. more of a "who's better?" dealio, we had an X1 challenge before and he won, so we're tied up until the tie breaker. Anyway, timed in at about 54 minutes to beat the game, all upgrades except for one heart-tank. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 February 2009, 01:14:32 Wow you guys have wild Friday nights.
I'm not one to talk, I have to do a bunch of homework tonight. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 February 2009, 01:27:48 I'm losing the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 February 2009, 02:17:54 Wow you guys have wild Friday nights. We ain't got monies or a car. Now get back to doin' yer homework. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 7 February 2009, 04:54:31 You still need to knock at least dten minutes of that off for a decent 100% run.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 February 2009, 04:55:41 Sounds like fun...
I wanna try.... I want MMX on the VC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 February 2009, 05:01:30 I actually may give it another shot. You know I've only now started using all the weapons to my advantage? I've never realized how amazing Chameleon Sting is until now.
I'm also figuring out the best ways to get through each levels. Cutting corners, best weapons to use, etc etc. Which I have most of it down, just needs some fine tuning. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 February 2009, 05:10:52 Chameleon sting +upgraded buster= speedrun's best friend.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 7 February 2009, 06:01:35 Prepare to have all your dreams crushed. (http://speeddemosarchive.com/demo.pl?MegaManX_SS_100p_3941)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 February 2009, 06:03:44 Old news.
Chameleon sting +upgraded buster= speedrun's best friend. Hells yes. Well, I tried again, this time getting an even 50. I forgot to mention that the challenge me and Someguy had was without the intro stage, since we found it to be annoying and we'd always finish it at the same time.. JC, what did you say your best time was? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 7 February 2009, 06:06:35 Well durr it's old news, the run was completed like two and a half years ago.
I am obviously not JC but I've cracked 44 minutes start to finish EDIT: That'd be for the 100% run of course. Minimalist I've done a 36-minute run but probably couldn't do it again on demand. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 February 2009, 06:12:25 I'm sure everybody has seen that and knows what the record is, I mean.
I try to use everything I can, dash+shots, hi-jumping(which are barely in levels..) and C.Sting. I could shave a few minutes off eventually, when I think of some ideas. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 7 February 2009, 06:22:27 There was talk on the forum of going Penguin-Eagle-Mammoth-Kuwanger-Chameleon-Mandrill-Armadillo-Penguin-Octopus-Armadillo-Fortress, but nobody ever tested it extensively and I'm not qualified to do so.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 February 2009, 06:27:43 I never cared for going 100% really. Especially the hadoken, I refuse to use that, and if it's gonna effect my speed run score, so be it.
The order I go in is, Penguin-Eagle-Mammoth-Chameleon-Kuwanger-Mandrill-Armadillo-Octopus. I only manage to lose one heart tank, from Penguins stage. And I think that's pretty good.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 February 2009, 17:16:39 I go Penguin Eagle Mammoth Mandrill Armadillo Octopus Kuwanger Chameleon
And I only have to go back into 2 levels to get the rest of the heart tanks or something. My best time for a 100% run was about 55-ish? That was with the Hadouken. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 14 February 2009, 06:08:24 Got the last copy of Okami at Gamestop the other day. Haven't touched my PS3 in awhile.
I love open worlds. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 14 February 2009, 07:28:15 Started a game on Disgaea 3 today.
I normally dislike SRPGs, but this one seems really fun so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 February 2009, 08:27:42 Afro Samurai!
"You killed my son!" "You're going to have to be a bit more specific. This mother#####er has killed A LOT of guys." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 February 2009, 15:27:39 A guy lent me his PSP and Megaman Maverick Hunter X.
It was nothing compared to the original. Not to mention, Storm Tornado is disgustingly overpowered. I beat with X 100% in one sitting in an hour and 15 minutes. All the dialogue was boring, too, so I skipped it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 February 2009, 16:15:28 You should get Powered Up, its much better. At least, New Style mode is. And Construction mode. (Don't play Old Style, its crap).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 14 February 2009, 16:19:00 Wario Land: Shake It.
No idea what's been said about it, but even though I love the previous Wario Land games, this one just doesn't feel right. It's got that treasure-grabbing, enemy-smashing feel to it, but there's just something annoying about it that makes the game less playable. I'm pretty sure it's the missions. I dislike having to jump through hoops to feel like I completed a game. Maybe I'll skip over them, but I've been playing the game in short bursts anyway. At least the boss battles are still pretty decent, and some of the music is OK (so far). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 February 2009, 17:51:40 I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 14 February 2009, 22:42:09 I'm playing the MMM Text Based Adventure Game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 14 February 2009, 23:34:09 I played that Wario Land game long enough to get past the final boss, then one or two secret levels. Before then I had all of the missions done.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 February 2009, 23:43:42 I'm playing the MMM Text Based Adventure Game. I hear it's terrible. Let me know if I should pick it up. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 15 February 2009, 00:15:07 It's in the value bins at the flea market! For 50 cents, why not pick it up?
..Coulda bought a #####ing gumball.. what a rip. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 February 2009, 00:17:11 A gumball? Only if it's one of those huge ones shaped like fruit.
That's like a whole day's worth of gum right there, man. I played that Wario Land game long enough to get past the final boss, then one or two secret levels. Before then I had all of the missions done. I can't seem to play it for much longer than an hour a day, and that's on a good day. I'm sure you know how long those missions can take to complete, too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 15 February 2009, 01:11:47 Well... I tried to do them all at once if possible. Sometimes it blatantly wasn't, which was weird. I had this thing going where I'd get as much treasure as possible the first time around, so as not to worry about it in later runs. Made things go a bit faster. Though there were times when it took me a while to find that missing diamond or whatever.
I was also playing Theresia, which Rez recommended. Kind of shoddy. I also wanted to pick up two Castlevania DS games but they're apparently not that easy to find after being out for a few years. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 15 February 2009, 01:13:25 You should get an internet and try to find them in that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 15 February 2009, 01:29:32 Ah, yes, I also picked up Theresia recently. Probably the most gruesome game I've played on the DS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 February 2009, 01:32:52 I don't think that's saying much. I can't think of any DS games that I'd describe as "gruesome" in the first place.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 15 February 2009, 01:39:05 Dementium was, although cartoony.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 15 February 2009, 02:12:28 You should get an internet and try to find them in that. I'm not really big on buying online, but point taken. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 15 February 2009, 09:07:39 My signature now proclaims the games I'm currently playing.
Though I'm not sure if it's within boundaries of the rules... Edit: Huh, could have sworn that there was specific rules regarding signatures. Ah, well. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 15 February 2009, 09:09:51 Pssh, backloggery.
Actually I have an account there too, but I haven't bothered finishing off my game list. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 15 February 2009, 09:10:55 It's a pretty handy place to organise your games.
I have it here so it'll constantly remind me that I have some games to finish. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 February 2009, 20:08:30 I prefer to organize my games on the shelf next to the TV.
Actually, I should say I prefer to NOT organize my games :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 February 2009, 23:29:29 Since RE5 is gonna come out next month (and it will probably suck!) I'm playing all the main Resident Evil games... on the GameCube, starting with RE0 and 1's remake.
Stopped playing 0 for a while, been playing RE1 way more... I had to start over twice, since I kept wasting ammo... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 16 February 2009, 01:20:49 When I played RE2, I kept running out of ammo. And when I found ammo for the first gun you get, I loaded it, shot twice into the nothingness, and loaded it again so that I didn't use inventory space.
I really have to finish that game, sometime. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 February 2009, 02:08:02 Well, the extra ammo is what the supply crates are for anyway.
Although that's my problem now in RE though... I have no space for a key I need, have no idea where a crate is, and the only ammo I can waste to free up space is Handgun ammo... and the worst part is... I have 160 bullets. Not good. EDIT: And then 30 seconds later I find the save room. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 16 February 2009, 06:35:16 I was playing the full version of SF4 a few hours ago. It was solid.
leaks r good Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 February 2009, 06:51:25 for a second i was like "star force 4 what why are you playing that" and then
and then yeah Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 February 2009, 07:06:22 I've been playing not so great room escape flash games. Some have been awful, some were annoying.
The Submachine series is pretty interesting since there's like six of them (one continuous story too) and I reccomend you look them up if you're into those games, but the last few are kind of annoying because it's a lot of backtracking and they make the things really big. They're not so much "escape the room" as they are "escape" games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 16 February 2009, 13:32:09 I love games like that. I'll have to try those.
Played "The Dark Room" yet? It's one of my favorites. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 February 2009, 21:14:26 I was playing the full version of SF4 a few hours ago. It was solid. It took me like... 5 minutes to figure out what game that was. .... you should've put SF IV. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 February 2009, 05:58:31 Man. For the past few days I've been on Mario Kart DS, and I'm amazed at how I've improved. I used to pull my hair out over getting so much as a 1 star rank in each cup, but I've just reached a full 3-star rank in everything. Interesting how it went so smoothly.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 11:59:39 I was playing the full version of SF4 a few hours ago. It was solid. Or you could not be suck-ass and know what I'm talking about. How many games are out there are on their fourth sequel, and have the abbreviation SF? Two, Street Fighter 4, and Shut the hell up, Nova. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 February 2009, 16:32:49 You honestly had to outright tell me that it was Street Fighter before I got it, but I skimmed the post anyway so I wouldn't have mentioned it if this didn't happen.
Context helps, but in this case, not a hell of a lot unless you're paying attention to upcoming games, and some of us actually aren't. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 19:35:49 Even if it's roman numerals, it's still the goddamn same number. Besides, it's Street Fighter 4, if you haven't been paying attention enough to know that's coming out, then you probably don't pay attention to anything.
I mean. It's Street Fighter for god sakes! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 February 2009, 19:45:12 I knew he meant Street Fighter right away and Star Force didn't even cross my mind because 1) Star Force is never on my mind and 2) Street Fighter 4 actually EXISTS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 20:38:13 Y'all could learn a thing or two from Mike here.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 February 2009, 21:04:04 I knew he meant Street Fighter right away and Star Force didn't even cross my mind because 1) Star Force is never on my mind and 2) Street Fighter 4 actually EXISTS. Context helps, but in this case, not a hell of a lot unless you're paying attention to upcoming games, and some of us actually aren't. And WIND? Calm. Honestly, the only reason I probably couldn't tell the difference is the fact that I really don't care about either Street Fighter OR Star Force. I really couldn't care less. Don't even care enough to figure out that there may or may not be a Star Force 4 on a MegaMan forum, even though I'm pretty sure there isn't, but I still wouldn't think hard enough on the subject for it to make a difference. All I'm criticizing is the lack of context you posted in, but I AM sure that anyone knowledgeable enough about one or the other would figure it out. So we're good. The main indication is probably that even ASR stumbled over it, but he did get it. It's not even about roman numerals. Just typing it out would prevent stuff like that, is all I'm saying. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 21:20:54 And WIND? Calm. I'm not angry at all. Really. I talk like that all the time. I'M CALM. Just typing it out would prevent stuff like that, is all I'm saying. You telling me how to do my job?.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2009, 21:40:38 Yeah. You do a #####ty job at it.
I VOTE JC TAKES OVER Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 21:46:44 That's why you're not in the gang.
Work on those bad ideas of yers, chump. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2009, 21:48:53 I'm not part of it because I don't want to help you... you corrupted JERK.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 21:54:07 An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us..
Someday, MMM will look up and shout "Save us".. and I'll whisper.. FFFFFF##### NO Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2009, 21:54:45 SEE YOU DON'T CARE
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 17 February 2009, 21:56:56 ... right.
Garry's Mod. Trying out every single abstract map I can. These things are sort of like carnival rides gone wrong; I've not had the chance to actually do anything but run around and go "wow", but eh. GMod is sort of the abyss of boredom, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2009, 22:00:01 My cousin has Garry's mod, it's pretty damn fun to screw around in... but that's about it really.
For some reason I love setting Nukes off and watching the giant explosion... yeah. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 22:03:05 SEE YOU DON'T CARE Our job is to prevent disasters, not to help word things out correctly so yous chumps can understand things better. Now if you don't wanna be hit by a hurricane-tidal wave-earthquake-sex-volcano, I'd ##### my mouth if I were you. Capice? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2009, 22:23:12 I think you misspelled "shut".
And I'd like to see a sex volcano... okay, maybe not... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 February 2009, 22:25:23 Actually I think he wants you to F his mouth. With your knob.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 22:27:01 YEAH, IF I WERE HIM. JUST LIKE I SAID. I DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE. NOVA'S THE WEIRD ONE. WANTING PEOPLE TO DEFECATE HIS MOUTH LIKE THAT. NO CONTROL! NO CONTROL I TELLS YA!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 February 2009, 22:42:49 It reads that if you were NovaMan you'd put your NovaDick in preventerWIND's wavehole. Which is his flappy mouth.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 February 2009, 22:49:32 It reads that if I were Nova, I'd poop(for lack of the other word) my mouth. It's not ruining my image, it's ruining Nova's. Assuming we switch back bodies afterwards.
You're the one assuming the gay. God knows why you put so much thought into it either. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 February 2009, 23:58:23 I didn't, that's how it reads because five pound symbols are ambiguous and what you say it means is barely a sentence.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 18 February 2009, 00:14:17 #####(as in poop)'s actually a verb now.
Like from that Christmas video; "un-##### this Christmas" Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 18 February 2009, 08:31:27 Have two solid DnD groups going now.
Both are awesome. two and a half counting online persons. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 February 2009, 19:23:26 #####(as in poop)'s actually a verb now. Your example works a lot better than what you actually said... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 February 2009, 22:36:45 I'm playing Okami.
It's an a'ight game, but the controls to attack with the Wii Remote really suck. I'm also playing Sonic Unleashed. Normal sonic parts are FRIGGIN AMAZING. Werehog PISSES ME OFF AND I HATE IT. IT'S LIKE THE CRAPPIEST PLATFORMING BRAWLER I'VE EVER PLAYED. It reminds me a lot of crash bandicoot actually. And I HATE crash. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 February 2009, 22:46:07 Ugh... I really do believe Sega wants to run down Sonic to the ground. That's why I'll never get Unleashed... only half of it is good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 February 2009, 07:11:37 I'm playing Okami. I got the PS2 version so I wouldn't know, is it really that bad? I woulda thought you'd have more control over your brushstrokes with the Wii Remote. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 February 2009, 07:18:39 Oh, I'd think you would, too. But he's talking about attacking normally. I don't know. Him saying that makes me wonder if I should be glad I got the PS2 version before the Wii version came out.
Oh, and I really enjoyed the game, regardless. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 February 2009, 17:01:55 The brush strokes are pretty easy to nail, you just have to be lined up perfectly with the sensor bar though.
To attack in battle, you have to just swing the Wii remote though, the problem is that if you don't swing at the EXACT right time it breaks your combo, and 90% of the time when I swing my Wii Remote, it doesn't register. You have to either swing really hard or hit the Wii remote off of something. When I fight, I have to hit myself in the leg with wiimore to get it register that I'm swinging it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 February 2009, 17:21:48 Yeah, I'd figure it was something like that.
Glad I got the PS2 version, then. Thanks for that input. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 February 2009, 17:44:34 Well, the Wii version is still amazing.
I can drop bombs like madman during battles, and using the brush only takes like 1 second, while I hear the PS2 version is more along the lines of not using the brush much at all because it slows the game down. It just makes the battles fought differently. Also, if you use any bead type weapons, the combo doesn't break and the battles are great. I'm using the first bead weapon right now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 February 2009, 17:53:58 Brush strokes in the PS2 version take awhile to get used to but fortuanately the game is fairly lenient on them.
I hear beads are the the only weapons people really can use correctly on the Wii. Got 40 hours in Okami so far, I think I'm half way now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 February 2009, 22:30:45 For some reason I've been craving to play RPGs lately. So I'm replaying Baten Kaitos. I've never been able to beat it cause I suck at things but I'm having a super easy time this time around. Also it has some of the worst voice acting I've ever heard.
I also ordered Tales of Symphonia, whee. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 February 2009, 22:31:57 I also ordered Tales of Symphonia, whee. The GC one of the Wii one? I'm gonna be playing the Wii one sometime this year.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 February 2009, 22:53:05 The gamecube one.
I'm afraid to try the Wii one from what I've heard. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 February 2009, 23:12:24 The GC one is AMAZING.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 February 2009, 23:23:48 I remember buying it.
It reminded me that I hate RPG's. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 01:22:51 I played it and beat it a while back. There's a New Game + feature and I was all like "AWRITE" but then I realized I would have to play the game again and I wasn't up for that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 February 2009, 02:55:57 It's better the second and 3rd time though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 03:15:00 I didn't notice.
But then the only reason I ever pick up that game and jam it in the Cube is to stare at Sheena for a bit, get bored, remember how pathetic I am for staring at Sheena, and then I go play some Gunstar Heroes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 February 2009, 16:01:18 It's to not stare at Sheena.
Posted on: February 23, 2009, 12:33:02 AM I GOT THE ORANGE BOX. Have 3 hours on HL2. Beat Portal. 2 Hours on TF2. Team Fortress 2 is HARD. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 16:08:47 That's because everyone has been playing it since it came out.
Try using all of the classes, though. You may find you do better with some of them than others. I am at least able to stay alive for a few minutes as soldier or heavy, but I drop like flies as scoot or pyro. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 February 2009, 16:19:46 I made 4 kills in one round as the spy....
And I get raped as anything else. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 16:23:40 Spy I find extremely difficult to play as, but then I'm usually less concerned with killing people as a spy as I am with infiltrating things and sappin' sentries (which I am remarkably good at, if I can get close enough... stupid pyros).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 February 2009, 17:23:46 HL2 is amazingly well optimized.
It plays more fluently than any other game I have. Portal on the other hand... I turn all settings to lowest and it STILL lags like hell. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 17:27:37 I can play it pretty much maxed out, myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 February 2009, 17:36:48 I have a GeForce 7150M.
It not great, and it's integrated. It's pissing me off that all of the Orange Box games only use one of my processor cores though. The first one is maxed out the whole time, while the second is almost completely idle. I'd love it if it used both, it would speed everything up.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 17:58:49 Unfortunately, the games were built for single-core systems.
Some dual-cores have operating modes that treat them as a single processor, but that usually also enlarges the register bit window by double (two 32-bit processors can operate as one 64, if they are made a certain way). I'm not sure the games are optimized to run under a 64-bit processor outside of a 32-bit window operating mode, but eh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 February 2009, 19:19:58 John, don't you have the same laptop as me?
Portal runs pretty well here... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2009, 19:20:52 You all just helped me explain why I prefer console gaming to PC gaming.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 19:29:32 I don't prefer either one.
Both have their benefits, but when it comes to games on both platforms, if the content is moddable, then it goes on PC. If not, I jam it on the console which has the best controller. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 February 2009, 19:30:38 I prefer consoles too, but Valve's games don't exist on consoles.
Well, they do, but I choose to believe they don't exist. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 February 2009, 19:38:35 No Source SDK = no fun!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2009, 19:42:31 FPS's are better on computer. And strategy games.
And The Sims. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 February 2009, 19:43:54 You're mistakenly labeling The Sims as a 'game'. I can understand the confusion, though.
XD Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 February 2009, 19:49:16 YOU'RE mistakenly labeling u=ewofwernfgfsdfgndsfjn saf caldsk mes dfsdo!
Yeah I went there and NO I won't take it back. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 23 February 2009, 23:13:12 Fatso is just upset cause you can't make fatsos on the sims because fat men look like normal men except pregnant.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 February 2009, 00:33:25 http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-#####-your-pants
This was fun. The censored word is the naughty 4-letter-word for "poop." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 February 2009, 00:35:45 xD
I can't believe I failed twice on that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 February 2009, 00:49:30 I became a ##### king in like 15 minutes.
#6 and 7 were hard to pull off. Try looking at everything. Like something you're wearing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 February 2009, 00:50:33 Yeah, it took me a while to get that one. I just randomly put
[spoiler]examine pants[/spoiler] That was fun. Edit: lol Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 February 2009, 02:10:02 My entire childhood was spent playing graphic text adventures.
Not only was this a blast from the past, it made me laugh and managed to be really fun for something you can complete in just a couple of minutes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 February 2009, 22:09:36 Haha I got all the achievements pretty quick, but it was fun!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 February 2009, 00:18:16 I shared it with Alec, but I heard of it from a VGcats update.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 February 2009, 04:30:15 OH WOW.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 March 2009, 04:04:43 So when break started, I owned GH3 and GH:WT, and was borrowing Okami and the new Tales of Symphonia game.
I just bought DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for 14 bucks at a local store called Bull Moose. Basically, any new game there is 45 bucks. And used game is under 25 guaranteed. and they mostly specialize in music and movies. Just shelves and shelves loaded with full episodes of TV shows and movies, even the most obscure things you could think of. It's amazing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 March 2009, 22:23:49 Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 March 2009, 01:02:09 I threw Guitar Hero 3 back in after months of not playing it due to World Tour.
It's a better game. And I'm way better at it. I go try some songs just for kicks and I rip them to shreds. Like, I've scored another 100k point total on like just 5 songs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 March 2009, 01:12:00 I only played World Tour for a week and got very bored of it.
I would sell it, but I don't think I can sell the equipment and if I can I bet I'd get absolutely nothing compared to how much I paid (about $200). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 March 2009, 01:33:49 Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?" Most likely. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 March 2009, 21:41:06 Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?" It's a quote from Clark And Michael (clarkandmichael.com), but I don't expect many people to have seen that. I don't really care about Touched By An Angel. Promise... Really though. Real talk. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 March 2009, 00:45:13 Ahaha, I watched one of those forever ago.
Posted on: 3 March 2009, 22:06:11 http://zarat.us/tra/offline-games/eversion.html Eversion. Play this freeware indie game. Dinosaur Comics linked to it and I love it. Described as "a cute platformer with a dark secret." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 March 2009, 02:47:06 Castlevania 4. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtN3Mo57Kw) Practicing for the SDA run again. The video is of a so-so practice run that I uploaded merely to demonstrate my route to another SDA member
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 March 2009, 03:46:18 Ahaha, I watched one of those forever ago. Played it. Startled the dirt outta me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 March 2009, 04:02:33 ...what "startled" you?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 March 2009, 04:46:25 That... was... disturbing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 March 2009, 05:24:25 Well, that too. Just... disturbing. In a really awesome way, in fact in the only way that can actually scare me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 March 2009, 05:37:41 ...I don't see how it's scary or disturbing. It's neat, sure, but I guess it was more effective on you guys than it was on me.
I definitely loved the concept, though. And yeah, it is really short. I've still got to get all the gems. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 March 2009, 05:49:26 That sort of 'everything's slowly falling apart and there's really nothing we can do to stop it' concept is the only concept that I actually find frightening. Like, only.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 March 2009, 06:36:21 Well, I just 100%'d it.
What a fantastic ending. I mean, seriously. So great. Totally fits. Level 7 is so much fun to 100%. And Level 8 is pretty damn cool, I must say. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 4 March 2009, 12:49:38 Okay, I got to the ending without getting all the gems.
Huh. Cool. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 4 March 2009, 23:02:40 Level 6 pissed me off so I gave up.
I'm really bad at these games Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 March 2009, 02:30:04 I've been playing Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Virtua Fighter 5.
I also picked up Smash Court Tennis 3, but I left that in my new apartment because I can't foresee me wanting to play that in the days up to me moving. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 March 2009, 02:50:09 I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 9 March 2009, 02:32:02 Dragon Quest III for me.
I found it cheap at a Gamestop and figured I might as well give it a shot. I mean, for $5 you can't go wrong, especially with Dragon Quest. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 March 2009, 02:39:39 You should play the superior SNES version which magically turned English the other day.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 March 2009, 02:50:36 I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it. I wanna play that real bad, but I'm not equipped with an Xbox 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 March 2009, 03:14:58 So, I've been playing Solitaire.
It was an over break challenge between my room mate and I to see who could get the best high score. My current is 4860, which it took me 2 minutes and 3 seconds to finish. I think that's good enough for now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 March 2009, 03:32:45 A friend of mine finally got the highest amount of points possible playing Solitaire one day.
He got far too obsessed with it... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 March 2009, 03:42:11 and what is that score?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 March 2009, 03:46:27 Don't remember. I'll ask him the next time he pops up on MSN.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 March 2009, 03:57:44 k lol.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 9 March 2009, 04:49:17 The highest possible score in Solitaire for windows is 745, unless you're factoring in the bonus points from time, in which case the highest possible score is 24113.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 March 2009, 01:41:22 I only had 550 without time....
Posted on: March 09, 2009, 12:35:49 AM I just beat Half Life 2 for the first time. Now for episodes 1 and 2. I should probably also play Half-Life: Source... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 11 March 2009, 12:54:10 Half Life is a better game anyway.
... well, that's questionable when you get to Ep. 2, but only barely. Episode 2 has the most amazing end fight sequence in any of the games for sure, but it does require play through the other games to understand how significant it is. But seriously, the time to play the original is now. You'll miss all of the in-jokes in the Episodes otherwise. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 March 2009, 17:15:19 So, should I get the original, or Half Life:Source?
Posted on: March 11, 2009, 10:52:42 AM I got the Anthology. Half-Life 1, Blue Shift, Opposing force, and Team Fortress Classic. 15 bucks. Posted on: March 11, 2009, 12:01:07 PM I love that I can play Half Life 1 while it's downloading... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 March 2009, 21:38:19 I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it. I played it on Wii. You have a Wii, right? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 11 March 2009, 22:03:49 Oh, didn't know they had it on Wii.
And do I have one? No. It's my brothers, and he took it with him when he decided to move out and live in someone elses #####ty basement. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 March 2009, 23:27:38 I played Dead Rising on the Wii.
... I want to know the jackass responsible for the annoying zombie parrots and poodles. They completely ruined the game with that, they're EVERYWHERE, hard to hit, and bother the hell out of you. Don't get it. It's not even similar to the original, which was actually really, really fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 11 March 2009, 23:56:21 I hear they just reused a lot of the ##### in RE5.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 March 2009, 00:11:24 *RE4
And yes, they did. Which is sad. To put it short, Resident Evil 4 had sex with Dead Rising and then they made a retarded baby. Then put it up for adoption and Nintendo was tricked into getting it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 March 2009, 00:15:37 I'm playing Ys I&II right now on DS. They're great classics but nothing compared to the Complete remakes on PC.
Just finished Ys I and now moving onto Ys II. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 March 2009, 01:26:42 You know I played the Dead Rising demo on my XBox 360 and it was anything but fun so I don't really think the Wii version is missing out much at all anyway.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 March 2009, 02:16:03 I think the game is great. But that's just my opinion.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 March 2009, 12:46:53 Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch.
So, should I get the original, or Half Life:Source? There's no difference between the two versions besides shiny water and some people say the AI is tougher in Source (but why would you want that given the AI in the original?). --- Some company needs to hurry up and make a game worth playing so I have something to ramble about here. I've started played FF9. That is trouble brewing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 March 2009, 15:11:36 Madworld is pretty good. It reminds me a bit of Wild 9 on the PSone, just due to the variety of ways to kill your foes. That said, it's a better game.
I like the artistic direction, and I've been looking for a good beat-em-up lately. John DiMaggio and Greg Proops are freaking perfect as announcers, and give the game a lot of charm. If you liked No More Heroes, you should check this one out too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 March 2009, 17:04:05 Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch. III on the SNES/Genesis? Yeah, that game is completely different from other Ys games and is often regarded as the worst in the series. They remade the game awhile ago and called it "Oath in Felghana". They totally remade it to use an overhead system, much like all of the other games in the series. I haven't played Oath yet myself, but I heard it was insanely good, with incredible music much like the other games in the series. Actually, watching a video of Oath is what got me into the series in the first place. And it was Rez himself who linked to the that video. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 March 2009, 17:06:57 Wow, I sure know how to pick the games I use to judge the worth of a series.
Maybe I should check the others out after all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 March 2009, 21:46:12 Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch. ... you did not just bash Ys3. One of my favorite side scroling RPGs, grinding and all. I once maxed out my stats in the first dungeon before I played any farther just because I COULD. Also, it has the best music in the series, and one of the best RPG scores EVER period. But speaking of the Devil, I just finished Legacy of Ys Book I & II on DS. Damn fine game. Damn fine. Book 2 is a good 3 times longer than 1, but it all balances out into one complete and awesome RPG. God I miss the days of the silent protagonist. I am now starting up Jake Hunter. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 14 March 2009, 04:58:41 I got Resident Evil 5 now.
And I'm having tons of fun with it! In one sitting, I managed to get all the way to Chapter 4, half-way through the game. On a friend's PS3. Where I couldn't transfer the save file onto a USB Drive. Because it has online data. I'm rather disappointed... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 March 2009, 19:49:34 Sounds like the Wii... meh I don't understand why they do that.
Also, Re5 is apparently shorter than 4, which is lame. I plan on getting it eventually, probably May or June or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 March 2009, 20:15:24 I'm playing Half Life 2: Episode 1
I just beat Half Life 1. On the side I'm playing Half Life: Opposing Force. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 15 March 2009, 00:36:10 If you liked No More Heroes, you should check this one out too. You should probably also recommend it for anyone who likes God Hand (There's even a subtle nod to God Hand at the end of one of the boss fights.) or Viewtiful Joe, since it's made by the same people. Well actually, it was made by Clover, but most of the people at Platinum Games are the remnant of Clover. How many times have I said that? I intend on getting it, but I just got The Orange Box and I'm probably getting it for my birthday anyway. If not I'll just be able to go buy it myself... And maybe a pack of cigarettes, but probably not because I totally fear cancer and they're too damn expensive. So I'll be having fun with it in 6 days. Anyboo, The Orange Box. C'est tres epic. Mega-ultra-epic even. It was worth all the searching I had to do for it, I found it new even. The lesson I learned is to never order anything from GameStop on line, just because all the dudes who work at my local GameStop are all awesome dudes I've known since I was 7 and people I went to school with doesn't make the rest of the company not evil. Half-Life 2, played it already, still epic. Episode 1, a little epic than the original. There was only one Strider, and having the Super Gravity Gun near the beginning just to have it taken away is a real downer, but seeing Barney rockin' some chin fuzz was pretty cool. Episode 2, pretty epic. Hunters are an annoying pain in the ass, defending the silo is a pain in the ass since I haven't even been able to complete that part yet, Magnusson's an annoying pain in the ass, Vortigaunts are epicly awesome. The are Vortigaunts are everywhere and that's awesome. Portal's pretty cool. GLaDOS and the turrets make it all worth it. Now Team Fortress 2. I've admired it from a far for quite some time. Hilarious, artistic, fun, and also frustrating at times. Even though I've been told the XBOX games are empty and hold less players than the max of the PC version, at least that's what I've heard. I don't really feel like that's the case most of the time. It's usually full of chaos and explosions, but sometimes I will run around the map and I'll be like "Where are all the Blus?" I love the art styling, it's like a cartoon straight out of the 60's. All of the voice acting is pretty solid, and all of the characters seem pretty deep for dudes with no depth. I'm pretty skitso with classes, I haven't decided on which one I like most, but in stats it shows I've played Scout for like 4 hours and everyone else for like 1 or 2, 'cept Demoman, he's only like 40 minutes or so. Anyway, I like it. AND IT'S ALL ONLY FOR 20 BUCKS! ^_^ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 March 2009, 02:19:24 I got it for PC for 30, you know.
I want to see it on the 360 though, it must look so good.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 March 2009, 03:00:45 tl;dr
But what I get from that is some idiot bought the console version of a PC game. That you can mod. And make actually fun. Also, it's an FPS, and those are only good with keyboard and mouse. Only. No exceptions. No exceptions. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 March 2009, 03:18:21 Some people prefer console games to the PC.
At least the 360 version of Orange Box is well-done. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 March 2009, 03:57:38 I don't FPS games on the 360.
They're just not as good. The 360 has like no slowdown though, and looks amazing. My computer cannot push all the pretty effects for Half Life. Hell, once a portal is open my frame rates go through the floor. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 March 2009, 06:40:18 I'm playing Brain Age 2 because sudoku puzzles are the #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 March 2009, 06:51:40 They bore me!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 15 March 2009, 07:20:59 tl;dr PC's are gay and anyone who uses one or even touches a keyboard is gay. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 March 2009, 12:11:34 No exceptions!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 March 2009, 16:39:09 ...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 March 2009, 17:26:50 I have Team Fortress 2 for the PC, but it lags so bad even with all the graphics options at their lowest... so I prefer the 360 version... and there are some mods in the 360 version, just not as much as the PC version, obviously.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 March 2009, 17:28:36 What, are you using a laptop or something?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 March 2009, 17:31:01 No... ;_;
Let's just say my computer for no real good reason is ridiculously slow now. Even after virus scanning, even after deleting tons of adware and spyware crap... it's STILL slow... even after defragging... etc. I'll probably eventually just empty everything from my hard drive and see if it does anything... I only have about 5 to 8GB left from my crappy 70GB hard drive. But it might just be my #####ty internet router. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 March 2009, 17:50:01 It lags a lot for me too, and it's because of the servers/internet connection.
I have to say though, HL2:E1 is more demanding than HL2. I have everything set pretty low on 480x720 resolution, windowed, with only maxed textures and models. Worked great for HL2. I could easily push more, but I have an integrated graphics card, and I like frame rates over 40fps. 30 is a bit too low for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 March 2009, 17:54:14 Yeah, I max out my settings on pretty much every Valve game out there.
There are games I can't run 100% all the time, like GMod, but that might be because I have like 7000 addons for it. Nova... ... are non-network applications still slow? I mean, I don't want to bog down this thread in techno-babble, but seriously, I've had similar problems before. If so, try out JkDefrag if you use XP. Works much better than the usual Windows defragmenter. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 March 2009, 19:11:06 Actually, yes, non-network applications are pretty slow too. I'll try out JkDefrag.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 15 March 2009, 19:54:03 In that case, I should probably warn you: start it in the morning.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 March 2009, 19:57:34 TOO LATE
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 March 2009, 00:40:35 They bore me! Too bad. They're good for your brain. I just don't like crosswords and such, sudoku is my replacement (even though they don't actually do the same things for you...) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 March 2009, 15:58:20 Got my hands on RE5 this weekend.
... yuck. Game is pretty much what I expected and less. Sheva is nothing more than Leon's briefcase with legs that can get you killed and keeps you from being able to do what you need to in your invintory if things get hectic. It's all out action in sickingly straight path run and shoot style. No exploration what so ever. Even RE4 had more of a RE2/3 Racoon City feel than this #####. I aboslutely HATE the "buy ##### and upgrade between chapters" bull#####. God does that feel so out of place and mishandled. At least the merchant made sense from a gameplay point and he was hella cool to boot! The "checkpoint/autosave" ##### also just feels completely wrong and adds to the awful linear feel of the game. And Sheva's AI is indeed awful. Hop up on the roof with that ammo! Think you should pick it up? No? Ok, just hop back down. Hey pick up that ammo, I'm full. No? Pick it up. No? Pick it up. No? :: shoots lock off door :: pick up that ammo. GOOD JOB BITCH. Waiting for those enemies to get closesr to blow them away, bam bam bam, hey could you NOT waste ammo? Christ. RE4 was a good game, but a #####ty RE game. RE5 is just a #####ty game. It wants to be an action game, but as I've seen people point out a LOT, it just doesn't play like one. I'm mostly just going to go through it to see what spoilers are true and which aren't at this point, but I'm pretty sure the game does ##### all over certain main plot characters, so either way this will likely be my last RE game. OH, and the BEST part? Capcom's doing a Remake of RE2 for wii... AS A #####ING LIGHT GUN GAME ON RAILS. #####. YOU. CAPCOM. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 March 2009, 17:04:25 OH, and the BEST part? Capcom's doing a Remake of RE2 for wii... AS A #####ING LIGHT GUN GAME ON RAILS. #####. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 March 2009, 20:54:57 Say hello to Umbrella Chronicles 2! I hated the first one.
And I so agree with Sheva's AI being #####. She wastes ammo on EVERYTHING, and then is like "I NEED AMMO"... geez. At least Ashley didn't waste my ammo and stayed behind me. I'm not sure if they fixed this or not, but in the demo you can't tell her to stop and wait, only "go", and "keep going and die". Seriously, I'd rather she just stay behind me and watch. She makes everything a chore. And finally, at least in RE4 Ashley was only around for a few parts of the game. In RE5 you have Sheva ALWAYS... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 March 2009, 22:18:54 I don't mind Sheva's AI one bit. I always have her on cover and she never seems to waste ammo for me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 March 2009, 23:21:31 She shoots boxes instead of using her knife.
USELESS. And you're playing on Amateur? No wonder you don't mind her AI... >_> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 March 2009, 23:34:53 I was playing on Normal before (as I've said in this topic before) and she still seems the same to me.
She never shot the boxes for me, either. Are you sure she's on Cover mode for you and not Attack? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 March 2009, 23:53:57 Yes. But to be honest, she seemed to cooperate better when she was on Attack though.
I still think there should be a Wait mode... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 March 2009, 00:15:04 Like RE4, I plan to never play this unless I'm forced. RE4 was bought for me by a friend, and it so really totally isn't my kind of game. So I haven't played it in like a year/since he was here last.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 March 2009, 02:34:00 Yeah, for some reason RE games don't appeal to me. I tried RE4 on the Wii and got a little far but I eventually just stopped playing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 March 2009, 02:49:05 Same exact thing for me, except swap "Wii" with "Gamecube".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 March 2009, 03:43:15 Put it back to Wii and same here.
Except I own it now. Urgh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 17 March 2009, 14:40:00 Yeah, for some reason RE games don't appeal to me. I tried RE4 on the Wii and got a little far but I eventually just stopped playing. Resident Evil 4 is about as much a Resident Evil game as Power Battles is a Mega Man game. Still a good game, but doing something quite different from what the series actually was built on and is defined by. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 20 March 2009, 20:53:31 Played a lot of Street Fighter over the break, SF4 and SF2 collection for the PS2. Also tried Portal for the first time, very wicked. I'm now set on getting a 360.
And now I'm playing Pokemon Platinum.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 21 March 2009, 02:18:16 I wish FPS games were controllable on consoles.
Then I might play one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 March 2009, 02:52:41 Get with the times, Gramps.
PCs are only for RTSs and Point 'n' Clicks. So stop being ignorant. Anyboo, I've been playing Street Fighter 4. It's just a prettier Street Fighter 2. So, it's pretty much the best worst fighting game ever. It's beyond frustrating when you're doing badly, but you get an unparalleled feeling of accomplishment when you actually win or something. So exactly like Street Fighter 2, 'cept you can play with random twelve-year-olds, at two in the morning, who say they've never played before, but just happen to have Akuma and can pull off ultra moves and get uber combos. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 21 March 2009, 04:09:19 Didn't you know the secret to success in that game is qcf qcf strong?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 March 2009, 06:02:34 Anyboo, I've been playing Street Fighter 4. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF SSF2THDR!?!?!? For every elitist that can kick your ass with Akuma, there's an idiot who doesn't know how to use Akuma, but uses him anyway because he's col like Protoman. There are two things I don't like about SF4 though, C.Viper, and using the 360 controller to play it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 March 2009, 08:33:52 Viper's hair is so stupid that it ruins the whole game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 21 March 2009, 15:39:26 My friend told me the following about SF4:
"Ken vs Ken vs Ken vs Ken vs Ken vs Ken" "EVERYONE. ONLINE. PICKS. KEN." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 March 2009, 15:53:58 KEN IS THE BEST
I admit, I play as Ken, but I always have for as long as I remember playing Street Fighter. Balrog is even worse, when you're online, all they do is duck/block, and when you're close, they pop you in the face. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 March 2009, 21:17:17 Blah... I'm terrible with everyone.
I normally play as Ryu, Dan (gay Ryu), Sakura (girl Ryu), Sagat, or Fei-Long. I'm also completely unable to play as any character who needs to do any of that directional charging crap and all I can ever get Vega to do is take his clothes off. The frosting on the frustration cake is that I can only ever beat Seth in round 2 by being super cheap. By being cheap I mean I spam grab moves and tripping kicks. I #####ing hate Seth, he's a big, naked douche bag. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 March 2009, 21:18:47 I'm so bad at Street Fighter but it doesn't mean I don't have fun.
I just randomly pick a different person every match. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 21 March 2009, 21:21:24 Hey, I'm not saying it's not fun.
I love Street Fighter, it just hates me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 March 2009, 21:23:38 Nothing I said had anything to do with you, I was just posting on the subject. In fact, I don't read any of your posts that are longer than two sentences (you got lucky with your last one or you wouldn't even have gotten a response!)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2009, 04:40:42 I played for about an hour tonight.
It's easy to be good with Blanka. I also like Fei Long. Overall, I hate the control scheme of Street Fighter. You have to learn each character's moves before you even stand a chance. I prefer Soul Calibur for my fighting. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 March 2009, 05:06:17 Street Fighter > all other fighting games
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 March 2009, 05:10:15 I don't really like fighting games at all. I excelled, sort of, at DBZ Budokai 2 and 3. And this random Naruto game my brother bought. I don't like either series but I was good at the games even though I never really played them? It's weird.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 22 March 2009, 05:22:56 You have to learn each character's moves before you even stand a chance. qcf qcf strong All you need. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2009, 20:56:47 http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf
TETRIS: GET BORED IMMEDIATELY EDITION Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 March 2009, 20:59:50 If anyone can get a Tetris and can prove it, I'll buy them lunch.
If anyone can get a Tetris times two, I'll buy them TWO and a half lunches. And by times two, I mean waiting for the 8-block long Tetris piece. Yes, it exists. Also, I left the game running for 30 hours before I finally lost. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 March 2009, 21:10:49 Wow. That's horrible.
I mean, where's the fun in that? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 22 March 2009, 21:12:17 There isn't any..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2009, 21:20:19 I quit after the fourth block fell, personally.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 March 2009, 21:43:39 I'm about half way to one now.
A single one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 March 2009, 21:53:31 I'm just holding the enter key and watching it build a really creepy skyline.
I honestly don't even know how to play Tetris to begin with. I never read the rules and when I played it that ONE time I had no idea what I was trying to accomplish. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2009, 22:12:34 ...seriously, Majikn?
I mean... seriously? It's so unbelievably simple that I've never heard of anyone not knowing the RULES to it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 22 March 2009, 22:21:48 Tetris is kinda one of those games where you don't really need the rules, yeah.
I'm not good at it, but I did manage to build a 4 block high wall in this about... 10% of the way across before I finally screwed myself over royally. It's a little difficult to judge the distance at the extreme edges of the screen, so you're bound to make holes at some point. Oh, I've been playing Golden Eye 64... unsuccessfully. why would you make a controller scheme like that rare Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2009, 22:24:26 And Majikn, I didn't mean for that to be an aggressive post because now it kind of looks like that, haha.
It's just... I'm blown away. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 22 March 2009, 22:27:53 Oh, I've been playing Golden Eye 64... unsuccessfully. 1.2 Solitaire is your friend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 March 2009, 22:29:05 Uh sure. Well hey, I didn't say I didn't understand the rules. Well, the one rule. I just never read it.
I read it just a moment ago and yeah, it's simple. I figured the rule was simple, but that doesn't make any difference if I don't KNOW what it is, right? The colour-coding thing threw me off. I played Kirby's Avalanche before Tetris. That game was all about having four of the same colour touching so that they explode and create space for more explosions. You could do combo explosions... and yeah. It was colour-coded. This one isn't. With Tetris I was probably trying to arrange lines of all the same colour. And before you say it, I always assumed the Game Boy adaption of the game used different shades or something. Oh, and I was really good at GoldenEye 64. So good, that I was bad at any other shooting game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 March 2009, 22:30:33 I got it, and it gave me 160 points.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 March 2009, 22:36:42 Holy crap.
Congrats. So, uhh... guess I'm going to Scotland tomorrow... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 March 2009, 22:38:14 ##### that. Just mail him some D's.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 March 2009, 22:39:46 Holy crap. I have to work, sorry. :( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2009, 23:03:34 He'll do your work for you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 March 2009, 23:05:00 And then give you your lunch at the appropriate time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 March 2009, 00:36:56 Nice job, Abe. I always knew you had indomitable patience.
I mean you run this place and all. Oh, I've been playing Golden Eye 64... unsuccessfully. I suppose really my complaint is that I'm not using the right controller to play the game, but I'm pretty sure I shouldn't discuss why here. Nonetheless, I'm still digging the music and lasers, but it's getting increasingly hard to find anyone who'll play it with me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 March 2009, 03:38:11 Cannot handle this tetris.
Just no. Abe has the patience of a god. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 March 2009, 03:45:05 With nifty enough keymapping you can make Goldeneye play like a PS2 shooter on a PS2-esque gamepad (like most of them are these days) under 1.2
Not that I would have any experience with that. This is where we should stop the discussion Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 March 2009, 00:49:11 ANYWAY.
Been playing through Half-Life 2 recently, getting pretty far... got to the point where Striders start coming into the picture (hate them). Also playing Pokémon Platinum. It's obviously better than the other two versions, and it has some nice additions and all, but obviously it isn't worth spending $35 if you already have Diamond or Pearl. I'm gonna try getting GTA Chinatown Wars this week too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 24 March 2009, 13:33:35 I've played some on DeMat's DS. The game is really good.
I think it's the GTA game with the most depth into Drug Dealing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 March 2009, 22:03:47 I might get that in a few weeks.
Portable GTA... The idea of it... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 March 2009, 22:06:37 Is it top-down?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 March 2009, 22:21:48 Seems so from the commercials.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 March 2009, 22:23:16 Fun. I got the old Game Boy Color version of GTA. Or was it GBA? I can't remember.
It was cool. But also a little bad. I believe it was a port. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 24 March 2009, 23:18:22 There was GTA Advance, and I'm pretty sure it was not a port. But the graphics looked like GTA 2, sorta.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 March 2009, 23:34:39 That's likely the one. My brother bought it but he never played it so I remember messing around with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 24 March 2009, 23:45:09 It's not really good or bad...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 25 March 2009, 01:14:54 I might get that in a few weeks. well therewas portable gta on teh psp u stuip Actually, the PSP games were good, thankfully they were ported to the PS2 for those without a PSP (or didn't WANT one). Of course, the one on the DS looks pretty sweet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 March 2009, 01:28:21 I'll admit that the PSP ones were cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 25 March 2009, 04:21:17 I heard the DS game is pretty good.
I want to get it. I haven't bought a GTA game since San Andreas (and well there wasn't too many GTA games in between but its been awhile and San Andreas was awesome). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 March 2009, 23:41:27 Ahahaha, you have to burn the rope! (http://www.kongregate.com/games/Mazapan/you-have-to-burn-the-rope)
EDIT: Achievement Unlocked! is even better. (http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 March 2009, 00:03:50 Ah, you have to burn the rope, we meet again! How could I resist the temptation?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 26 March 2009, 00:09:43 YEAH I BURNED THE ROPE YEAH I KILLED THAT #####ER DEAD
That it?.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 26 March 2009, 00:23:49 It's like some babies found some tremendously old turnips that fell off the cart ages ago, and there they are gurgling things like "GOLD!" and "MY TURNIP!"
Well, regardless of how mildly interesting and definitely funny the two games are, it's always nice to kick back and play the rope game every now and then. The other is a good one-time-only deal. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 March 2009, 00:45:14 YHTBTR was fun!
I have played and beaten Achievement unlocked. Fun game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 March 2009, 00:52:05 Oh yeah, I'm awesome.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 March 2009, 01:22:50 That achievement was actually really fun... omfg i gotz a achiemtrn
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 26 March 2009, 01:51:41 I started playing Eternal Sonata. I'm enjoying this more than the demo, because combat is actually explained in this. But still, damn the Japanese and their 8+ minute cutscenes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 26 March 2009, 05:04:48 I just finished doing everything there possibly is to do in Resident Evil 5. I certainly don't think the game was revolutionary in any way, and there was a part of me that felt weird about being a white guy in nice, clean clothes running through a village of mud huts while I shot angry black men in grass skirts who's faces where half rotted off, but I don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be either. Sure the inventory is horrible, and Sheva is about as worthless as they come (especially on Professional difficulty; she's dead weight.) but the game was still fun to play. There's just something really satisfying when you pop a "zombies" head, or putting a bullet square between a lickers frontal lobes.
That being said, having unlocked everything and gotten all trophies, I probably won't be putting this in again for a long while, if ever. I'm not the least bit interested in the DLC multiplayer for this game. All in all, I enjoyed the 60ish hours this lasted. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 March 2009, 06:47:08 I got Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time on DS and GTA: Chinatown Wars.
Echoes of Time is a fun dungeon crawler, especially when playing with friends. Square-Enix did a good job with this game, I just kind of wish they stuck with the formula from the first game on GCN, though. However, the Wii and DS interaction is brilliant. It's too bad that most people will probably go with the DS version, though (like I did, lol). GTA: Chinatown Wars surprised me. The only GTA game that I really put a lot of work in was San Andreas. The only top down GTA game I played was the GBA one, and let me tells ya, Chinatown Wars is a LOT better than that game. Of course, San Andreas is the better experience, seeing as you walk in the city and such. However, Chinatown Wars is pretty much the full GTA experience, except with an overview look; and it's very fun, IMO. And it's not crappy GBA overview either, everything is 3D and the camera rotates as you turn around and such. The mini map and quick weapon select being on the touch screen is a nice convenience. Even the small, quick "real life" touch screen mini games (such as opening a panel to hi-jack a car) are fun and there's few of them so they don't annoy you too much. And there's a ton of reading to do in this game; like a lot. Not to mention, it focuses a lot more on drugs than any other GTA game (from what I've played, anyway). Both games are great and I really recommend them both. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 March 2009, 01:59:59 If I thought any of my friends were still interested in Crystal Chronicles I'd try it. But GTA I will get next month probably.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 3 April 2009, 18:53:16 Apparently Majora's Mask came out on the virtual console.
I have never played it, because I never had that red thing for the N64. I will get it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 April 2009, 18:54:15 Huh, cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 April 2009, 19:06:48 Apparently so did Super Punch-Out!, which I liked but never owned as a kid.
I already have Majora's Mask on a Gamecube collection disc, some promo for Wind Waker from back in the day. I haven't bought a VC game since MegaMan 2. When I'm home I'll check all the new stuff, there's bound to be some goodies I've missed. And when does Banjo-Tooie come out for XBLA?! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 April 2009, 19:38:41 My (limited) experience with Majora's Mask was that it was good but not wonderful. I certainly won't be buying any new Wii Points just to get it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 April 2009, 19:44:18 Apparently Majora's Mask came out on the virtual console. WHAT!? ABOUT TIME! Posted on: 3 April 2009, 19:41:08 Must be just your region only because I don't see it. And I had my hopes up too. ;_; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 3 April 2009, 20:32:55 It came out in Japan and is coming here soon.
There's speculation that it might be out this Monday. I just hope the move onto Virtual Console ends up being better than the terrible GCN port; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 3 April 2009, 20:45:04 I've never played it so I've been thirsty for Majora's Mask on Virtual Console forever.
That, and the release of Super Smash Bros. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 April 2009, 23:32:02 I've been wanting to play Majora's Mask myself too. Hope it comes out soon here.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Ikeoko on 4 April 2009, 03:37:26 I have it for the N64 and the moon killed me : (
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 April 2009, 04:29:15 I remember I had almost beaten the game and I'd still never had the moon crush me, so I was like "Screw it, I wanna' see what happens!" so I sat and waited just to see.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 April 2009, 04:58:53 Playing Resident Evil 5 now.
... I hate it. But at the same time I'm having a hell of alot of fun... DAMN YOU CAPCOM. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 4 April 2009, 06:02:47 Why hate it? It's a great game.
Anyway, right now I'm playing some Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Zeldafest I'm in. I've gotten all the way to the second dungeon in one day (although three sittings). I'm still not done for the night... I'm stupidly determined to at least get the Tempered Sword. @_@ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 April 2009, 06:04:17 That's a game I should really replay.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 4 April 2009, 11:56:41 It's amazing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 5 April 2009, 02:53:03 Just beat game in one quick (not really) sitting.
I'm done with Zelda for a good month now... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 April 2009, 01:27:21 Why hate it? It's a great game. It's a terrible RE game. But its an okay game... although I'm having second thoughts now that I'm fighting those #####ing Reapers. Cheap as hell. Posted on: April 05, 2009, 02:38:41 PM Beat RE5. Had to play the last chapter on Amateur because they loved spamming Majini with AK-47s, Reapers, and black JJ's all over the place. By far, the last chapter is the chapter that lacks fun completely. But now I unlocked Mercenaries, the best mode in the game... Sad that a bonus mode is more fun than the main game... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 April 2009, 02:25:41 Saw my friends play it last night. It looks okay for a co-op game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 6 April 2009, 07:26:57 So I gots me a DSi.
Typing from it right now. Its beautiful. aslo i startd zelda`s awkenin and i gots me tales of inosenc from jap`n Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 April 2009, 07:32:19 Haha, Vinch, notice anything weird yet?
Like the light shining through the crack on the left side of the screen... the battery seemingly pushing out of its case when I haven't even touched it... Things like that GET to me, you know? Maybe I just got a weird one. But uh, yeah. Beware. I like everything else about it, though. Camera is better quality than I expected, too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 April 2009, 12:53:18 The DSi is the kind of thing I'd get if I had a billion dollars and nothing else useful to get.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 April 2009, 19:13:25 Well... ha. There are games to be made exclusively for it. I'm "cautiously optimistic" about it at this point.
BUT MAYBE I'M JUST ALL GEARED TO HAVE IT UP THE BUTT Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 April 2009, 21:20:44 I was going to get it, but since I'm kinda low on money as it is, it doesn't seem worth it... but I'm sure I'll get it sometime in the future, unlike the DS Lite.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 April 2009, 21:22:54 Shut'cho mouth. DSi doesn't support flashcart fun times. And that makes it worthless for a rugged seven sea sailin' pirate like myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 April 2009, 22:25:41 It doesn't support it?
Really? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 April 2009, 22:38:12 It don't support it. Nope.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 April 2009, 22:48:17 Uh, I hope you know that they've already made some for it...
Also, let's NOT discuss this any further. Oh yeah, and DSi has no GBA slot... which is stupid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 April 2009, 23:12:24 Verily, I have a bunch of GBA games and only a DS to play it.
If I were to get a DSi, I'd probably get myself one of those rare GBA's with the backlight. But that would cost way too much and I ain't happy 'bout that. Nope. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 April 2009, 23:17:45 Rare?
A GBA SP? Or you could get one of the new micro ones... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 6 April 2009, 23:33:06 My bro has a Micro. It's ballsy.
Not the SP, there was a rare original GBA that had a backlight, it may have been Japan only, but either way, it was my favorite GBA model, hands down. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 7 April 2009, 01:24:12 If your brother has a micro, then you can just use his and never get a GBA. Problem solved.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 April 2009, 01:46:39 There was a limited edition "midnight blue" GBA. I don't know if that had a backlight, but I remember wanting that colour.
It was also Japan only. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 April 2009, 02:03:38 If your brother has a micro, then you can just use his and never get a GBA. Problem solved. It's ballsy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 7 April 2009, 02:34:18 Then... just keep your DS and get a DSi and use both.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 7 April 2009, 03:40:38 I intend to get a DSi but not any time soon. Probably for when the time comes and my Blue DS breaks down even further.
I already purchased a GBA SP to play all my GBA games. When the day comes when my Blue DS breaks completely, it will be truly sad indeed. (My first DS and personal favorite) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 7 April 2009, 04:00:08 Stop abusing it you whore.
I only broke my first DS because I'm a was a little bitch with anger problems... but I don't see how any of you break your DS's unless you throw them on the floor regularly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 7 April 2009, 04:38:51 Then... just keep your DS and get a DSi and use both. Haha, no. I'm neither rich nor stuck up enough to buy a $150 toy when I have a perfectly fine one. I only broke my first DS because I'm a was a little bitch with anger problems... but I don't see how any of you break your DS's unless you throw them on the floor regularly. I touch them and they break. Stop making me feel worse you #####ing asshole. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 7 April 2009, 05:00:36 I only broke my first DS because I'm a was a little bitch with anger problems... but I don't see how any of you break your DS's unless you throw them on the floor regularly. Maybe I dropped it a few times by accident, but the hinge broke because I just opened it up one day and it flew right past my face. I actually really like my DS. I have a couple of good memories on that specific handheld. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 April 2009, 22:39:11 I have a completely unbroken original original original grey DS, and I never got a DSLite though I wanted it's sleekness, but I'll probably get a DSi in ADDITION to my DS anyway. My mum has started regularly using the DS anyway. I'm gonna get the GTA game for DS when I'm done my finals (week and a half or so).
It's amazing. But how do you feel about Majora's Mask? Because I think it's awful. Sad that a bonus mode is more fun than the main game... Better than when all the unlockables are crud. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 April 2009, 04:20:31 I know you're not asking me, but I liked Majora's Mask the first time around, and I find that it's difficult to get into replaying. So much time standing around waiting for certain events to happen.
It's kind of lame because I feel that there are parts in the game really worth playing for. I really liked the last dungeon, for example. But it's like I don't have the patience to go through all the crap and get that far a second time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 April 2009, 18:48:22 I'm sure the only way I'd ever get through Majora's Mask is to watch someone else play it because I really don't want to.
I could sure go for a good handheld Zelda game right now though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 8 April 2009, 20:49:30 From what I read of the DSi, it seems like it has lower battery life, the picture is stretched a little with the bigger screen (but the increase in size isn't dramatic so shouldn't matter), and that the system is wider but thinner than the Lite. I still have the original DS and I would still prefer getting a Lite over the DSi. Hopefully the release of the DSi means cheaper Lites though...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 April 2009, 04:38:49 I just played the demo for Ninja Blade on XBox 360 and while the the animation on the characters while their speaking isn't great everything else seems pretty rad.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 April 2009, 05:16:02 Oh! By the way. I was playing New Super Mario Bros. on my DSi today. First time playing it since having it on the original DS. First thing I noticed were the colours on the bright screen that I might have noticed with the light. But I noticed something else as well... if old DS games are taking up the full screen of the DSi, I do not notice any stretchiness at all. Not with the 3D images OR the 2D images. In fact it's all so clear and crisp. I was pleasantly surprised.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 April 2009, 05:20:40 So would that just mean we're seeing more on screen now, or that the stretchiness is really well done?
I'm guessing it's just really well done. I don't think I'm gonna get a DSi until the end of this year.. don't want to spend my money on something I already have with just even more stuff added on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 13 April 2009, 05:22:47 ...how? How could a stretched 2D image possibly be crisp? You can't change the resolution of an LCD... *my head a splode*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 April 2009, 05:29:58 No idea. I just checked the thing in my old DS to make sure. It looks exactly the same to me.
I even checked the size difference of the screens. And the size of the screen doesn't shrink when I go from the menu to the game. Anyway: I had been playing Ocarina of Time and had just almost beaten the Water Temple when I realized I needed Din's Fire. When I went to get it, though, the Great Fairy wouldn't appear. I actually restarted my game before it occurred to me that Din's Fire didn't come from the first Great Fairy. So in somewhere under four hours (I stopped and had dinner for a while between 7 and 11) I've managed to get halfway to getting Biggoron's sword (including having the Iron Boots from going through the Ice Cavern), though I haven't gotten the Forest Medallion yet. I wish I bought the magic beans when I was still a kid, but I can do that soon. Three hearts, haven't died yet. Phantom Ganon might get me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 April 2009, 18:05:13 Has anyone tried putting in any of the Mega Man DS games in a DSi to see if THAT is affected by stretchiness? They all use sprites.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 13 April 2009, 20:39:28 The DSi uses the same number of pixels for the screen but the increase in size is so minimal I don't think you could really spot a difference unless you're a videophile.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 13 April 2009, 20:45:04 OH. The resolution is unchanged, that's why! Durr. *my head un-a splode*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 April 2009, 21:52:35 I thought they increased the size of the screen and the number of pixels.
Now it all makes sense. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 April 2009, 22:01:40 They didn't increase the size? I #####ing thought Nintendo said themselves that the screen was bigger!
Although, I guess games with sprites in them would look like crap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 13 April 2009, 22:20:45 The screen IS bigger, it's just the resolution is the same.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 13 April 2009, 23:12:39 Increasing the resolution might cause complications in software compatibility, so be glad they didn't.
This is Nintendo; they're not really all that awesome with thinking ahead. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 21 April 2009, 20:26:52 With my free DSi points, I got Warioware SNAPPED, and AQUIA.
I had some degree of difficulty with SNAPPED, mostly due to white apartment walls not being a contrasted enough background for my skin in certain lighting, but it was fun once Ray got it to work. It's definitely in the spirit of TOUCHED, but with motion-capture instead of touching the screen or using the mic. AQUIA, on the other hand, I've enjoyed since I started playing it. It's basically a mix between Tetris and those puzzles where you have to slide the pieces around to get them in the proper order, plus ambient music and fish. SNAPPED utilizes the DSi camera in a carnival-type setting with some of the usual Wario mischief, whereas AQUIA is buttons-only. Overall, I'd give SNAPPED 3/5 stars, and AQUIA 4/5. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 April 2009, 00:24:18 I finally got round to finishing Saints Row 2, just in time for the new levels coming this week :)
It's good fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 April 2009, 00:36:17 That and the first one are my list of games to rent this weekend, since I'll be done the semester Thursday afternoon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 April 2009, 16:59:47 First one has annoying driving physics but is still a good game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 April 2009, 00:13:45 I only want to play it to get to the second one anyway, so I'll take it on.
Posted on: 22 April 2009, 13:37:45 OK. OK. I just played the demo for Tom Clancy's HAWX. Now... I'm not the type to automatically try a game like this. I had to DECIDE whether or not to download for free. But I wanted to be an air cadet when I was younger and I really like planes (but I like copters more) soo... Skip to the end; I loved it. It's really cool, the controls are pretty sick (not complicated flight sim controls which were never my bag) and each of the modes you can switch between (assistance on or off) during play are both interesting and fun to use in dogfights. You really get only one true mission. The first is a training mission for obvious reasons and it focuses on the unassisted mode (which makes sense because the camera angle on that mode is very different and a little tricky at first). The second mission is the obvious mission to have; a dogfight. Or at first it's a dogfight with jets from Las Trinidad (and anti-US group of countries that border Brazil) who are attacking Rio de Janeiro. Your team defends it, it gets bigger. You gotta take out other planes, seacraft, tanks, and bombers, all at once (naturally). It's not so hectic once you get the hang of it, like most flight stuff I suspect. However the very end of it is kind of crazy. You get exp for kills and after you complete the mission it tallies it all. In the demo you can unlock at least 2 planes (by levelling) other than the one you start with (F-16s in 2021? .... OK). The first one you get is OK. Statistically worse than your first one, but it's not bad in the Rio mission. The one you get a level 3 though... Wow. It basically comes over, takes a ##### on both your old planes and then smacks you in the face for not being awesome enough to have had this plane in the first place. Well maybe I'm exaggerating but it's pretty sweet. Apparently this takes place during or around "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter", a game (like every other Tom Clancy story game) that I've never played. It's the future (2021 or so) and it seems a war is about to go down. Your guy (Crenshaw) is the leader of the squad or whatever of Artemis, a private military company (because it's the future). So basically I guess you're working for an amped up Haliburton. Kinda cool. But they don't get into any story really, it's all gameplay and it's all good. One thing it needs is one of those circular diddles that shows your relation to sea level. I crashed a couple times when rolling back after a guy. Seems like a really bitchin' game and I'm gonna have to rent it to see if it holds my enthusiasm later on. Plus I like Brazil. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 23 April 2009, 06:40:34 I had that demo downloaded a few days ago (i was a bit hesitant because there's a lot of tom clancy games that I don't enjoy much), and I was expecting it to be pretty similar to Acecombat; however the only Acecombat game I've played was 4 and Hawx seems to have some extra mechanics with cool camera angles which is cool. I'll get to playing the demo this weekend.
I haven't played anything this week but last week I got Half-Life 1 on the PC, and been playing Killzone 2. (this is my 2nd fps game on a console and I just wanted a slower paced fps to play;now I probably won't get another fps game for a long time) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 23 April 2009, 19:01:02 Dood, DisgaeaDS.
I keep not saving when I should, though. >_>; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 23 April 2009, 20:04:33 Lufia 2.
THIS FISH... ... YES MAXIM IT IS TERRIBLE. I KNOW. LET'S HAVE MAKE BABIES, MAXIM. I'M GOING TO GO FIGHT MONSTERS. why do you not understand me SORRY, FIGHTING MONSTERS I love this game so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 23 April 2009, 22:58:51 I've been killing time with Resident Evil. I've played it before, but I've never managed to get very far and usually abruptly quit. Although, considering the progress I've made so far, I'll probably actually beat it this time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 April 2009, 02:18:01 The first one? I recently played the remake of the first one on the GameCube and beat it as Jill, and I was working on it with Chris but stopped for a while. Playing RE2 again, as Leon, got a little farther than I did last time, and I'm now playing RE3 for the first time and I think I'm doing okay so far.
I have to admit, the games are fun... (Nemesis scares the ##### out of me sometimes though, bastard comes at the WRONG times.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 24 April 2009, 03:05:04 I'm playing the Gamecube remake as Jill. Once I'm through with her, I'll move on to Chris.
See, the astounding thing about the current progress I made is that a younger me deemed Resident Evil 1-3 as boring and mundane games, and I carried that belief until about five days ago. I got a few Gamecube games from a friend of mine, and among them was Resident Evil. I figured, "What the hell, I've got nothing better to do," and have been glued to the game ever since. I'm thinking about trying to bum Resident Evil 2 for the N64 off of my cousin soon. Oh, and a question about Nemesis. Is he a random encounter boss of sorts in RE3? I've read that he's like an unstoppable tank that just keeps coming... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 April 2009, 05:42:12 He'll appear at certain parts of the game apparently, and then follow you around for a while. I fired a magnum at him for a while and it didn't faze him, so I just stuck to running away.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 April 2009, 05:42:06 I rented Fallout 3.
I'm not really decided on it yet, I just spent a bunch of time getting to know everyone in Megaton, but it seems pretty cool. I didn't think it would be this thick though. The game I wanted to rent, Saints Row, wasn't available to rent. However, it was in the 9.99$ bin to buy. Except it had a 19.99$ sticker on it. I asked the wizard kid and he scanned and it said in a very teenage not-give-a-#####-about-anything tone "It's 19.99$". I didn't say this but there was like 4 others of the same game with the same 19.99$ sticker in the 9.99$ bin, so I thought that was kind of stupid. But I bought it anyway, and I figure I'll just trade it in if/when I get Saints Row 2. Haven't actually tried it yet. He'll appear at certain parts of the game apparently, and then follow you around for a while. I fired a magnum at him for a while and it didn't faze him, so I just stuck to running away. Yeah the best/most annoying part of Nemesis is that he follows you into other screens. At the time, this was very new for a video game since usually leaving the screen/area would erase any threat. Nemesis... He's like a terminator. "It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop--ever--Until you are dead." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 April 2009, 01:17:05 My brother just got Skate 2, so as soon as he's out of the house, I'll be giving it a shot.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 April 2009, 02:44:56 It's meh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 April 2009, 03:54:49 Yeah, I played it for about an hour. It's fun enough but not enough to keep me coming back for much more than another 4 or 5 hours spread very thin.
Plus, apparently my dad left my 360 at our place up north so I have to wait for my brother to stop playing his before I can (which is sadly a very rare occasion.) And the reason that sucks is because apparently Banjo-Tooie is coming out on the XBLA in three days or so. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 April 2009, 14:32:09 I cannot wait to get my 360 Elite with Fable 2 and Halo 3 in May.
FYI: Erase me off of your Wii. I sold mine. It's no longer me. Don't bother the new owner. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 27 April 2009, 22:53:01 But... I want to.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 April 2009, 23:19:57 Well then, by all means do so.
I did warn her that she may get a few comments. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 April 2009, 05:55:02 I mostly only use my Wii for deBlob and NBA Street 2 (Gamecube) anyway.
In other news... I kind of fell out of Fallout 3. Like, it's not bad, and it's the kind of thing I probably should like knowing my track record with Fable 2, but I can't really get into it. It's so much... fluff. I'm actually in the middle of a quest right now and I haven't touched it for a couple days. I found out this is one of those quests that if you don't solve quickly, you'll end up with a whole town of hostiles. Which is just stupid considering the fact that the game tells you to go check out three locations of where the people you're looking for (who are obviously vampires) could be. But they aren't in ANY of these places. Depending on how you have your stats, you could've found out right away that they're in the not-mentioned-until-you-check-all-three-fourth-location. And that would be find and normal without a bogus time limit. But that's a ME problem, not so much the game's fault. Anyway I'm nowhere near far into the game, this quest I mentioned is called Blood Ties and I now know exactly what I have to do. Basically I'm as far as Megaton and I've done a few quests there. But everything is so goddamn slow and I think that's what's killing it for me. The guy runs slow as a quad as it is, you know, but then wait. Oh #####. That's right. You get over encumbered every 12 seconds (you know, if you want to actually carry anything) so you move that much slower. For instance, at one point I was fighting raiders in Super Duper Mart for a quest, and I said "ffsfds" and just carried over double the weight I'm supposed to. Then I guess I took too long in the pharmacy's back room because when I went to leave the store at my super duper slow walking speed all the damn raiders were back. It's a miracle I ever got out because I was low on ammo and stimpacks (as ALWAYS in this game) and was crawling along in the dark (which is the one thing other than enemies that there is in abundance in this game) all slow for the exit. None of that would really be a problem if you didn't get attacked by, oh, EVERYONE? It feels like I walk everywhere crouched because... uhm.. I DO. I have to. Crouching lets you know if an enemy can see you or anything like that, but it's also EVEN SLOWER than everything else. And there's danger everywhere. Which I'm not at all mad at, it makes sense, this is a damn nuclear fallout. Except that it sucks to be in a fallout. If I really wanted to be in a fallout I'd be in a damn fallout. I'd find a way. I wouldn't PLAY at it. But that's entirely my fault isn't it? Because the game SAYS Fallout on it. It's not sending any misconceptions out. It's not tricking you and saying "Oh you thought this was Super Mario's Super Mysterious Spectacles but nah bitch welcome to the aftermath!" But I mean.. I was next to a motorcycle in the game, and I found motorcycle parts, but I didn't have the option to fix the motorcycle. Not because I didn't have the repair skils (though I'm sure I didn't), I just wasn't able to. And I just want something because cautiously moving through everything at all times ever gets pretty tired. I could just play Metal Gear Solid. Walk everywhere. Take forever to get anywhere. And die doing it. And I'm thinking "Just walking? Can't they give a nigga a roller skate?" Maybe later in the game you get something, but if I have to walk to this "later in the game" it'll be a while. But I digress. Enemies are a plenty and at night you can't see dick, in the day everything is poo brown (obviously). No setting is even actually assuring so I'm constantly on edge for the next thing to attack me. What's insteresting is it's not any of the creatures, be they radiated bugs, big ass mole rats, mutants, or asshole dogs, NONE of them put me as on edge as the Mad Max post-punk raiders who are just humans with bad accents. I don't know why, but humans are the most annoying enemies in the game. But one thing is I pretty much actually prefer reading about the games on the Fallout wiki than actually playing it, even though I am interested in the overall story. There's a lot in the game I actually like but doing anything feels like a chore and I hate feeling like if I don't look in every stupid box, nook, cranny, granny, and dead mutant fanny I'm going to eventually miss the best item in the game. It's also way too easy to wander into or fully skip story events. Secondary characters die before you're aware they're being attacked and while I guess that's realistic it is rather #####ing annoying to not be able to save someone when you want to (the upside is that I now sport the duster off my favourite sub character so far because I pinched it from his corpse). The customization at the beginning, your looks and such, is pretty good and that would normally be a huge plus for me except that you never see the front of your character anyway unless you try to take him all in within the millisecond footage of you sitting down or something, so you can't tell if you're wearing douche glasses or not and the chances that you are are pretty high. It really seems like the actual world is pretty rich and there's a lot to be discovered and done but doing anything is so arduous it's really turning me off. The little music there is on the radio is pretty good early 20th Century stuff and the same song can add creepiness and lightheartedness to the game at different times. I switched the difficulty to a level lower since I rented this game anyway, maybe that will help me get into it since I won't have to waste full sawed off shotguns full of ammo on ANTS. Addendum: This was a pretty long post to say I'm "meh" on the game... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 April 2009, 07:45:40 But entertaining!
I looked at de Blob and I think I'm willing to give it a shot. On the subject of Wii VC, a bunch of random statements: Apparently the Wii version of Majora's Mask eliminates all slowdown. You don't care, I know! Still no Jet Force Gemini. I was also looking for... oh yeah. Mega Man X. God damn, it's still not there. It's only my absolute favourite SNES game damnit. I got Super Mario 64 instead, which I love playing on the classic controller. I'm playing as Mario without a hat because I, um, roll in that manner. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 29 April 2009, 08:30:34 You'd think they would have Mega Man X on there by now. When they do I'll snap it up, but for the meantime I still have it on the original hardware (which is beginning to show its age, mind you) and in collected form so I'm not desperate for it.
On the other hand, it's actually my favourite platformer of all time, so any time they felt like putting it up I'd be deliriously happy. Aaaanyways, I'm currently in the middle of a playthrough in each of the three storyline-based X-Wing games, and loving it all, although my computer is retarded and insists on using 80% of my CPU time to run a ten-year-old game (X-Wing Alliance, all other games work perfectly via various solutions) at low detail. Sigh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 April 2009, 08:41:30 Yeah, Wii VC helps me play a lot of good SNES games that I missed, too. The ending of Super Metroid was so awesome.
Does anyone know if they corrected the really weird sound issue with A Link to the Past? I guess I'll redownload it tomorrow and find out. There was this thing where you move to the right side of the screen and the sound effects would go really quiet. It's kind of annoying. The reason they wouldn't have Mega Man X is the fact that it's available in that collected form. I think they only add a few VC games at a time so it'll probably be a while before it comes up, because I guess they want to maximize profit as early as possible. Mega Man X isn't a game that a lot of people would buy because it's already available in that collection and I guess that makes it weird for them to try and sell at 800 Wii Points or so and not worth it for them to sell it for a more expected price. I don't care, though, I'd pay the whole thing to have my own copy of it, the original game is my brother's. The gamecube controller cripples the X Collection so much more than classic, I find. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 29 April 2009, 13:19:13 I mostly only use my Wii for deBlob and NBA Street 2 (Gamecube) anyway. I'm guessing you didn't take sneak as one of your major skills. The game has a lot of problems like that unless you actually like sneaking everywhere (which I do; I'm at a loss when I can't). S'a matter of taste. As far as the blood ties quest goes, yeah, that's pretty annoying, but you actually only need to go to the station and talk to the sugar bomb munchin' zombie and he tells you sort of where they are. Makes you go through the basement or something. (obviously you have figured this out) A lot of the quests have multiple paths and crap and depending on which route you take it might take shorter or longer but I agree it's really confusing. Best to play that game in short bursts until you get nearer the end and your character can do crazy ##### like take rockets to the face and pop enemies like tiny zits. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 April 2009, 14:02:37 MegaMan X is my favorite platformer of ALL time.
I'd be P.O.d if they added it next week.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 April 2009, 21:05:42 I mostly only use my Wii for deBlob and NBA Street 2 (Gamecube) anyway. Yeah he said they were east so I ended up back tracking and going into a place and spending time in there when I didn't need to at all, so that wasted time. I only just realized there's a way to The Family from the sugar bomb ghoul guy's place so I'm going there now. I agree about the short bursts thing. 'Cause like I said, I do like the game but not all at once. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 30 April 2009, 06:41:01 So you can't just run from fights at all?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 30 April 2009, 13:18:12 You can if you're fast enough or you reach a door the enemy can't or won't open.
Humans will zone, and so will some monsters, but they might not leave or enter area dungeons. The humans are the most persistent... and like Mikero says, they're the most threatening force around. Of course, he hasn't seen super mutants yet. He'll hate them if he ever gets around to them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 April 2009, 17:16:37 I've been playing Skate 2 a little more and I'm actually getting into it.
Banjo-Tooie came out on XBLA yesterday and as soon as I get a points card, I'll be playing that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 April 2009, 17:39:32 Definitely worth the buy. I think it's the best out of them all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 April 2009, 22:11:36 Played up through most of Mayahem Temple. Tooie rocks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2009, 00:52:04 Tooie is NOT the best of them all. It's not bad, but it's not better than the original and it has a stupid name.
Of course, he hasn't seen super mutants yet. Have. The regular type, not the other really annoying ones. Dropped him with a Chinese Assault Rifle. They're strong but slow and dumb so it wasn't a huge deal. He had pretty crap aim too. He got stuck a bit and that let me use a lot of V.A.T.S. on him. I finished Blood Ties (and I got that deal going between The Family and Arefu :-) ) and that allowed me to finish a few other quests. Made a few adjustments in how I'm playing and they're making the game a lot better. One of these adjustments was as simple as changing the brightness of the game so I could actually see when in the tunnels of Meresti. I just wish I got more perks per level. So you can't just run from fights at all? Not at first, and I try not to really. I want the experience points and I want to shoot these raiders (who are real losers) in the face. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 May 2009, 01:45:06 What game is this?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 May 2009, 03:22:23 Tooie is NOT the best of them all. It's not bad, but it's not better than the original and it has a stupid name. Agreed on the original being the best, but I must say I'm a fan of the name Banjo-Tooie. But that sort of thing wouldn't fly with much else. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 May 2009, 03:43:00 I disagree mostly. Tooie was a bit harder, felt a bit more packed (more stuff to do and more skills), and just overall my experience playing it, I enjoyed it more than Kazooie most definitely. I'll gladly pick Tooie over Kazooie 90% of the time given the choice, but they're both really good games no doubt.
I do agree on the name, it's ridiculous. They were even planning on the 3rd one being "Threeie". I mean... really? Seriously? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 May 2009, 04:35:01 What game is this? Fallout 3. Excellent game, but a bit overwhelming, IMO. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2009, 05:27:36 Yeah there's almost too much. I worry too often that every character who isn't me is going to die forever and I'll miss out on a bunch of stuff. I guess that's realistic but fffffff##### man.
As for Tooie, I really didn't like that Kazooie and Banjo were separated. And I always liked Kazooie more and I was like 12 or something so I thought them butcher her (but I thought it was "his") name was pretty crappy of them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 May 2009, 06:53:16 If you mean by the name separation then yeah, I just saw it as Rare trying to be clever with a sequel name but failed. Unless you're talking about where in the game they can separate then I don't get it, I thought that was a nice addition.
Only beefs I've had with the games as I've mentioned before (on the old board) was the "promises" Rare would never keep. Examples: (Secrets in Banjo-Tooie revealed by completing everything in Banjo-Kazooie never existed.) (Failed to release "Banjo-Threeie" as promised.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 May 2009, 07:41:01 That whole Stop-N-Swop thing was because Rare found out Nintendo wouldn't let them do what they were planning to do because it could damage the system. As in, their idea was that you quickly take out the Banjo-Kazooie cartridge and replace it with the Banjo-Tooie cartridge while the N64 is still warm, and it would unlock secrets if you got all the Stop-N-Swop items in BK.
Apparently, they actually ADDED the Stop-N-Swop stuff to Banjo-Tooie's XBLA release. I have no idea what these added things are, but apparently they actually reinstated the same ideas Rare had from all the way back then. As for the name Banjo-Tooie... I thought it was ridiculous but the humor of the games let them get away with it. I had no problem with it, in fact I like it. Now, Banjo-Kazooie is clearly the better game. If only for the overall experience. Banjo-Tooie is a LOT more complex, longer, crazier... while Banjo-Kazooie has that warm "this-is-a-masterpiece" package vibe going on for it. It's all wrapped up and nice, and when you're done with it 100%, you feel like you've just put the final brush stroke on the Mona Lisa. I mean, I'm exaggerating, but you get what I'm trying to say. Banjo-Tooie felt loose, disconnected, and overly complex. Which I loved, and it was a great game, and I even may admit that I'd rather play Tooie than Kazooie, but Kazooie is the better game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 1 May 2009, 07:54:06 The specific reason Stop 'n Swop would not work was that newer editions of the N64 would only keep the game state in memory for less than two seconds instead of 30-60 in earlier models (which would have allowed for the transfer).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 May 2009, 22:57:25 I dunno, I just praise Tooie more because it felt "more stuffed" than Kazooie, but they're both great.
Not to mention a few tidbits I absolutely adored in Tooie, like Gruntilda killing Bottles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 2 May 2009, 00:03:41 Been messing around with Dragon Quest IV and Super Mario RPG...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 May 2009, 02:41:02 If you mean by the name separation then yeah, I just saw it as Rare trying to be clever with a sequel name but failed. Unless you're talking about where in the game they can separate then I don't get it, I thought that was a nice addition. I guess both. I didn't like them getting physically separated (which is what meant when I mentioned separation earlier) and I also disliked the name. Stop N' Swap is better as a BK: Nuts And Bolts add-on anyway. Also, having a home in Fallout 3 makes things a lot better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 May 2009, 23:52:40 So, I start up Fable 2, and some guy gives me 1.3 million dollars.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 3 May 2009, 01:40:48 I played the Marvel Vs Capcom 2 demo. The sprites' pixels look really blurred and I dont know why there's these really blocky 3D models in the background and cheesy flash game-esque interface in the game. The original looks much better and the graphics in the 360/PS3 version got really mangled.
Other than that it played pretty much the same. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 May 2009, 01:45:01 Today is the day I beat a Final Fantasy game for the first time. Not because any of them are hard, I just have a problem working up the care to march through half a billion random battles and boring samey dungeons. Though not exempt from that law of Final Fantasy, the game I beat was just good enough to see me through it (after two years of playing it on and off for maybe a few hours at a time).
FFV. Gotta love Bartz. Most awesome FF character ever. Never complained once about saving the world. Not. #####ing. Once. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 3 May 2009, 02:48:01 I actually had trouble getting into Final Fantasy V, although, I'm not really sure why.
I just found it...Lame, I guess. So much so, in fact, that I rushed through it and managed to beat it with all of my party members under level 35 (which I think is the first time that ever happened to me with a RPG). My only excuse for beating it was purely boredom (my back was all #####ed up at the time due to a staph infection, so I was bed ridden), and I honestly doubt I'd ever play it again... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 May 2009, 03:58:58 It's just classic, simple RPG stuff, really. You probably don't like it because it's not flashy.
The most interesting thing about it (in terms of gameplay) is the class system. I don't know why you'd ever beat a game if you thought it was lame. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 3 May 2009, 04:13:08 No, it's not the lack of flashiness.
I mean, I've been playing Ultima (as in the first one) for the last week and a half, and absolutely love the first Final Fantasy (as in the original) along with other NES RPGs like Dragon Quest and Mother. I just...I dunno'... I didn't really hate FF5, I just really didn't like it either. I have similar feelings to the Final Fantasy series in general. I guess you could say that I was curious as to what its end was, I suppose. Like, the game kept me hooked, but it wasn't completely fulfilling. When I got to the last boss I couldn't help but feel I was going to get completely raped, but then OOP! I destroyed him with a party under level 35... It just felt way too easy, especially since one of my characters could hit 9999 every turn. I guess I was just disappointed a bit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 3 May 2009, 04:32:14 That I get, but then I like easy.
I was less interested in battle than I was just watching the story go by, so it didn't matter much to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 May 2009, 07:44:27 So, I start up Fable 2, and some guy gives me 1.3 million dollars. That's not much. You'll see, money gets ridiculous in the game, you'll basically have too much after a short while. Especially if you buy a business. At first, money can be a problem, sure. You want this or that sword? You gotta blacksmith for four real life hours. But later, you can afford everything you want no problem. My Fable 2 money is stacks on stacks, son. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 May 2009, 17:03:59 Well, I've only spent about 150K, and haven't even HAD to work, really. I just did it because.
I just got back from the Spire (loved the Crucible, got to use all my crazy abilities, level 4 shock and whatnot). Back to the way I was, had to eat a bunch of celery to lose weight which I had from early in the game. It's pretty fun. I'm very glowy. Also, 90% good, and about 60% pure. Done a little stealing, kicked a lot of chickens. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 May 2009, 18:57:24 In games like this I just don't buy newer equipment. I just take what I can find from exploration or killing people. Focus my money on things I really need... and then eventually I have more than I know what to do with.
In Final Fantasy IV all I really spent my money on eventually were Sirens. I decided I didn't need to pay ridiculous amounts of money to buy only slightly better equipment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 May 2009, 19:45:32 If you don't buy new equipment in Fable 2 you'll probably end up sucky. There's no armor or anything like that, it's all weapons. Weapons you find are most often as crap as the first weapons in the game unless you're going for a special secret weapon (I got the best sword in the game on my guy :-)).
Basically the only stuff worth buying are melee weapons, ranged weapons, clothes, and businesses. You only need one melee and one ranged weapon at a time, since you can only have one of each equipped anyway and there's no way to change between multiple guns or anything like Fallout 3, which utilizes a hotkey system even on XBox (thank Gog [sic]). Businesses just serve to make you more money even if you lower prices (which gives you good karma, though I forget if it's called karma in Fable 2). There's little options in clothing, unfortunately, so you'll eventually have your outfit done without really knowing it. One thing it has over Fallout though is that clothing is more separated. Fallout is like a whole body outfit is one item, and then you choose headgear, so you can't mix pants from one type with a shirt of another. There is other stuff worth spending money on, but none of it's important anyway and a lot of it (like books) can just be found. I never found a reason to steal anything in the game though. Nothing's that good or useful or unique. But I still want to check out the expanded areas of the game like Knothole Island and stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 May 2009, 00:57:16 I beat Fable 2.
I was completely evil and completely pure. A friend joined me co-op and I was just gonna shut it off, so we went on a killing rampage. Accidental auto save. it's hard to get back to good. Fairfax mansion spoiler. [spoiler] I drank the potion for a sex change. Didn't think of how an old, slightly fat, buff, white/blue skinned, red eyed person would look. Oops.[/spoiler] Gonna start a new game as pure as possible this time. I also Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 5 May 2009, 01:10:50 You also? Also what?
I don't get it. I didn't hear you say Candlejack or anyth Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 5 May 2009, 01:50:10 Oh great, now we're going to get caught in this stupid Candlejack business again, as if the last one didn't go long eno
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 May 2009, 02:30:23 Eh, didn;t feel liek typin gud.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 May 2009, 19:38:24 Saints Row is pretty good. I don't really like having to do activities between every mission, or how I gotta buy ammo like all the time (and it's expensive for now), but it's alright. A lot of stuff reminds me of San Andreas and a lot of stuff reminds me of GTA4 but it seems to be a good mix. Not spectacular but I can imagine how dope it was when it came out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 May 2009, 19:43:02 I've gotten REALLY into Skate 2.
As in, I've played more than a couple hours a day for the last few days. I love how gruesome the ragdoll physics make all the bails look. I find myself cringing and going "OHHHHHHH SNAP" when I wipe out hard. It took me a really long time to stop pressing "Y" to grind, haha. THPS reflexes are hard to kick. And about that: I'm a huuuuuuge fan of THPS but it's definitely grown stale, and this is a nice refresher in the world of video game skateboarding. Should've definitely tried this out a looooong time ago, I've been meaning to since the original came out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 May 2009, 20:58:34 Mmm. I'm not a fan of Skate or Skate 2 much at all. I got used to the controls fast and while they're interesting they're not actually good. Tony Hawk games were best at the first THUG, and since then I've only really cared about the story since then, so gameplay-wise I haven't really cared all that much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 May 2009, 21:10:32 THUG is probably my favorite Tony Hawk game. Still have it. Unfortunately, the only one I still own is American Wasteland for Gamecube. Still a good one.
But yeah, I definitely love Skate 2. Can't say much for the first one, but I doubt it was very different. I have no idea why I love skateboarding games so much, I could care less about the sport in real life. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 May 2009, 05:25:02 American Wasteland was really glitchy and stuff but it had a great story and the gameplay was still really good. I wish I had the first THUG but I only ever rented it (same with THUG2). These days I only have THPS3 and THAW.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 6 May 2009, 05:47:47 To be honest, I don't remember the stories at all. But yeah, THAW is still great. I've replayed it a couple times and I used to tend to go back and mess around a bit, but haven't really done that in a long time.
THUG is probably my favorite Tony Hawk game. Still have it. Unfortunately, the only one I still own is American Wasteland for Gamecube. Don't know why I contradicted myself there. I only have THAW, not THUG. Not that it really matters to anyone. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 May 2009, 14:17:35 THAW was nice for it's lack of loading screens.
Those are really fun games... I should get one for the 360. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 May 2009, 20:21:22 I don't know about the 360 ones, man. I played a demo for the latest Tony Hawk. It was alright. You can build your guy in three different ways, but it doesn't seem like it's that great. I'll probably still rent it sometime.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 6 May 2009, 21:00:16 I haven't played any of the Tony Hawk games for the newer generations, aside from some of the DS ones.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: PK the Medic on 9 May 2009, 06:12:38 If you liked THAW, try Project 8.....It's REAL fun to play. It's close to THUG. : D
Anyways, I just got back into Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike. Best fighting game of it's time, and still the best fighting game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 May 2009, 01:19:53 I feel like getting an XBL arcade game.
I'm stuck between these: Peggle, Geometry Wars, Castle Crashers, and Braid. Anybody have any recommendations? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 May 2009, 20:28:38 Yes, I know I don't have a 360, but I wanna try out Braid.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 May 2009, 20:32:45 I played the trial for Braid. It was fun, but I haven't tried any of the other ones yet.
If they have demos, try them out first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 May 2009, 21:15:30 I tired all the demos.
I went with Castle Crashers for sheer party fun value. Now I have 800 points left for whatever. Posted on: May 10, 2009, 04:10:19 PM Apparently, I'm a beast at Halo 3. Facing a team of 5 high level players, with just 3 on our team, we only lost by 7 and I had 28 kills. I also consistently one of the top on my team, averaging maybe 15 kills each round. I'm only playing social slayer though, because Halo is cheap and requires you to buy other maps to play all the modes, at that's like $17 worth. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 May 2009, 21:37:07 They made the first #####ty map pack free, but the other good ones they still have you pay for them.
I hate paying for downloads, haven't the companies already made enough from me buying the game? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 May 2009, 22:05:49 Well, of course there is only so much you can fit on a disc....
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 May 2009, 23:24:18 Too bad Halo sucks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 11 May 2009, 16:09:00 When we bought our XBOX, it was used, for $60.
We got it with music and map packs for Halo2 already on it. We have a friend with kids that we play Halo with. We mostly use Halo2 as a teaching tool for gaming ettiquette. ("Just because your sister had to use the washroom doesn't mean you get a free kill," "Dude, you've got a higher-level player to ##### around with, stop slaughtering the girls," et cet.) The boy is addicted to Runescape, new technology (it's new and more expensive so it's obviously better, right?), and sitting on his ass. We're helping him be more social. On general topic: I beat the Elite Four and earned my Nat. Pokedex. This is the first time I've gotten to play a game all the way through (not counting that in Disgaea, if Mid-Boss kills you the first time, it counts as a completion) since I was little. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2009, 06:21:36 Today I finished Saints Row. Or at least the story. I'm only 69% done out of everything.
I really liked the game even though there wasn't as much to do as I wanted. Activities weren't much fun after a while and the world isn't as big as San Andreas, or there's less to really get to know. As far as I can tell Stilwater is more similar to Vice City in terms of size, but I'm not sure. The game improved on things from San Andreas, as I'd heard, and it had what was clearly the predecessor to a lot of stuff in GTAIV, but I wish it was as big as San Andreas. Even the story felt quite a bit shorter. But I since liked it a lot I'm trying to decide if I want to trade it in when getting Saints Row 2, if I want to keep it and do more completion-wise (but I won't 100% it, because some activities are really boring), or do the same completion thing and THEN trade it for SR2. I'm excited to play the second one so I might rent it first to help me decide. Hm. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 May 2009, 11:52:32 lol 69
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 May 2009, 14:39:00 I've wanted to try Saint's Row, but at the same time, no.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2009, 18:49:01 It's just GTA. Almost completely. But I like it better than GTAIV since it's like exactly between that and San Andreas.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 12 May 2009, 18:50:08 Going through Grandia again.
... I'm honestly not sure when I started this run, since I have multiple saves in various places during the game. ... I think it's around the 10th or 11th time I've been through the current bit. Also been trudging through Lufia 2 (started out fun, but oh god it slows down), and I might try to finish up FF9 if I can find the discs somewhere. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 May 2009, 02:39:45 I'm playing Halo 3 with Nova right now.
woot. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 May 2009, 07:34:58 I'm really pissed.
I went on a run to do some of stupider achievements on Fable 2, and didn't realize it autosaved. Now my game is ruined since my guy's been killing loads of people. Gone from perfect good to complete #####. I guess I don't care that much, I'm done with the story anyway and it means I don't have to buy any of the expansions, but... #####. I should've done it with a separate character. Now I remember why I never liked autosaves. I could probably become good again just by dancing and crap, but I don't know if I want to bother. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 May 2009, 15:43:42 It's REALLY hard to go back.
I just started a new game, pretty much completely good, got the halo and everything. I'm doing just about every side quest the game has to offer though. And man do I love buying loads of those XP potions. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 May 2009, 00:34:45 Well I've already finished the story so I don't really care about starting a new character. I was gonna get Knothole Island and stuff but now I'm like "forget it" and might just use the game as a trade in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 May 2009, 05:34:14 It's easy to become good again. Just eat some celery, have sex with condoms and you're all good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 May 2009, 05:57:22 and donate a few million to the church.
Some guy just tried to blackmail me about having 2 wives and screwing chicks on the side.... Not like they'd ever know besides... I have 2 kids, too.... Still 100% pure and 100% good though. Also, just beat the best time for the crucible. I only have 1 Skill upgrade and 6 will upgrades left. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 May 2009, 20:01:52 It's easy to become good again. Just eat some celery, have sex with condoms and you're all good. But... one of my wives left me with our son and then somehow died so the son is gone. The other wife (a whore) said she was leaving me so I killed her. I realize it's a game but now I feel bad continuing, hah. But yeah maybe I'll just do that. My purity is still full. I'll let the game make me some money before going back since I had raised prices anyway (but that'll probably not help my purity). So yeah, I might try to set it right. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 May 2009, 22:46:26 I think I'm gonna get Fable 2 now, the game keeps sounding like it's a lot of fun...
I hope the price has gone down at least a LITTLE (but I doubt it has). EDIT: Nevermind, it's now $40 new, $35 used, so I'm definitely getting it when I get the chance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 May 2009, 00:53:29 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO
CRAP. I went over to my Cousin's and took my hard drive, and he had my gamertag imported on there from another time. So I went and deleted my gamertag off his memory card AND IT DELETED MY GAMERTAG OFF MY CONSOLE. I LOST EVERYTHING IN FABLE 2. CRAP. Well. I no longer have ANY reason to continue playing it so I'm going to sell it and get a different game. Unless I play through completely evil. GRAH. THAT PISSES ME OFF. Not to mention my OTHER game saves, who knows.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 May 2009, 06:03:55 ... Suck much?
Reminds me of the time my Sonic Adventure DX game corrupted my memory card. TWICE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 May 2009, 15:01:30 That happened to my Smash Bros. Melee save.
And my whole GC memory card in general. Re-unlocking everything in Soul Cal 2 was TOUGH. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 May 2009, 19:38:10 Don't sell Fable 2, I want someone to play with when I get it. >_>
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 May 2009, 21:01:23 Yeah if neither of you have Fable 2, I'll probably not try to redeem my guy and stuff. Weirdly all the Fable 2 add-ons seem better than the actual game.
If you want something like Fable 2 but way more complicated and, frankly, better then check out Fallout 3. I know I was iffy on it before but I actually got a look at the manual the other day (since they didn't give it to me when renting) and that coupled with what Chron has said convinced me that the game gets pretty #####ing awesome once you aren't dying and weighed down all the time. I intend to borrow it from my friend if he ever finishes. I almost beat a marathon game of Hexic HD today. Weird. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 May 2009, 02:19:33 Don't sell Fable 2, I want someone to play with when I get it. >_> Ahem! You could always play with me. My character's a hot chick too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 May 2009, 03:14:47 It's impossible to make your character a hot chick in Fable 2.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 18 May 2009, 05:35:45 Nah, I covered her eyes, so it's coo' now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 May 2009, 06:24:08 At their skinniest chick heroes in Fable 2 have thunder thighs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 May 2009, 00:07:24 Yes they do.
Unless you eat like 50 celerys and do not use physique and never use will (the blue lines aren't cute). [size=8]I NEED HELP.[/size] I have a $50 card to gamestop. WHAT DO I USE IT ON? I was thinking of getting a wired controller, first off, to use on my computer AND 360. But I also would like another game. Right now I'm trying to find a cheap Wired controller online, so I can get a new game from Gamestop. What are must have 360 games? Posted on: May 18, 2009, 06:42:52 PM I hate spending money. I'm going to use the Gamestop card for games only, so I need to find another cheap controller besides.... Posted on: May 18, 2009, 06:55:27 PM Woot, $30 on eBay for a 360 controller and a charge and play kit. Now I just gotta get an extra charge thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 May 2009, 00:45:56 I don't know if you'd like Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, but if you're the creative type, go for that.
Otherwise, Orange Box. I like Skate 2, but I dunno. Keep in mind, I'm now what you might call a "casual gamer." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 May 2009, 01:47:22 Well, I spent 37 bucks and the rest will go to next time.
I ended up getting Soul Calibur 4. Worth a shot, I figured. Alec, I wouldn't be big on N&B, and I have the Orange Box for PC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 May 2009, 02:02:04 You have a dumb face.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 May 2009, 02:13:23 You have a dumb avatar.
OH SNAP SEE WHAT I DID THERE Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 May 2009, 04:08:38 At their skinniest chick heroes in Fable 2 have thunder thighs. Yes they do. I kept 'er physique down, I have 'er eat only celery and carrots, and I also used a bunch of potions to knock 'er down back to a normal height after maxing all of 'er skill stats. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 May 2009, 04:18:49 ... Ohhh god.
Oh my god, you guys. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 19 May 2009, 13:25:39 I know, I have problems that I need to work out with myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 May 2009, 15:57:21 I might return Soul Cal 4.
It's okay, but the online is just laggy enough to make it impossible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 May 2009, 02:13:31 I 100%ed Lego Indiana Jones yesterday and finished getting all the achievements. Normally I wouldn't care about the achievements but they're ones you pretty much get while trying to 100% the rest of the game, and they're not really difficult though some are tiresome.
Annoyingly one of the achievements is called "You cheat very big", which is for unlocking characters or something, and it's annoying because I did everything in the game legitimately through time and effort. More annoyingly once you 100% the game, money and hearts rain on you all the time when you're in Barnett College. Except it's impossible to get hurt in the college so the hearts are useless. AND you've already unlocked and bought everything (a requirement to 100%) so the money is also useless. Plus you can't get any more than 4,000,000,000 studs so even though you're picking up cash all over it's capped out and you're not even making money anymore. Like what the crap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 May 2009, 04:58:20 That sounds like something that'd be awesome the first time you see it but then instantly becomes annoying as hell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 May 2009, 04:22:35 Well... could be worse. You could get nothing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 May 2009, 12:35:44 It'd be awesome if when you reach 100 years old in real life, gold and hearts rain over the entire campus of the college you graduated from in real life.
...for the first time you see it but then it'd instantly become annoying as hell. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 May 2009, 06:56:47 Well... could be worse. You could get nothing. Uh no, that would be a LOT better. The money and hearts are completely useless. There's nothing to spend money on, there's no way to be hurt. All they is make noise go all over the #####ing place, and waste my controller's battery because it's rumbling every two seconds. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 May 2009, 15:44:18 Yeah, I was thinking it could be better, but it's still nothing compared to something.
It just sounds like poor game design. For me, what I really don't like is when you 100% a game and all they reward you with is a giant screen that says "CONGRATULATIONS!" *coughstarforcecough* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 May 2009, 15:46:09 I am actually a huge fan of the five-second "CONGRATULATIONS!" screen because it makes me laugh that they thought that should be your prize for beating their game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 May 2009, 15:54:06 It feels more like, "CONGRATULATIONS FOR WASTING YOUR TIME. NO SOUP FOR YOU!"
I'm pretty sure Mario Sunshine did that junk, so I'm glad I didn't do that. Mario 64 was cool though, getting 99 lives (Although it would've been cooler to ride Yoshi himself throughout the game. That's more incentive to actually replay it). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 27 May 2009, 18:28:32 As soon as I got 120 stars and beat Bowser in Mario 64 I shut it off. No point in talking to Yoshi, no point in getting 99 lives if there's nothing else to do.
Is it really necessary to get something for doing 100% that makes you want to continue playing when there's nothing else to do? I'd rather just get an added ending scene or something and let that be it. And when I get nothing at all, it doesn't matter, because obviously the game was good enough for me to want to finish it 100%. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 May 2009, 21:23:30 I thought Luigi Mode in Super Mario Galaxy was really nifty, and the knowledge of a Yoshi cameo is the ONLY reason I got 120 stars in Mario 64, but I was young and that's probably not enough incentive for me now.
I think it's cool when a game gives you a "go ahead, break the game" sort of prize. I can't think of any examples because it's rare. But I like it because it's basically like, "Okay, we know you beat it all entirely, and you can't really do anything else, so here, now you can fly and walk through walls and stuff. Just mess around." The best example I can come up with on cue is the early Tony Hawk games, which had a bunch of awesome cheats like flying, slow-motion, moon physics, and all that for after you beat it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 May 2009, 21:50:23 The dumbest one they gave though was perfect balance. It WAS fun, but also... c'mooooon.
I'd rather just get an added ending scene or something and let that be it. And when I get nothing at all, it doesn't matter, because obviously the game was good enough for me to want to finish it 100%. Yeah same here. ESPECIALLY IF WHAT I GET IS A FREE HEADACHE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 May 2009, 21:59:47 if you beat pokemon 100% and then go to the ss anne and then use strength on the truck you can get mew
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 May 2009, 07:07:49 when u beat stuper mario bors you get to see the princes'ss tits
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 28 May 2009, 19:45:43 if u beat metrodi 100 times in a row samus will be nakid
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 May 2009, 04:42:10 if u beet tetris on hadrest dificiutly u unlcok stage se,lect im sreius
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 30 May 2009, 02:27:32 Yeah, I've been wasting my time with Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete on the PSX.
Figured I'd give it a shot considering how I've been told repeatedly that it's a good game. I'm enjoying it so far. if u beet tetris on hadrest dificiutly u unlcok stage se,lect im sreiusno u cnt cahos tahst impissble Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2009, 02:30:13 Lunar: SSSC is never a "waste of time", young blood.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 30 May 2009, 03:00:20 Eh...
Fair enough. I just have other things I need to be doing like studying up for exams. Alas, video games of many assortments have grabbed my interest. Well, that and I don't really give a damn about how well I'm going to do on exams. I know I should, but I don't. But, yeah, playing Lunar reminds me that I should finish Grandia. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 May 2009, 03:44:08 if u beet tetris on hadrest dificiutly u unlcok stage se,lect im sreiusno u cnt cahos tahst impissble on teh cntrary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tmFUWu9bI) u can do eeettt Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 May 2009, 05:02:02 Holy #####ing #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 May 2009, 05:16:40 I'd seen it, but that guy is the BOSS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 30 May 2009, 06:08:48 More like someone who's wasting his time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 May 2009, 06:09:31 I've been playing Halo 3.
Eh. I want Prototype. Bad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 30 May 2009, 06:30:41 I got the new Punch-Out!! today.
I enjoy it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2009, 20:35:07 It's way too late in the Wii's lifespan for Punch-Out!! to have come out.
Way too late. Prototype looks kind of stupid from ads and I haven't found a demo of it on Xbox Live so I can't say if it's even interesting to me. A little maybe. Same thing for Infamous but that's for PS3 anyway so forget that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 May 2009, 20:42:34 Prototype is amazing is what it is.
You absorb any person or enemy around you, you gain their knowledge and their abilities. It also reminds me a lot of spiderman in the way you run around the city. Check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0hrpf9oSW4 Posted on: May 30, 2009, 03:39:38 PM And yeah, that video is a little repetitive. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2009, 20:58:45 OK. The title "3 minutes of gameplay" I could rip enough. A bunch of stuff was clearly taken from cutscenes and not gamplay. But whatever, I guess it looks cool but I'm not sure. I mean "absorbing enemies and gaining their knowledge" just sounds like a gimmicky way of saying you're getting experience points, and it didn't seem like anyone had abilities better than the Prototype to absorb. It seems like running around the city could get boring if you're not intent on causing extreme chaos, but then there is a story so I'm sure all that's fine. I'll probably rent it but not buy it right away.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 May 2009, 21:24:32 Well, you can take the form of them too.
Also, lots of that was gameplay, just at a cinematic angle. Think: you absorb a soldier, infiltrate a base as such soldier, and continue stealing higher ranking forms until you get to a general who knows everything, and absorb him. Then you can continue the story, but you'll also know all of the strategies. Also, you can't take control of any vehicles unless you've absorbed someone who knows how to drive them. The whole idea is that you're trying to figure out who you are. Alex knows nothing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 May 2009, 21:25:20 Wow. That looks like a great way to blow steam.
Definitely a renter, though. I can see it getting old really fast. I'd really only play it to dick around. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2009, 21:29:56 The story doesn't sound that great so yeah, still a renter.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 30 May 2009, 21:44:02 Wow. Just looking at it makes me think "This guys a total asshole." He's driving around in a tank, killing everybody. Everybody.
Seriously, this guy's a dick. I'd play it though, that and Infamous. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 May 2009, 23:15:42 You have a bunch of options, the guy playing IS a jerk.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 30 May 2009, 23:21:45 I heard that there's not much of an option to not be an asshole in Prototype. Though I suppose trying not to kill civillians with those sweeping attacks and fighting evil soildiers can be considered good.
I'm downloading the inFamous demo. I know nothing about it except that it reminds me of Static Shock. I liked that cartoon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 31 May 2009, 02:19:27 Ahaha, when I watched the trailer for that, I thought the SAME thing about Static Shock.
And yeah, from the trailer, it looked like Prototype's "story" was: "you're a douchebag, just kill things with your superpowers." Are there any more layers to the story than that? What are the actual objectives? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 May 2009, 02:23:47 GTA: you're a douchebag, just kill things with guns.
I think superpowers is better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 31 May 2009, 02:46:35 No, I was saying that IF the story is JUST that simple, I think it's a great premise and probably an extremely fun game, despite the fact that it might be very quick to lose its appeal.
Of course, I doubt that's all there is to it. There's probably some super dumb story that goes with it to explain why this guy has all these powers, why he's being pursued or chased or whatever by a stupid military or police or whatever organization, all that. Because you HAVE to have objectives or else it's really not a game. But still. This is the sort of thing that's probably more fun just dicking around in than actually playing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 May 2009, 02:54:57 I would love to dick around in it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 31 May 2009, 03:00:59 lol
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 31 May 2009, 03:06:08 John, do you want to dick around with me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 May 2009, 03:30:36 John, do you want to dick around with me. Alec, I like to dick around in general. It depends on my mood. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 31 May 2009, 05:57:04 *TCHING*
That is the sound of swords crossing. If you catch my drift. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 31 May 2009, 17:26:30 Don't bother checking out Damnation. The steampunk western stuff might make you think it will be really cool, but the coolness factor stops at the concept. The game plays like a #####ty Gears of War 2, the weapons are all complete ass, and the voice acting sucks.
It's always the games that I look forward to so much that end up sucking incredibly. First Too Human, now Damnation. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 May 2009, 22:14:48 I could have told you about Too Human wayyyyy before it came out. I hadn't heard of Damnation but I'm glad you said to avoid it, 'cause the steampunk western style would've had me trying it out.
I finally watched Kung Fu Panda so I guess I'll try out the game soon. I'd try Infamous if I had a PS3 but I don't think it really looks any good. Just to dick around in. Posted on: 31 May 2009, 16:13:15 I finally watched Kung Fu Panda so I guess I'll try out the game soon. Nevermind dat ##### my friend just lent me Mass Effect. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 June 2009, 03:12:10 Finally got around to doing a complete playthrough of Half-Life 2. I'd gotten about 2-3 levels from the finish in my last one, but the save file was safely tucked away on a laptop I'll never touch again. Just finished it about half an hour ago.
Wow. Can't believe how much I missed just in those couple of levels. Now picking up where I left off in Ep.1, though I kind of screwed myself over heading into the first zombie level :O Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 3 June 2009, 08:17:08 Dude, Half-Life 2 is the best FPS ever. Episode 1 is kind of boring, but it really picks up in Episode 2.
Anyboo, my current rotation is Team Fortress 2 (on the PC), Punch-Out!!, Animal Crossing: City Folk (since I have no resemblance to a real life anymore), and I just started Assassin's Creed. I doubt I'll finish Assassin's Creed. It's not very fun, I hate the controls, and the story bores me. I'm probably just going to try and finish it as fast as possible or just forget about it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 3 June 2009, 09:24:16 I have yet to play Assassin's Creed but the story seems intruiging. I wasn't expecting the story to actually be in the future but playing the character in past medieval times.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 June 2009, 23:55:06 Saying something is the best FPS ever is like saying this turd is better than this turd. Well no, not that extreme. I'm not a big fan of the genre but I like some of them. Still I have to say this; "Dude, Half-Life 2 is the best F###### Piece of S### ever."
I actually have nothing against HL2, it's just the thought I had. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2009, 00:07:12 Half-Life 2 is a thousand times more fun than any other FPS I've ever played (i.e. actually fun).
I've still never done a full play-through, but I've played the first half of the game at least 4 times. One of these times I'll just start at the halfway point and actually finish it. But yeah, it's not like any other FPS. It's actually good. So I agree with Mike's post entirely, just not the inclusion of HL2, but then he said he had nothing against it, so, okay, yeah, now this post is pointless, but WHATEVER. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 June 2009, 00:24:05 It's true, I did say that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 00:25:14 Oh, the last level is absolutely bonkers and amazing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 June 2009, 00:42:28 Woah I just realized the tags in my post subverted the word filters. Fixed dat.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2009, 02:05:23 Ahaha, I didn't even realize that until now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 4 June 2009, 02:34:54 Neither did I. Do we really need filters?
I just don't see their use. Well, I do, but, I mean they are pretty much useless. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 June 2009, 02:40:29 It's a PG-13 board.
So yes we do need the filters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 4 June 2009, 02:55:08 Saying something is the best FPS ever is like saying this turd is better than this turd. Well no, not that extreme. I'm not a big fan of the genre but I like some of them. Still I have to say this; "Dude, Half-Life 2 is the best F###### Piece of S### ever." Dude, do you have to down everything always? That's seriously all you do lately. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 02:56:23 Oh wow.
I read that before without even thinking. #####ing ##### How did you do that?! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2009, 03:23:13 He only bolded the first letters of the words, so there was a [/b] in the middle of each swear word, which bypassed the filters.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 03:42:13 Oooooh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 4 June 2009, 03:43:39 VAGINAS
..wait. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 03:46:13 : The Rules Do not attempt to circumvent the swear filter. It's there for a reason. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2009, 03:46:54 So technically Mike didn't break any rules since he didn't ATTEMPT to do so, he just did it accidentally!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 03:47:52 Unlike Steve here.
What a dick. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 4 June 2009, 03:54:13 Vagina isn't filtered, you vagina.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2009, 03:58:44 Oh.
Fudge. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 4 June 2009, 04:08:06 Dude, do you have to down everything always? Not really... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 4 June 2009, 18:32:20 Finished inFamous a few days ago. I was skeptical when I first saw it, but playing the demo changed my mind.
The game itself was pretty good. Not genre defining in any way, but the climbing mechanic was solid, and the game itself was pretty damn fun. Hitting someone with a sticky electrical grenade and watching them run and flail wildly before exploding was amusing EVERY time.The good vs. evil decisions were as black and white as they ever are, and didn't change the story too terribly much, but made a pretty big difference in the way the game played. Good actions gave you moves that focused on accuracy and restoring your health, while evil actions gave you attacks that cause massive amounts of collateral damage, while not necessarily sacrificing accuracy. Even more amazing was that neither path felt advantageous over the other. It was amazingly balanced, even if being evil was more fun in the long run. The story was pretty decent. There wasn't anything terribly revolutionary about it, but that makes sense, as it almost seemed like an homage to the comic books that inspired its style. I'd say the pacing seemed wanting, but that was entirely my own fault as I'm easily distracted by side missions, especially when they help you power up. The ending wasn't terribly shocking (pun intended) but it left me wanting the sequel that will obviously be coming. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 June 2009, 01:55:29 That's good to hear Edge. I wanted to try the game but I don't have a PS3 and there aren't any games I want on it enough to get one, but all I saw about the game was ads and it looked pretty bland but I was into the concept.
Anyway... I am extremely #####ing in like with Mass Effect! Like... It's really cool. The amount of work that seemed to go into it is pretty impressive. It's real addictive too. I just wish paragon dialogue had more character. Saying something is the best FPS ever is like saying this turd is better than this turd. Well no, not that extreme. I'm not a big fan of the genre but I like some of them. Still I have to say this; "Dude, Half-Life 2 is the best F###### Piece of S### ever." Uh, no it isn't. I defy that. Actually, I haven't been downing much at all lately, because I've only been talking about good stuff. I was just making a point about my view on the genre, which everyone else seemed to get. If you actually read my post, you'd know I have nothing against Half-Life 2 and I'm sure it's as good as you say. I've said before that I played the demo and I found it to be pretty interesting but it's not my thing. Get a grip. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 June 2009, 08:19:13 For fans of Final Fantasy IV, I downloaded FFIV: The After Years on WiiWare.
Kind-of annoyed that new chapters get released every Month, meaning I have to wait until September, which also means you have to spend $37 to have the WHOLE game (although $16 is minimum you can pay, as the other chapters are just filler) before I can actually beat the game, but it's a worthy sequel thus far. I've beat Ceodore's Story and working on his Challenge Dungeon. After that, I'll play Rydia's Story. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 June 2009, 09:42:36 I wonder what that Crystal Chronicles WiiWare sequel was like.
My feelings for Mass Effect have blossomed into love. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 June 2009, 18:41:49 My feelings for Mass Effect have blossomed into love. Just don't turn into me while you play Mass Effect; I skipped countless classes to keep playing through the game even though I had already beaten it before. Yet my GPA went up those semesters...odd. Anyway, I beat X-men Origins: Wolverine the previous night. Pretty good game, when it isn't busy crashing. Right now I'm on Resident Evil 5, but I may switch over to SoulCalibur IV. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 7 June 2009, 20:46:37 I wonder what that Crystal Chronicles WiiWare sequel was like. Nothing like what you think it might be like. It's more like a Sim City clone with RPG elements. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 June 2009, 21:42:49 What a good game to rent for the 360?
I'd like something I can beat in a week. I was thinking Bioshock and Res Ev 5 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 7 June 2009, 21:45:56 Yes to both.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 June 2009, 21:49:45 Cool.
I'll probably get those this week. Still trying to get a job. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 June 2009, 21:50:56 I've heard that you can beat Wanted: Weapons of Fate in 4 hours.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 June 2009, 23:29:12 I've heard Mirror's Edge is quite short too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 June 2009, 23:36:10 Sweet, I'll check them out when I get a chance.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 June 2009, 23:47:19 My feelings for Mass Effect have blossomed into love. I don't skip classes, ever, so no worries. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 June 2009, 04:13:58 I'd like to tell everyone that Mike is playing Madden NFL '09 right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 June 2009, 04:15:53 Nobody likes a taddle-tell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 June 2009, 04:27:48 Also, Prototype launches in 33 minutes.
I want it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 June 2009, 10:04:56 What? I don't have any Madden games and I don't want any Madden games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 June 2009, 15:15:44 Why does it say that then?!
I'M CONFUSED. WHO IS THAT PERSON NAMED MIKE COLLYMORE IN MY FRIEND'S LIST?! SCREW IT. I WANT PROTOTYPE SO BAD RIGHT NOW. ALL I DID WAS DREAM ABOUT HAVING THOSE POWERS. I WANT TO LIVE OUT THOSE FANTASIES. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 June 2009, 22:41:07 You can go look at my XBox Live profile any time, and you'll see that there has never been a Madden game in or around my 360. Not even a demo. And my gamertag is mc COLLYMORE so maybe you have some pretender.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 June 2009, 23:22:03 THIS.
(http://static.gamecrazy.com/images/games/boxart/14055.jpg) Also gonna try Web of Shadows for DS. Expectations are low. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 June 2009, 23:32:49 Ooh, that looks fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 June 2009, 23:40:42 It looks like Ristar and that makes me like it!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 10 June 2009, 00:11:37 I'm just too used to it being Stafy, I can't bear it being Starfy.
... That doesn't make me a weeabo, right? ... R-Riiight? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 June 2009, 02:55:04 Well... in Brawl they named him Stafy...
But then again, Brawl made some translation errors (notably the one for Mother 3). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 June 2009, 04:09:43 Doesn't matter. He was called Stafy on the poster in M&L:Superstar Saga. I've been used to calling him Stafy since then.
Tell me how the game is WIND, I'm slightly interested. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 June 2009, 05:57:52 He probably wouldn't have mentioned it like that if he didn't like it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 June 2009, 06:00:07 He just loves posting box art, that's all.
NOTHING STRANGE HERE FOLKS. NOTHING. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 June 2009, 06:12:56 Something is strange tonight. I feel sick for no reason. And I'm watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
But really I'm watching it JUST 'cause Will Ferrel and MOS DEF are on tonight. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 June 2009, 02:47:51 I rented Bioshock today at 11.
I just beat it. Eh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 11 June 2009, 02:48:43 Go take a shower.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 June 2009, 02:49:41 I've heard good things about it but I really don't feel like it's my kind of thing. JC you should rent uh what Mass Effect. OK? OK.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 June 2009, 03:01:18 It was a'ight.
Almost 500 gamerscore from it, but it just got kind of annoying, you can almost NEVER snipe, and the enemies crawl out of the cracks. I found myself only really using the Incendiary Plasmid for the whole game. Posted on: June 10, 2009, 09:59:46 PM Also, gonna take a shower in like 20 minutes. And I've played Mass Effect, it's decent. It's cheap to buy too, so I think I might do that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 June 2009, 04:21:57 He probably wouldn't have mentioned it like that if he didn't like it. I didn't ask him if he LIKED IT, I asked how it IS, as in DETAILS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 June 2009, 05:01:49 I played the Bioshock demo months ago (it's a pretty long demo actually), and it was fun, and I wanted to get it, but I just never got it. I ended up getting Crackdown... that game is fun.
So at the moment I'm playing Crackdown, and replaying the 3rd Phoenix Wright game for the THIRD TIME... (I don't know how I can keep replaying these games... ._. And I only first played them a year ago) Although I still haven't completed Apollo Justice a second time yet. Eh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 June 2009, 05:03:14 I should be getting prototype tomorrow.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 11 June 2009, 06:55:33 I got Bioshock but I don't find it amazing.
Good, but not amazing/ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 11 June 2009, 09:50:29 With my internet on the fritz and too unstable to reliably play games online these days (3-400 ms ping spikes every 4-5 seconds, and I'm too lazy to check it out) I've been playing a lot of old games (TIE Fighter and Monkey Island games mostly) AND finally got around to finishing Cave Story.
Amazing. Now that I have beaten it once the normal way without help I consider myself in the right to consult guides and do a 100% run for all the wonderful bonus stuff. Which I am about to continue right now because I just got back from work and am in no condition to sleep. But yeah I wish I'd played it five years ago when I first heard of it but I guess now is good enough. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 11 June 2009, 10:22:45 I managed to do all the bonus stuff and activate "hard mode" without using any guides on my first try. I just got lucky, I suppose.
Beating that extra dungeon felt really awesome. I'll download the game the second it comes out on WiiWare. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 11 June 2009, 15:55:49 The extra stuff in that game is HARD.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 11 June 2009, 23:30:47 I really like Bioshock's art design and concept, have not yet playe dit. Your guys' low expectations better make it sweeter when I find the game fun!
I quite enjoyed the InFamous demo but I can see how it would get repetetive. Prototype I look foward to seeing a demo release of that. Vinchez, how's Uncharted Drake's Fortune? Even though I need more rpg's than shooters (but Uncharted seems more like a platformer if that counts) I really want to play that game next. The story seems the most interesting. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 June 2009, 00:25:44 I really like Bioshock's art design and concept, have not yet playe dit. Your guys' low expectations better make it sweeter when I find the game fun! No one really seems to have low expectations of it... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 12 June 2009, 00:30:20 Am like really hooked with ToV at the moment.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 12 June 2009, 01:38:10 Vinchez, how's Uncharted Drake's Fortune? Even though I need more rpg's than shooters (but Uncharted seems more like a platformer if that counts) I really want to play that game next. The story seems the most interesting. It was my brother's, he played it on my PS3 before he got his own. He found it amazing but to me it just looked like a pretty platformer/3rd person shooter. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 June 2009, 03:13:59 You ever played the Jak & Daxter games? I bet they'd play similar to that, right? Since I think it was made by the same company...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 June 2009, 03:20:34 Oh, wow, really? I loved Jak & Daxter for some reason. I used to play 'em at my friend's house. I might have to give these Uncharted games a try.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 June 2009, 05:43:28 BUT THEY'RE PS3 ONLY ASR
:( (i think) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 12 June 2009, 05:53:58 Fuuuuuuuuuucdge.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 June 2009, 06:46:33 Sooooo I took a couple days off Mass Effect because... Well, I needed to get to bed now and then. I played a bit of the free with my 360 Kung-Fu Panda game.
Wow, it's boring. It's not even BAD, it's just really easy and boring. I only got through three levels before I wanted to golf instead. Golf. Weirdly, it's not at ALL glitchy like you expect such tie-in games to be. It runs perfect. Too bad I don't care at all about it. At least Lego Indy had that magical factor of "this is something to occupy meantime" or "something for my hands to do while I'm actually watching TV on my computer". At least it was, as Lego games are, a bit charming. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 June 2009, 21:36:50 I AM NOW PLAYING PROTOTYPE.
Just the ENTRY level is funner than helk. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 June 2009, 01:47:37 "Funner than helk"?
...what? And Mike, that Kung-fu Panda game came with the 360, right? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 June 2009, 02:30:46 Yesaroony.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 June 2009, 04:08:49 "Funner than helk"? After beating about 1/5 of the game and doing an ABSURD amount of side quests, I'm very happy I bought this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 13 June 2009, 18:58:12 Today I turned on Pokemon Silver to see if my save file still worked. I've heard that a lot of people's games don't save anymore because of the in-game clock constantly draining the battery's energy.
But my game is still fine. MEMORIES First thing I noticed was that the time for the game was ??:??. Yep, it's been so long that my game forgot what time it is. I have a level 93 Feraligatr. I didn't even remember which Pokemon I chose. Then I check my Pokedex and re-learn that I caught all starters for this generation, and I really don't know how. I also started right beside Red. I remember Red, and I remember kicking his ass, so I tried again. Sweeped his entire team with Feraligatr. Awesome. Edit: Also, I have a Mew. ...HOW!? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 June 2009, 19:13:20 Maybe you did a lot of trading?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 June 2009, 22:43:09 I'm currently playing SoulCalibur IV at my apartment, and Unreal Tournament 3's campaign over at my buddy's apartment. I'm really hating the campaign for UT3...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 13 June 2009, 23:46:03 Some of the levels are annoying, but that should be expected from a deathmatch game. I still love UT3 to bits and am genuinely saddened by how poorly it's done sales-wise.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 June 2009, 18:33:35 Today I turned on Pokemon Silver to see if my save file still worked. I've heard that a lot of people's games don't save anymore because of the in-game clock constantly draining the battery's energy. Same here. I think Silver has a better battery than Gold... I got Silver first, and then Gold months later or a year later (can't remember) and Gold managed to die first... I went and opened it up last year and replaced the battery, but now it doesn't remember the time anymore either... but Silver is still working perfectly. Also, you could've gotten a Mew from one of your friends that had a Gameshark, or from the Mew glitch in R/B/Y. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 14 June 2009, 19:21:59 Finished Prototype earlier today.
Very fun game, but not the type of game you pick up if you like downtime between missions. This game can be relentless. Between Prototype and inFamous, I still prefer inFamous, though I really wish it had Prototype's speed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 June 2009, 23:58:21 My friend bought Prototype and we popped it into my 360. I started a file on my hard drive.
Holy hell is it fun! I might have to buy this game. I hated how after the intro level, I didn't have hardly any of those crazy-awesome abilities anymore. Though, I guess that's incentive to keep playing, though! Otherwise, it'd be just like Skate 2: I would just dick around and not actually progress through the game. And you guys know how much I love dicking around. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 June 2009, 00:21:52 I dicked around for hours to upgrade everything, then found out it was like 6 more missions until I unlocked more upgrades.
I had 5 Million EP. I have almost every upgrade now, obviously. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 June 2009, 02:57:40 I'll have to rent it. Later.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 June 2009, 03:21:19 I had a whole message here.
Firefox crashed when I finished it. It was like 500 words. #####. This will do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 June 2009, 05:41:21 How to compress 500 words: Just type #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 June 2009, 03:35:59 We have an awesome local (Maine) music store called Bull Moose.
It has maybe 10 locations. They sell brand new games 10% off. They had used 360 games for 15 bucks! for 15, I could have the Orange Box (used), or Dead Rising, or a plethora of other games. I ended up getting Burnout Paradise because I need a driving game. 15 bucks. man I love that place. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 June 2009, 03:55:42 Goddamnit I really want to play Burnout Paradise.
Burnout is the coolest racing game ever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 16 June 2009, 04:07:42 I'm STILL playing Fallout 3.
I also started a new game on Very Hard but it's not actually Very Hard at all, because I'm better at the game than when I started playing it on normal, I still die a lot less. It's interesting because the last game I've played with this sort of style, action/fighting-wise, was FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus. (It's not a game I paid for so I didn't mind giving it a try. I didn't finish it.) And despite the fact that it was an absolutely #####ty game. I LIKED that part of it. Going from first to third person and levelling up and such. And this game, with that battle system (plus the VATS) made it a much more enjoyable experience overall. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 June 2009, 05:07:57 I'm playing the new Punch-Out!! game. Man, I knew it was going to be great, but holy #####. The main game is short, but afterwards you get some new challenges that are pretty nice. And the game was pretty funny at a lot of the fights...
[spoiler]When you're fighting Soda Popinski, if you KO him, the Ref will start counting, and he'll pull out his Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 June 2009, 21:17:40 The only Burnout I played was the first one, it was cool looking but it got boring just seeing car damage all the time. But I'm into only a few actual racing games anyway.
And yeah, Fallout 3 is pretty cool once you get past the initial portion where it's hard to do anything, which for me took up the whole week I had rented the game for. I'm eager to play it again though, like for real. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 June 2009, 21:19:35 SO.
ANYONE who has a 360 and even slightly like driving games, Burnout Paradise is a MUST. It's absolutely fantastic. I can't even begin to describe how much I like it. Also, screw the Zune social and XBL being down today. They're ONLY becoming the same thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 June 2009, 21:20:59 OK good. I was worried m internet was being a bitchnaut again, Live went down for me last night and I just turned on my 360 now and it's still not working.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 June 2009, 21:21:16 Everyone who gets Burnout Paradise tells me how awesome it is! I don't really like racing games but I've always loved Burnout. It's like ridiculously unrealistic in the disguise of mild realism. For some reason I just really enjoy it.
Someone said they saw it in a bargain bin for $15 and almost got it for me, but didn't. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 June 2009, 21:22:20 BTW, Burnout Paradise can be had for 20 bucks new.
Example. (http://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Paradise-Xbox-360/dp/B000MUXLOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1245183621&sr=8-1) Not to mention how one can instantly and seamlessly start playing online (which I have yet to experience with Live being dead). Posted on: June 16, 2009, 04:21:25 PM And it's totally worth the money just to drive fast and screw around. The game is beautiful and it makes everything feel awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 June 2009, 21:23:03 Okay, cool, so I don't even have to specifically look in bargain bins.
I decided I want to play more of Prototype, but not buy it. So I'll just borrow it from my friend when he beats it. Right now I just finished replaying Mario Galaxy and now I'm starting Mario Sunshine. Sunshine is by far my favorite. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 16 June 2009, 23:48:47 And yeah, Fallout 3 is pretty cool once you get past the initial portion where it's hard to do anything, which for me took up the whole week I had rented the game for. I'm eager to play it again though, like for real. It was sort of the same for me. When I first played I died a lot. When I restarted in very hard mode I was dropping raiders with a 10mm pistol and a baseball bat. Which subsequently got me better weapons very quickly. I did go out of my way to get a certain powerful flaming melee weapon early on, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 June 2009, 05:20:05 I was excited for Live to be back up at midnight, I wanted to see how the new things they added worked, and I wanted to play Burnout online.
When it wasn't up at midnight, I had to go look at stuff, and it's going to be back by midnight PST. Bah. 3 hours longer than I anticipated. I'll have to play tomorrow.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 17 June 2009, 05:46:25 I got tired of slow motion crashed in Burnout Paradise.
Also, it's kind of BS that Prototype isn't going to be getting any expansions added to it. Particularly when they have a cheat input screen and only one code. The hell? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 June 2009, 05:57:18 There will be no expansions?
I really hope that isn't the case. And yeah, I'd rather just crash and GO, but it's also like a respawn time, so I can get over it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 June 2009, 08:26:58 Tonight my friend said Prototype is like the coolest thing ever. I don't really put a lot of weight in his opinion anyway, but now I'm definitely gonna rent it to shut him up. But it was just annoying.
Plus when I said I was busy with Mass Effect for now he said he didn't want to read a lot or hear people talking so I can't put any stock in what he thinks is a good game since it clearly doesn't include story. But yeah I'm so renting Prototype soon, it looks fun to dick around at least and I'll need that when I'm done Mass Effect which is heavyeavy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 June 2009, 07:13:29 Oh. Right, I was going to say something.
Main issue with Fallout 3 is the glitchyness causing freezing and making certain items difficult or near impossible to get. I remember once coming across a skill book under a dead body. I didn't kill the person, it was actually just there like that. I actually had to bomb the dead body out of the way to get at the skill book. And today when I was hunting for them, I didn't know the specific location of one, and as I approached the raider camp with the item, the government dropped soldiers right on them. Their sentry bot actually fired a missile rather unnecessarily and having heard the explosion I knew that the book I was looking for probably flew FAR from its original spot. So I had to guess where the thing originally was and where it might have flown. I ended up just reloading a different state and finding the book exactly where I had guessed it was originally, but if I hadn't known there was anything there, I never would have found that book, basically. But I guess that's okay because skill books are fairly abundant and not really necessary, and everything else you may need is much MORE abundant if not unlimited. I don't think I've ever encountered a glitch that caused me to be unable to continue the game anyway, aside from random ones that freeze the game, which I don't mind all that much. And Mike, there's actually no time limit on the Blood Ties quest. I haven't tried every option possible in that quest but I know that the only one I HAVE tried that caused me to fail the quest was to attack the town, and that's why they were hostile to me in return. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 June 2009, 07:57:24 So Fallout 3 is worth buying I assume?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2009, 15:12:47 If you enjoy Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series, yes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 18 June 2009, 16:29:02 Plus when I said I was busy with Mass Effect for now he said he didn't want to read a lot or hear people talking so I can't put any stock in what he thinks is a good game since it clearly doesn't include story. I really hate that. I had a couple of "friends" at work who were talking about their FPS games and I mentioned I'd rather just wait for the New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They laughed and somehow related that to storylines (Mario isn't the type of game to have a story but okay). They asked me if I liked them and when I said yeah, one of them said, "See, there's no point to a game unless you're blowing #### up." That's right. Apparently, Phoenix Wright was such a rancid game, it gave me the illusion I was having a blast. I hate that mentality. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 June 2009, 19:48:19 Video games are like any other form of entertainment. The larger the demand is, the more they try to cater to all tastes.
Much like the crowds that pack the theatre opening night at the latest mindless action film, there are gamers out there who prefer to "do" rather than to "think". There is certainly merit to entertainment of that nature, there's great catharsis to be had in the name of madcap mayhem, but folks who only enjoy a steady stream of hecatomb are usually as shallow as their tastes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 June 2009, 00:47:52 And Mike, there's actually no time limit on the Blood Ties quest. I haven't tried every option possible in that quest but I know that the only one I HAVE tried that caused me to fail the quest was to attack the town, and that's why they were hostile to me in return. That's just what it said online. Like, not that there's an actual counter time limit, but if you start the sidequest and then go off and do other things instead of getting to the town, then after too long the whole town is dead or something. I'm not sure. It doesn't matter, I completely finished it anyway and got it so the town traded blood packs for protection., which is the best option in my opinion. Anyway I haven't really read, watched, or played through a new story (so not counting Hitchhiker's) that's managed to keep me from predicting the big plot points too early in.. Like years. But last night I was pretty impressed 'cause Mass Effect managed to do it. I realize I haven't shut up about this game for like two solid weeks, but it's the only game I'm playing right now and I'm really floored by it. There's a lot of work put into it, and it was actually done well! For instance aside from gameplay and story, recorded dialogue for a male character and female character. At least two to TEN dialogue options per sentence in conversation, which is all the time. Responses to those from other characters, responses based on you characters sex, decisions, backstory, etc. It's a lot before you even start talking about playing the game. A lot of sidequests are unique enough from each other (unlike crap like Fable II, which has loads of "Slave Rescue" over and over) and, at least to me, they're all fun. I've completed every sidequest you can possibly do in a single playthrough except one, because I wasn't aware that a location I needed to go would get cut off from me completely by continuing the story. It will always show unfinished in my assignments, annoying but no big deal. But out of all the sidequests, I didn't feel like any of them actually took me out of the story or were tiresome. Sometimes you're doing sidequests in a game, and you're very aware you're not playing the main game. This time I've felt like everything I was doing, while not weighing a lot on the main storyline, was all at least a bit important to the story and maybe Mass Effect 2 (since your save carries over (!!!)). Or rather, that the whole game is this package, like a gift basket where the sidequests are the little cheeses, glasses, paté that make the main thing, the ultra expensive wine, all that much better. For instance, Fable II sidequests never felt at all like they mattered, they were a lot more of a chore. Like Mass Effect, Fallout 3 sidequests feel like part of it all, but in a different way. You just sort of never know with Fallout 3 what quest is part of the main story or isn't, and that's really cool too. An big part of Mass Effect revolves around information, which is something there is in spades if you do the sidequests. Of course, the most important thing doing the sidequests gives you is money, experience, and items, but there's a lot of codex entries you get out of it. Which I actually love reading. I love the boring read-y parts of the game as much as the action. And with the amount of stuff there is to read about things like the physics of mass accelerators in guns, or Asari culture, or the First Contact War, etc, is enough to make a pretty decent sized Wiki for the game. Which there is. Like there's a write up for everything, every brand, every race, every planet. ... I don't know why I haven't calmed down about it yet, it's not like it's the best thing ever, I just wasn't really sure they put this much into games anymore. I feel like they were passionate about it and appreciate it. I'm about to start the last planet in the game. I might try to finish the game tonight. I don't know if I'm going to go through New Game+ mainly because I borrowed the game and I want to go into Mass Effect which this character and the decisions he made. After this I'm probably gonna rent Prototype if my friend is still too sucky at his game to be done Fallout 3 I'll have to rent that again. But I have some games I own to finish still so I don't know... Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts... deBlob... even MM9. They're good but I'm not so in the mood. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 June 2009, 02:29:41 Video games are like any other form of entertainment. The larger the demand is, the more they try to cater to all tastes. Right, that sounds respectable. I just hate it when someone absolutely adores something like Halo and then calls something like Mario garbage. Not in any way in a form of an opinion, because I might understand that. I'm talking about when someone says, "Mario sucks because it's nothing like Halo." I don't really expect someone to say something like that though, because it's stupid... It's almost like saying, "I love chocolate, but I hate potato chips because it doesn't taste anything like chocolate." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 June 2009, 03:17:22 I understand what you're saying, and have met more than a few folks like that.
There's a strangely strong correlation between that kind of pretense and being a business major. Go figure. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 June 2009, 06:44:38 I'd say Fallout 3 is worth buying, yeah. For me, 128+ hours and counting so far, and I plan on getting two of the add-ons, but maybe I'm just addicted.
Considering I have so many games to play right now it's a bit odd but I'm looking into Mass Effect and it might be a buy months after when I finally have "nothing to do" again. Also Edge, I doubt the people you're talking about would even understand a word you're saying, which makes me laugh. Very well said, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 June 2009, 20:44:30 I gave up on SoulCalibur IV because the Tower thing is pissing me off.
I've moved on to Mirror's Edge, which I'm having a helluva lot of fun with, despite me dying every 2-3 minutes. My only problems so far is that the tutorial doesn't let you practice enough, and I'm really regretting having fired a gun twice so far. You get an achievement for not having fired a gun, and both situations I could've handled without using force. Still, I love the frantic feeling of the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 20 June 2009, 06:45:38 That game sucks ass if you're colorblind.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 June 2009, 06:47:30 Oh wow.
Wow, that would be awful. Although isn't there a mode in that game that gets rid of the red? Of course that's mainly for people who've already played through it at least once. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 20 June 2009, 06:51:19 All I know is that I sucked at it.
Sucked hard. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 20 June 2009, 10:16:59 I actually played through without the Red.
I wanted to figure out everything on my own. Took a long time. I don't regret bringing it back to EBGames though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 June 2009, 17:26:51 I should rent it.
Posted on: June 20, 2009, 11:19:18 AM I beat Halo 3 on Legendary last night. 425 gamerscore at once. Got over 600 total for the night (skulls and other achievements along the way, like beating levels). I like having lots of gamerscore. I feel dirty. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 June 2009, 17:49:05 Prototype on hard mode is relentless.
It's been awhile since I've been this frustrated. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 June 2009, 17:58:35 It's just all those damned missiles from EVERYWHERE tossing you around.
Not to mention when the hunters enter that combo, but you can just dive roll out of that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 June 2009, 18:23:08 I love that combo! They look like skinless special-ed students who've had too many coco-puffs!
But yes, those rockets are freakin' cheap. Some of these platinum challenges are pretty difficult too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 June 2009, 18:25:14 Some of these platinum challenges are pretty difficult too. Riiiiight. The War ones are easy though. The speed ones are killer though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 June 2009, 18:26:39 I hate Shia LeBeouf even MORE now!
http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2009/06/shia_labeouf_disses_the_wii Yeah, he's one of those guys! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 June 2009, 18:30:38 I saw that. I laughed.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 June 2009, 19:04:23 I hate Shia LeBeouf even MORE now! He probably one of those "hardcore" Xbots/PS3boys who plays shooters all the time. He's no better off than those people who bought the Wii for Wii Sports. Also I have arthritis (maybe) but that doesn't stop me from playing my Wii. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 June 2009, 19:23:27 The thing is, I've always hated Shia, but I've never known why. I always make all these assumptions about the kind of person he is and I joke about it all the time.
This is the first kind of validation I've gotten, and it's right in line with the feelings I've always had for him, haha. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 June 2009, 19:48:13 #####ing new-wave gamers.
I hope video games experience the same attention that Skateboarding did in the late 90's, in as much as I hope it all tapers off and the general populace moves on to whatever new trend, such that the OG's aren't tripping over posers while trying to enjoy their hobby. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 June 2009, 21:45:01 I've been playing Kirby Super Star Ultra.
It's epic. I'm currently addicted to Helper-to-Hero. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 22 June 2009, 22:11:26 Once I finally got it working correctly, I started playing Fable: TLC for the PC.
Never would've guessed it was my sound card that was the problem... I've also been spending time with a few BioWare games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 June 2009, 22:57:50 I honestly never disliked Shia Thebeef except for this. I realize that I'm in an odd percentile of people who can tolerate him.
This reminds me that I hate everything "MLG". I like having lots of gamerscore. I know what you mean. I hate the idea of gamerscores, but if I'm playing a game that one of my friends has, I tend to try and top their score (within reason, mind, as I don't go out of my way to do it and I rarely do multiple play throughs). It's stupid but I can't help it. After I finished Mass Effect last night (which I did spectacularly for one playthrough), I was compelled to look through everyone's gamer profile to see what they'd done. I think I have like the second or third highest score of all my friends, but really who gives a #####? It was the same with Fable 2. So dumb. Moving on, as I said I finished Mass Effect last night and I see to have done very well for a single playthrough. I am so excited for Mass Effect 2 that I cannot use contractions or anything but a monotonous voice when talking about it because any crack will cause the dam to burst. Thinking about getting the downloadable quest. Anyway I went to rent Prototype but no dice, they were all out. Maybe later. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 22 June 2009, 23:26:59 I was playing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, its a very enjoyable game to play.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 22 June 2009, 23:48:16 I went to a restaurant on saturday, and they had this place for kids to play. I was asked to take my one-year-old brother, Neuhén there. I do so, and on a TV they had Super Mario World.
I couldn't play until somebody came to stay with my brother (He IS a baby, everybody wants to be with him.) I got to Donut Plains, then I had to leave. Yesterday, I started a re-play of it. That, my friends, is the power of babies. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 June 2009, 00:29:17 So I should totally get Mass Effect.
That will be next on my list. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 June 2009, 04:36:14 So I should totally get Mass Effect. YAH! If I'm thinking about doing a second playthrough, you know it's good. Plus then we can gaybar gamer gamerscore compete. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 June 2009, 04:59:37 :)
Posted on: June 22, 2009, 11:59:12 PM Also, just got all the skulls in Halo 3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 June 2009, 05:10:36 I might get it also, I was gonna get Fable 2 but then I just kinda lost interest...
Still playing Punch-Out!! Wii, pretty damn fun, but some of the challenges (lolachievements) are just the game's way of saying "##### you, try to get THIS bitch!" Also, Bald Bull in Title Defence is a jackass. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 June 2009, 05:24:33 Shia is way too cocky. The only time I ever really liked him in the slightest was in Eagle Eye. Every other movie he's been in, I'd say he's an... oh what's the word I'm looking for...
... amateur? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 June 2009, 05:29:37 Wait, he was in Eagle Eye?
... no wonder that guy looked familiar. I'm terrible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 23 June 2009, 05:35:52 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 June 2009, 05:42:59 A-wha?
But anyway, I forgot to mention the reason why he's a pain... I'm trying to beat him on 'Champions Mode'... where EVERY HIT IS A 1-HIT KNOCKDOWN. And Bald Bull has by far the most random speed for alot of his jabs... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 June 2009, 06:29:56 GIRL
I WANNA TAKE YA TO A GAY BAR I WANNA TAKE YA TO A GAY BAR I WANNA TAKE YA TO A GAY BAR GAY BAR GAY BAR I actually discovered I have 125 dollars in Future Shop gift cards so I got Mass Effect and 1400 Microsoft points for Fallout 3 DLC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 June 2009, 12:34:35 I'm thankful Shia was in Indy 4 because it was a good warning sign to not expect anything good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 23 June 2009, 15:54:20 A-wha? Don't you remember the gibberish he spews when he crouches and shakes his fists? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 23 June 2009, 16:46:27 Yeah, I remember some, but "aluut" doesn't ring a bell...
His lines really aren't as memorable as "Release the...! Bogus!" Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 June 2009, 18:48:18 I'm thankful Shia was in Indy 4 because it was a good warning sign to not expect anything good. Even the ending made me feel like they were about to cross the line. After Harrison drops his hat, Shia picks it up. I said to myself, "OH NO YOU ARE NOT IF YOU DARE PUT ON THAT HAT IM DONE WITH INDY" And he's about to put it on and... Harrison snatches it. Yeah, you don't deserve it Shia. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 June 2009, 21:32:19 "DONE WITH INDY"
Indiana Jones isn't known for its acting at all, and I never had any problem with Shia's performance in it. I'd think he gets a bad rep because they always make him play some douchebag character, but I suppose the douchebag character is just... who he is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 23 June 2009, 23:14:32 When someone clearly illustrates that they're a one trick pony, it's hard not to assume that they aren't really acting, and are rather just being themselves.
See: Jim Carry, Will Ferrell, Dane Cook, Adam Sandler, ect. Posted on: 23 June 2009, 22:34:41 The War ones are easy though. Raid is a bitch. Do you know something I don't? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 June 2009, 23:38:55 Well, MOST of the war ones...
I've got 1:26 on it. Damned close. I just need better luck. Every time enemies spawn I just run away so they clump together after me and never stop shooting. The grenades have a decent sized splash. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 24 June 2009, 00:01:01 Try spamming the target button. It means you can't really aim while shooting, but it also cooks time off the clock.
I know it's cheap, but after roughly 2 hours of trying and getting 1:25.1 TWICE I decided to exploit the system. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 June 2009, 00:58:22 :-O
I never really thought of that. Doesn't it do it every time you switch targets too? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 June 2009, 01:13:45 When someone clearly illustrates that they're a one trick pony, it's hard not to assume that they aren't really acting, and are rather just being themselves. Jim Carrey is a decent actor, so don't knock him. Will Ferrel was great in Stranger Than Fiction, but aside from that I definitely agree with you. Dane Cook can ##### a ##### ##### ##### ##### ############## ### ## # #### ## #### to ####### #### ##### and #####. Adam Sandler THINKS he can do dramatic roles but god is he wrong. Still, Funny People is the first Adam Sandler movie I've been looking forward to in... maybe ever. People who I think are TOOLS rather than ACTORS, and by TOOLS I mean they're perfect in very specific roles: Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. They're not talented, but they've got... well, they're always exactly the same but it's not a bad thing if they're used appropriately. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 June 2009, 15:37:35 OK. Seems like Prototype is gonna be forever rented and while I have the money to buy it, I don't like the price of new 360 games at all. Especially considering I kind of just got this contraption in the winter and wasn't able to touch it for months, so I can play some older stuff I've been wanting to try until I get the chance to either rent Prototype or get it for a bit cheaper. Pretty much the same deal for Fallout 3.
Oh by the wayzle Majikn, you can get those two Fallout 3 missions on a DISC for like 25 of our wimpy Canadian dollars. And I think it comes with a Vault-Boy poster too. I don't know if it's the same content you wanted. It's like The Pit(t) and Operation: Anchorage, I think. Anyway I bought Saints Row 2 because, well I am Mike Collymore. It's already better than the first one just in terms of polish. And finally there's motorcycles! FINALLY. And I already had the chance to fly a helicopter. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 24 June 2009, 16:13:13 Way better than the first. I'm sad that they took out a lot of the options to customize your character though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 24 June 2009, 21:34:52 Alright, let's finish this trilogy!
Just got Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 June 2009, 21:43:05 You're gonna love it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 June 2009, 23:58:20 I still have to get that and the first one.
Kicked the ##### out of the second one though. Way better than the first. I'm sad that they took out a lot of the options to customize your character though. Seems like they focused too much on body modification. It's quite a bit more robust than the first game, but weirdly there's a LOT less options for hair, facial hair, and such. I don't really get it. I downloaded the Ünkut packs for both the first and second Saints Row, I knew it was probably too much to hope for but I'm sad that my Ünkut jacket from the first game doesn't appear in the second. It was ridiculously spot on of something I'd would wear. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 June 2009, 00:37:29 This is a fun little flash game.
Not hard though. http://gprime.net/game/samorost/ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 June 2009, 07:13:17 Anyone here play Paper Mario 2?
Does anyone know how hard and how long it takes to complete everything in that game (from Tattle Log to Recipes)? I do... and I'm finally DONE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 June 2009, 08:31:53 Um... no. I honestly never tried to 100% those games.
As much as I like them and like replaying them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 June 2009, 00:44:48 One Hour Ago: "What's this? The 2nd Trial doesn't involve a murder?"
Present: "NEVERMIIIIIIIIIND". This game is VERY good so far. I'm not a fan of some of the music, but it's getting me laughing and pumped again like PW should. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 27 June 2009, 00:54:55 Definitely the best game on the Ace Attorney series.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 28 June 2009, 17:14:36 I was rather hyped about MvC2 but its not even commin out until dast days of July..wheb it was June 29
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 28 June 2009, 22:31:32 Erick-> Eric-> Enrique
TheOnly, from now on you'll be known as Quique. Be happy. On topic, I've been playing Rhythm Heaven on a friend's DS, and it's awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 28 June 2009, 22:36:57 Quique?!?! Ewwww ew ew ew ew ew!! What kind of crap is that bro!?!!!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 28 June 2009, 23:22:50 I like Quique. You're Quique now.
IT IS DONE. Quique?!?! Ewwww ew ew ew ew ew!! What kind of crap is that bro!?!!! I think you're using bro too loosely, guy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 June 2009, 00:00:42 What kind of crap? It's called Portugoose or Spoonish! That's what kind of crap maybe!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 June 2009, 00:25:55 This being a Mega Man forum, I figured someone would've already done a Proto Man reference.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 29 June 2009, 16:18:09 What kind of crap? It's called Portugoose or Spoonish! That's what kind of crap maybe!Spoonish. Also, it's pronounced sorta like "kikeh". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 July 2009, 23:00:33 I've been playing the new Transformers game, which is pretty mediocre yet fun. It holds your attention for each of the levels, which last around 7-8 minutes each, and then after you turn it off you're like "Why the hell did I buy that?"
I picked up Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood today, 'cause I liked the first one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 2 July 2009, 08:49:28 BlazBlue is badass. The only fighting franchise that I've ever really cared to follow was Guilty Gear, and while this lacks the variety of style that the Guilty Gear series boasted, it certainly lives up to the legacy. I've been waiting a long time for a fighting game to replace Guilty Gear XX as my primary fighter fix, but this may well have done it.
Warning: Not for epileptics. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 July 2009, 12:11:09 I'm waiting for my copy from Amazon.com...it'll arrive on July 6.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 July 2009, 12:27:36 I heard BlazBlue is good... but I never liked fighters. :/
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 2 July 2009, 16:00:11 I never liked fighters. :/ Same here. That's just how #####ing good this is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 2 July 2009, 23:35:03 I've been playing Breath Of Fire 3.
I just got to Wyndia. BlazBlue is badass. The only fighting franchise that I've ever really cared to follow was Guilty Gear, and while this lacks the variety of style that the Guilty Gear series boasted, it certainly lives up to the legacy. I've been waiting a long time for a fighting game to replace Guilty Gear XX as my primary fighter fix, but this may well have done it. It looks like a pretty badass game. I've heard nothing but good things about it from the people who've played it. Too bad I don't have a system to play it on, otherwise I'd be eating that ##### up. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 2 July 2009, 23:43:29 I've been playing Breath Of Fire 3. Speaking of badass. I wish they would bring that franchise back. We're all willing to pretend the 5th one never happened, so why not? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 2 July 2009, 23:45:06 I've been playing Breath Of Fire 3.I don't know if you have played the game before, but... When you get Peco (That was his name, right?) USE HIM. He actually IS useful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 3 July 2009, 00:02:04 Speaking of badass.I would say it's partly due to the poor reception of the 5th, but other than that, I can't think of a reason for them not to. The only positive light on this subject I've found is this (http://www.destructoid.com/a-new-breath-of-fire-title-a-possibility--92343.phtml). Otherwise, I'd say it looks pretty grim for a new one. I don't know if you have played the game before, but...I played it a long-ass time ago, but my cousin busted the disc (along with BoF4) in two shortly after I bought it out of spite. It's just now recently that I've re-boughten the PSP port of 3 and the PC version of 4 (Due to the cheapness). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 July 2009, 00:08:36 I'm too scared to crack a disc in half with my hands because I feel like the shrapnel is going to stab through my hands and shoot out into my eyes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 July 2009, 00:13:30 I've done it, but it is definitely scary.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 July 2009, 11:30:08 My copy of BlazBlue, along with a copy of the score to Star Trek, has finally shipped! I should receive it Monday or Tuesday.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 July 2009, 15:23:12 BlazBlue's online community is already incredibly strong.
It's a good thing that it can create matches based on demonstrated skill level, because (like the Guilty Gear games before it) the people who are good at this game are really, really good at it. Like, annoyingly good. Or so I'm told. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 3 July 2009, 17:07:26 I'm too scared to crack a disc in half with my hands because I feel like the shrapnel is going to stab through my hands and shoot out into my eyes.Why would you want to, anyway? If I want to get rid of a CD's useable life, I just use it as a frisbee until it cracks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 July 2009, 18:01:47 Or take a razor and peel it into it's two thinner discs
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 July 2009, 19:20:35 Coincidentally, my Smash Bros. Brawl disc is now apparently ruined. This is the first time this has ever happened to any disc I've ever owned, be it video game, music, or DVD.
It freezes every time I try to start a match. I can see and feel a scratch on it. Goddamn. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 July 2009, 19:30:42 Some video stores and some videogame stores offer to repair discs for like 5 bucks.
Call around. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 July 2009, 19:40:03 Seriously, though, leave this ##### to happen to me.
I take near obsessive care of all my belongings, especially anything that's a disc. My brother, on the other hand, doesn't even know where half the cases to any of his games are, they're tossed around the house in all corners of god-knows-where, discs lying sideways or upside down or wedged between shelves and books and on the ground... and he's never had a problem. I'm glad we have such vastly different taste in video games or else there'd be serious problems. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 July 2009, 20:08:41 I had to start keeping a physical log of who had what media of mine for that exact reason.
When people figured out how serious I was, they stopped borrowing my ##### altogether. I find it troubling that people would rather not borrow something than treat it with respect. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 July 2009, 20:11:51 I tell people when they borrow something that if they don't plan to return it in the same condition they got it, they either owe me repair costs or a brand new one.
It's to be expected. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 July 2009, 20:24:05 Your brother sounds a lot like me as far as discs go. The majority of mine are in a few massive stacks at various spots in my room. I haven't bothered finding cases for all of them; there wouldn't be enough anyway.
Other people's stuff, however, I treat with respect. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: PK the Medic on 3 July 2009, 20:27:45 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 4 July 2009, 02:30:41 Seriously, though, leave this ##### to happen to me.My mother is like this too. I hate it, because she messes with my stuff. Like, now I can't keep a CD on my stereo, because if she "borrows" it, I know the CD will be placed incorrectly somewhere NOT on it's case. Almost worse than not using cases, she mixes cases and sometimes puts two or more CDs on a same case, just because she can't find any other. ...I've met a lot of people like this, and I myself actually care a lot about that kind of stuff. Like, if the CD has some sort of graphic on it, I place it so that when you open it, you look at the graphic correctly, instead of to the side or upside down. On a side note, I'm paranoid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 July 2009, 02:31:26 BlazBlue is badass. I wish the internet didn't ONLY EVER devolve into one word sentences for everything. But then, I guess it's not just the internet right? "Right." Exactly. Oh look I did it too. But yeah about this game, never heard of it until now. I never liked fighters. :/ Soooo it's like Half-Life 2 for fighters? Cool. See Sano I don't hate on everything. I've been playing the new Transformers game, which is pretty mediocre yet fun. It holds your attention for each of the levels, which last around 7-8 minutes each, and then after you turn it off you're like "Why the hell did I buy that?" That's what King-Fu Panda is like. Except it doesn't really give you the option to leave the game in between levels unless you just turn it off so it's like it KNOWS what it's doing. But I didn't expect much from a movie tie-in game OR a free with XBox game OR a movie tie-in free with XBox game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 July 2009, 05:27:40 I tell people when they borrow something that if they don't plan to return it in the same condition they got it, they either owe me repair costs or a brand new one. I just give people one simple rule, "If you leave marks on it, I leave marks on you." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 July 2009, 05:56:38 I like that too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 July 2009, 12:38:53 Downloaded Castle Crashers last night with a friend who wanted to play it.
Very awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 July 2009, 17:23:31 We should play.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 July 2009, 23:00:36 Don't have Live.
Live is stupid. I don't want to pay for Live. My brother has Live. But we have two 360's. And I downloaded the game to MY hard drive. Which doesn't have Live. Which is stupid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 00:37:29 Pay 5 bucks.
Use it for a month. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 03:20:21 Kind of ticked me off when I created an account just to buy downloadable content, only to have it force me to take the free trial when I didn't have any reason to use it and might've had reason to later on in life.
And I thought Nintendo was bad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 03:32:31 I was never forced into my Gold subscription. It asked.
You could have activated it any time later. I had silver for a long time then activated my month trial after a few months. Unless it was that way before the new XBL experience. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 03:51:05 It asked, but then it wouldn't let me say no, and I assumed going back would mean cancelling the creation of my account.
And a number of other things. One Canadian points card is too much for one game and not enough for two games. For example. I'd regret that Microsoft so far has been a piece of ##### to me and the only reason I'd have an XBox 360 like anyone else is for the games, but luckily I didn't have to pay for my brother's system. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2009, 04:07:18 Yeah I really don't want to pay for a Gold membership even though there is stuff I want to play online now. And I agree with Majikn on the points card thing, it's one of the reasons I haven't gotten any of the downloadable content I've wanted for my games.
I finished Saints Row 2 today. Or rather, everything except what activities and diversions I left. I don't know how I feel about some things, but I'm thinking about the downloadable missions but again what I said above. Like I want to do the extra stuff in Saints Row 2 and Mass Effect but... Ugh. I never liked the idea of having to keep paying for my games either when they could have just made the game longer in the first place for the same price. I feel like it'll eventually devolve to the point where the game you actually buy is very short but oh look there's SO many add-ons for you to I really don't know how worth it I think this "DLC" stuff is. It never seems like you'd get your hassles worth. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 04:32:02 Well, sometimes there isn't enough room on the disc, also, they have a deadline to get stuff done.
ALSO, it's helping to counteract the loss of revenue from the 'used game' market. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 05:01:14 I don't plan on getting DLC very often at all. This was one game that I felt was definitely worth it, though. Loads of hours of gameplay and I was still having a blast with it.
I suppose I can just finance someone's credit card for the extra 200 points if it's possible to choose how many points you want. Anyway I'm playing GTA IV right now. Nico reminds me of a badass Luigi, the way his voice kind of sounds. I don't mean his accent, which obviously isn't italian, you know what I mean. I really liked Mass Effect but I wasn't for all the similar mapped areas and it's pretty silly how few planets you can actually land on without the mako. Also on normal difficulty I didn't buy anything until very late in the game. With my grenade count I screwed up Paragon in the Thorian mission (and then only a little bit, I ended up running past most of the shooters), but that's the only trouble I really came across without using money. Curiosity had me viewing the sex scene and I couldn't believe how despicable this scene was made out to be by... certain people, Fox News included. I mean... that was nothing compared to what you see on TV or in movies. But to be honest it only really made me laugh, how ridiculous their claims were, how they were refuted as blatant lies and how it made them all look like a bunch of idiots. I hope that hit their viewership hard because they deserve it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 05:09:13 I need to play that game...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 05:14:00 *inhales through teeth*
Really wanna meet that game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2009, 05:59:01 Uhm, you know that when you run out of grenades with Anti-Thorian gas, you can just run up an melee attack everyone right? It takes them out without killing them, so you don't lose the Paragon points...
Anyway I didn't have trouble with the areas that had atmospheric threats if you were outside the Mako. Of course, I would haveten drive it up onto a high mountain and then have on foot firefights from there. With the Mako safely a bit behind me I could easily fight people below and then run back before getting hurt. I started this tactic when I was using my sniper rifle a lot and then just kept with it later on. So I was pretty fine even on worlds with big hazards. I really don't like GTAIV but I figure if I were to play it by myself from the start I'd probably end up liking it. My main concern, though, is that GTA all of a sudden pushed to be more realistic when it had always been a comedic exaggeration of the real world. Probably why I like the Saints Row series. It feels like they fit a lot more with everything from GTA: San Andreas and backward more than GTAIV. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 06:07:22 I wouldn't have known that, about the melee attacking, because for one I never even learned how to do it, it seemed to be automatic as far as I could tell. And I would've assumed it killed them anyway. It didn't matter though because I saved more lives than lost.
I had no trouble with the side quests period, though I didn't have a sniper. It was more the abundance of mako. I didn't expect that at all, I expected there to be more than a few planets where you could actually land the Normandy. But that's okay, I still liked the game a lot. I still feel like Liberty City is a satire of New York City, and I really don't mind the changes. San Andreas is probably better, but it was before my time, really. I didn't like GTA back then. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 06:21:45 GTA:SA Is the still the best GTA.
Though I do like GTA4. I think I'm going to get Mass Effect tomorrow. I still have some money on a Gamestop gift card and it'll basically cost nothing if I get it used. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2009, 06:32:14 Good idea. It can be a big a big game if you want to do everything. You don't have to, of course. In fact even most of the achievements only ask you do "most" of it, which amounts to 75% of whatever they're talking about. I did everything I could possibly do in my first playthrough except one very minor thing because I liked the game so much. People find it kind of crazy I got to level 50 in my first playthrough and got all the best possible weapons in the game (Spectre Master Gear, level X), but I liked it THAT much!
I haven't played it in a bit so I can't totally remember the buttons, I'll probably play it soon though and I'll let you know. You can basically pistol whip them and they fall down. I definitely didn't have the hang of grenades at all in that mission (I never use them) so I had to knock the people out. Oh, also; Didn't that Asari Clone look cool? I really hope/wish there are other green Asari in the future. Generally, the Normandy is too big to safely land. It requires a huge Mass Effect field to land a whole starship on a small planet, and most/all of the sidequest planets are small. And that's with a normal sized drive core, whereas the Normandy is a prototype and it's drive core is double the size of other spacecraft in it's class. The planets are also uncharted, which makes landing the Normandy there unsafe. These are just a couple reasons they threw in to explain why the Normandy rarely lands and why most planets are just a square map ("operational area"). I think there's a bunch of other reasons for stuff like this in the codex entries (I read them all......... .... ::) ) that talk about it. It would be cool if the Normandy landed more often, but ultimately useless. There's no real reason you'd need it planet side. I'm just hoping Mass Effect 2 has maybe a couple other kinds of planetary craft as well. Something that hovers and goes faster but has less protection would be great. Anyway for the eyes of people that have played it; [spoiler]Who did you choose for romance? And who did you have with you by the end of the game?[/spoiler] Liberty City is still a parody of NY, and looks the part much more so in GTAIV. My problem isn't that, it's all still a parody. But the actual gameplay and stuff that happens used to be more... vivid. Or colourful, maybe. While I find GTAIV looks spectacular, it's at the same time pretty bleak looking. I'm of the impression New York City actually looks like that, but still. I get annoyed when games consist of few colours other than gunmetal grey and poo brown. But like I said I haven't had much time to immerse myself into the game. There's just a quality I can't place that sets it off from the others. Also I find Niko very bland. But I agree with John, GTA:SA is the best of the series so far for me. For people that agree I suggest the Saints Row series. It feels very similar to how San Andreas plays, and you can see a bunch of what Rockstar adopted from Volition to make GTAIV in Saints Row. Apparently some of the downloable content in SR2 has references to Red Faction: Guerrilla... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 6 July 2009, 06:43:03 I couldn't believe how despicable this scene was made out to be by... certain people, Fox News included. That's what you get for watching Fox News. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 06:45:01 I have seen footage of Saint's Row.
I'm not sure what I think. I remember I wasn't too impressed by what I saw. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 06:46:35 That's what you get for watching Fox News. Hey. HEY. You insult me. I didn't watch Fox News. It was part of the wikipedia entry I read. I wasn't expecting it to be bad. But I expected it to be at least a little worse from what I was hearing. It was funny before I even saw the scene. The asari did look cool. I let her live, so I may see her again, at the very least. Response!: [spoiler]I didn't really choose anyone exactly. I was nice to everyone basically, I almost always chose the top option because I feel like that's actually what I would say. I didn't really feel a connection between Liara and I though... but I said yes just because of the curiosity I mentioned. Ashley died, and I wasn't sure there was anyone else to choose from anyway. I think if I had let it all continue on, I might've had them fight over me, which I have seen in a youtube video, but this is me thinking that because I'm always nice to everyone and I wasn't actually trying to do it, I only saw the video after I beat it and I was like "Whoa."[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2009, 07:20:49 I have seen footage of Saint's Row. The graphics aren't that hot, but otherwise it's pretty much like San Andreas in terms of play. The second one improves a LOT all around, and though the graphics still aren't gorgeous they're not bad. The first Saints Row is very much like an inbetween of GTA:SA and GTAIV. That's what you get for watching Fox News. Same here for the Asari, but SHE is actually purple. I really thought her green clone looked so awesome. [spoiler]I was nice to everyone too, and I usually picked the top response for the same reasons. I like Liara more than Ash right away. First of all she was somehow actually hotter despite being a blue alien. Then, she's a smart doctor type and I found what she had to say actually interesting. Ashley's face seems to the change after Eden Prime, and she's a total bitch to everyone. Add to that that she's a racist and that pretty much sealed it. I saved Kaidan too, since the whole game before that I was like "Kaidan you're my boy!". And because I went to Noveria first, and then Artemis Tau second, Ashley died before her and Liara would have confronted me about feelings and stuff. Yeah, if you're nice to both of them and don't really confirm anything they apparently confront you after a debriefing and you can to choose. If you try to choose both, Ashley/Kaidan gets pissed and you just continue with Liara. On Virmire, when Wrex gets really pissed off, there's actually a chance he can die. You can kill him, or Ashley can kill him. I calmed him down, thankfully. Also you can actually go through the game without ever getting Garrus or Wrex. But since I like them both and Garrus is pretty much my right hand man (AFTER Kaidan) I think that'd be stupid. [/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 July 2009, 07:26:56 I was like "WTF" on Virmire and then reloaded and put points to intimidate and tried again until I prevented it.
I had Garrus and Alenko mainly, but I had to choose someone else that one time and chose Wrex, because you know, and he had like 42 points built up. I like Wrex but being a vanguard I don't need him. I suppose it'll be different next time I play. I forgot that she was a purple, so now I bet that they was just green because of the plant-cloning thing. The above sentence is what happens when I post-edit a pronoun and don't look at the rest of the sentence. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 07:31:48 Wow.
I can't wait until I understand what you all are talking about. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2009, 08:51:20 Same here.
I'm chose to be an Infiltrator, and then I chose the Operative option on Luna. One thing I liked about being an Infiltrator is that no other squad members are really the same kind of thing. I think Tali might be the closest. I never put any points into Intimidate, so it's only at the one it gave me. My Charm is completely maxed out to twelve though. Intimidate is the last thing on my list to upgrade, I don't think I'll even have it maxed to the ~4 available slots if I get to level 60. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2009, 20:55:08 Picked up Mass Effect for next to nothing today (leftover gift cards).
Used though. The disc is not in spectacular condition, but it will definitely work. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 7 July 2009, 18:44:17 I've been playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
I actually enjoy it. I got it pretty cheap at the GameAttack demo at SGC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 July 2009, 19:00:11 Cool.
I just beat Noveria on Mass Effect last night. I'm not doing too many of the side missions yet, I want to get into the groove of the game first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 7 July 2009, 19:16:23 I've been playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.You probably know this, but, don't use Seth. Ever. It's like Marcus from the other GBA Fire Emblems. Also, make two saves on chapter 9, you can pick two different paths. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 7 July 2009, 19:20:18 No idea what that means, but thanks for spoiling the game for me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 7 July 2009, 19:27:16 Cool. Before going to Virmire...make sure you do almost every side quest possible. Trust me. To get the 'Ally' Achievements you need to complete 15 Missions and 45 Sidequests. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 7 July 2009, 21:14:13 That's what you get for watching Fox News.Hey. HEY. You insult me. No, I didn't. An insult would have been "You're an idiot for watching Fox News." Rather, I just pointed out that sensationalism was something to be expected from them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 7 July 2009, 21:23:48 Hey don't bash Fox News, Red Eye is one of the best shows in cable.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 July 2009, 22:51:34 I wasn't ACTUALLY insulted, I was really just insulting Fox News by saying I'm insulted that you would suggest I watch Fox News.
Hey don't bash Fox News, Red Eye is one of the best shows in cable. I'm currently under the impression that Red Eye is a television show, and Fox News is... well, propaganda in place of news. So in my mind, to bash one of them would not bash the other. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 7 July 2009, 23:01:42 Fox pumps just as much propaganda as MSNBC...that is why CNN is the best.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 July 2009, 23:17:31 I've heard absolute bull##### from CNN as well. ##### like this is part of the reason the USA has a bad name among other countries. It's a kick in the ass to honest journalism, too.
I'm generally turned off by television itself, much less news on television. So I have no idea what is implied by comparing it to MSNBC. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 7 July 2009, 23:23:10 MSNBC is Biased Left...very biased left. If you even say you want to vote for one republican then they will bash you to the ground calling you evil.
Fox bashes anyone that tries to change replubican ways CNN and HLN is very boring and just state the news. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 July 2009, 23:35:32 Not from what I've seen.
EDIT: To be clear I'm not going to talk about politics period, and I wasn't bringing it up. I'm talking about dishonesty. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 July 2009, 23:51:49 I NOT LIEK POLOTICKS.
Lets talk about Mass Effect. SO, I was going to do a bunch of side missions after Noveria. I did like 2 and then they all disappeared from my journal. So I did the Artemis Tau cluster, and they are still gone. I'm going to find and do every side mission I can before I go to Feros. I'm going to land on every planet I can and survey stuff. I'm going to do THINGS. Also, I'm trying to get Ashley, so I'm keeping her in my party at all times, and I'm also using Tali, because I like decrypting things. I might swap Ashley for whoever is half combat half techie for more skill, I think it's Garrus. I'm playing half combat half biotic, but I wish I'd chosen tech. that combo only has pistol and sniper though, and I really like the shotgun as the combat is close up. I never use my biotics anyways, throw is lame, and so is warp. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 July 2009, 00:25:43 Use lift, then. Paralysis within an area of effect. At full points it goes on for a whole 12 seconds. That's a lot of free hits.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 05:49:13 I never used Ashley after Eden Prime and the Citadel. I'd only take her out at the Citadel to work with her stats and maybe the end/start of a sidequest. But any time she talked to anyone about anything she was a bitch. If I had used Garrus instead of her during the initial sidequests I'd probably have his achievement.
I was an Infiltrator, which is part combat and part tech. It was a really great combo to pick, as I said, the other characters aren't really similar. I think Garrus is the closest but he can use assault rifles and overkill and stuff. I'm glad I didn't pick stuff with biotics because... Eh. I let everyone use their stuff freely so Kaidan used his biotics alright, though if I wanted him using Lift I usually had to tell him to. Liara has singularity, which is cool, but I'm glad I didn't pick biotics for me as they'd never be used. Whereas I use Overload and Sabotage a LOT. The only way I'd play a biotic character would be to get the achievements but that's stupid. I got the Kaidan ally achievement, I think. I'll probably get the Garrus one in my next playthrough just because I won't really use Tali for Feros (she's surprisingly agressive with a shotgun by the way) this time. I might go for Liara's achievement because I could go get her right away, but I don't REALLY care about achievements, I just like the character. I think Stasis is a horrible biotic power though. You can't damage anyone in it unless you're that certain sub-class or something. You can use any weapon anyway, John. You'll just suck at it. I used the shotgun and assault rifle enough to get the achievements even, but I really just liked my pistol. I have no idea what's wrong with your journal but see what happens if you complete a sidequest. There's only one solar system in the game without something to land on anyway, but some sidequests only unlock when you hit a certain level or stage in the game. And at least one sidequest can only be started within a certain window, but it's different depending on what your background is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 July 2009, 06:00:43 Okay, I'll have all my quests listed.
I'll start one, like go find so and so, and all but my main missions will disappear. I won;t be able to look at my sidequests. I'm just now guessing that there are multiple parts to the journal. I can probably scroll left and right to do things. If not, it's stupid. Posted on: July 08, 2009, 12:58:04 AM Also, I really never use anything but the pistol, and shotgun when I'm up close. I kind of wish I could have the pistol, assault rifle combo but the assault rifle's accuracy is horrible. Unrealistically so. I use the shotgun enough though. Also, is there no scope on the rifle? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 06:14:34 Scope is on the sniper rifle, bud.
I can't comment on the accuracy of weapons I wasn't able to train on. I figured they just sucked because I wasn't supposed to use them. Although when you get nuff upgrade slots you can help it. Not enough, but like I said I made at least 150 kills with each thing and I didn't even LIKE using anything but my pistol, and the sniper rifle when applicable. Okay, I'll have all my quests listed. Uhm. I'm not trying to be like... condescending or anything... but you realize the main missions and the side-quests are listed separately right? Like, there's the list of Primary missions, and the list of Secondary missions. You just push left or right based on what you want to see. When "Journal" is flashing and you open it, it takes you directly to the list with the newest thing. The Codex works the same. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 8 July 2009, 06:15:17 I gotta get Mass Effect one day, I hear nothing but good things about it, and not just from here either.
So, I'm almost done 100 Percenting Super Paper Mario. That game is an even bigger bitch to 100% than Paper Mario 2. I also finally downloaded Fallout 3 on Steam. I'll get started on that baby as soon as I'm done with SPM. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 July 2009, 06:28:38 Yeah I can't figure out how to use the sniper scope.
And Vinch, you will be let down. It is fun, but getting anywhere takes FOREVER. Walk for 3 minutes, ride in an elevator for a minute, take 5 steps and hop in another elevator, get in a ship, choose where you're going, watch a 30 second animation (from the citadel) and THEN choose again and let the 10 second autosaves kill you as well as the random loading chunks and the texture pop-ins. Also, the horrible framerates when playing in 1080p. There are a lot of negatives, and it takes forever to get places. Not to mention the AI of your allies is pretty bad. I tell them to move and they stand in the open and get rocketed to death. Also, you can only RUN during combat, the rest of the time you jog everywhere. Also, you can't give yourself cheekbones without them being disgustingly pointy. I'm not trying to be like... condescending or anything... but you realize the main missions and the side-quests are listed separately right? [size=8]#####.[/size] This is me right now. Posted on: July 08, 2009, 01:26:26 AM ALSO, driving the Mako is ridiculous. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 06:38:07 John;
-The scope works with the left trigger or something like that. -Going places seems less slow later. Just do all your Citadel sidequests at once so you're not going there every ten minutes. -Turn auto-save off. It sucks. It's useless. -If you've got room, put the game on the hard drive. Cuts down on everything's loading. While it's not perfect, it helps with Citadel elevators. The elevator in the Normady I was fine with. I think this will help with it taking long for you to get places, because it didn't bother me at all after I installed the game. -If you tell your ally's to go somewhere specific (with that arrow thing), they should try to take cover once they get there. Otherwise they're just normal. To be safe, I always hit down (cover) when they go where I need them to. It seems like they get better later anyway. But I generally tell them to cover in a doorway or something while I run ahead, you really only need them for cover fire. Vinch; -You won't be disappointed, John is just sad 'cause he SUCKS AT MASS EFFECT BIATCH! The problem is just that the game doesn't teach you how to play it, so you only REALLY know what you're doing somewhere after half-way through. Also it's a big game, and it needs a lot of your system which is why I say firmly install it to your hard drive. My only actual issue with the game is that it has a #####TY inventory system. I don't have to bother with it anymore because most everything is worse than what I have, but they fixed it in the PC version which is basically a confirmation that Mass Effect 2 will have a decent system. I don't see why they can't patch the XBox version for that but fine, whatever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 July 2009, 06:48:19 And Mike, the elevators do NOT change speed if you install to hard drive. I tested it.
It also doesn't help as much as it should with texture pop-in either. I just hate the elevator to the Normandy. It is the absolute worst. When I'm in an elevator I just check my messages, facebook, the MMM, make a snack, go to the bathroom, take a vacation, and live my life. The inventory is not good at all, but it's not unusable. It just takes forever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 06:56:01 Honestly the one in the Normandy is the quickest for me. And my elevator speeds definitely changed along with all load times; Especially traveling from one system to another within the same cluster.
Or maybe I just got used to it or something. But it's really not at all long for me. None of them. I think the longest is the one from the dock to C-Sec, but there's always a conversation or something on the radio during those so it's fine. The radio stuff gives you sidequests too, or relates to how you handled sidequests. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 8 July 2009, 07:15:02 You can get 4 Assignments from the radio, depending on who you talked to or what other assignments you have done.
There are 2 Assignments with the reporter. There are a History Based Assignment for where you were raised. ((Shepard has a mother in one...)) If you hit 75% Paragon or Renegade you unlock another Assignment. ((On your second play though you can do a glitch with the guy in Noveria in the bar, the one you need to turn into a witness, where you can loop the conversation to get max out both.)) 'Bringing Down the Sky' Gives you a few more assignments. There is another Assignment increasing DLC coming out later on this year before ME2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 07:29:35 Actually there's two different reporters. It's weird. But I think there's two sidequests with the first reporter, yeah?
The Spacer history based one is the one where you talk to your mother. I was Earthborn, so I was an orphan and the sidequest deals with very different stuff. I forget what the other one is about. You really don't need to glitch anything to get to 75% P/R points. I filled the Paragon meter well before the end of the game, and still was getting Paragon points that couldn't fit in there. I'm probably gonna get "Bring Down The Sky", if I buy one of those cards and continue my second playthrough anyway. I always hold down the run button in Mass Effect when I'm going around. I don't actually think it makes you go faster, but it feels like it does somehow. It doesn't, I'm sure. But still. Anyway the game is clearly not meant to be a "go go go go go" type thing, which is why none of the combat is actually hard. It's about the story, which is what I like about it most. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 8 July 2009, 08:08:35 CNN and HLN is very boring and just state the news. Just stating the news is what all news programs should be doing. The constant barrage of graphics and sensationalism make it hard to take any of it seriously. Walter Cronkite must be spinning in his grave. In this day and age you're better off avoiding television broadcast news altogether. Turn off your television and read. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 10:13:30 I highly doubt any news station just states the news right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 July 2009, 14:12:40 There seem to be a fair amount more things that have changed in the PC version. I noticed a different interface, I noticed player-controlling your allies, for example. Saw a playing manually walking Garrus over to a Geth Colossus and using overload.
I think John's talking about the really tall elevator leading to the Normandy at the Citadel, not the one in the Normandy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 8 July 2009, 16:33:12 Bringing Down the Sky is definitely worth it. If you start a new playthrough by going there, you can easily get Level VII equipment while you are still using Level III. Insane stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 19:06:27 I'm using Level X stuff anyway so that doesn't really matter, I'll just get Bring Down The Sky to play it.
Saw a playing manually walking Garrus over to a Geth Colossus and using overload. Well, you can do that on XBox if I'm reading you right, but I don't see the point. I only need the allies for cover fire and their unique skills once in a while so it's fine if they do their own thing. As long as you have it set so they can use their abilities freely and such. And yeah that's the only elevator I think is too long. C-Sec to Docks. But it's the one with the conversations and radio stuff so it's OK. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 July 2009, 21:29:32 So, I found all my Gamecube stuff and fired it up today.
Oooh the nostalgia. Only played for about 10 minutes, because I had something else to do, but i plan to beat Windwaker again. Also, I plan to sell the Gamecube too. Just because. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 8 July 2009, 22:17:11 'Kay, so here's Sano's random gaming update.
I'm playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. I'm playing Link's Awakening, which I had as a child till one of my brother's douchey friends stole it from me and I've actually just gotten a tad further than I did as a young lad. And I'm also replaying Majora's Mask, because it kicks ass. So, I've got a bit on my plate. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 22:58:12 Majora's Mask does NOT kick ass and it never has.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 8 July 2009, 23:06:27 Majora's Mask was pretty coooooool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 July 2009, 23:10:51 If "coooooool" stands for "Clearly OOOOOOOfully Lame"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 8 July 2009, 23:28:10 yeah
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 8 July 2009, 23:37:04 I never liked Zelda period.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 July 2009, 23:48:46 I never liked Zelda blood IN GENERAL.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 July 2009, 00:16:05 good one
because periods are like okay yeah Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 00:18:07 o no i didnt get that until alec said that omg im gonna puke now
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 9 July 2009, 04:42:03 I never liked Zelda period. ... Never heard Beethoven and don't like Zelda? I'm starting to wonder if you were grown in some sort of lab. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 9 July 2009, 05:07:39 Majora's Mask isn't all that bad, it's just okay. I played it at Annie's house for a bit and I thought it was the most frustrating thing possible. I was panicking to get the whole thing done in just that short of time, until I learned that you can go back in time to day one, which relieves your stress for a bit. Made it seem not as bad then, but Nintendo did give me a bit of a scare, and not the good kind.
Aside from that, my main issue is your starting point. You start smack dab in the center of the world, and there's like, four areas surrounding them. By the way that's set up, it kinda takes away from the adventurous feel. I never liked Zelda period. Had you worded that differently, it could have been a double slam, implying he's a dog. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 9 July 2009, 05:37:56 Majora's Mask was bad because it was so clearly made from constituent pieces of OoT.
Mask trading was okay as a mini-game in OoT, but it fails as the core structure of a game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 05:40:14 I need to play MM again.
I remember liking that game a lot. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 9 July 2009, 06:47:58 Also, to any of you playing or planning on playing BlazBlue:
Don't let an Arakune player get you into a corner. If they know what they're doing, you're pretty much screwed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 July 2009, 07:08:41 Majora's Mask was good, damn it! One of the more original Zelda games... <_<
I've been playing through all the Zelda games recently... and getting 100% on them. I'm doing Wind Waker right now. Beautiful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 07:13:51 I'm gonna play Windwaker soon.
It's just so... simple and fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 9 July 2009, 07:41:19 Majora's Mask was beautiful....the concept was not. I love all the detail they added to the game from OoT...but I wish they would have made it more true to the formula...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 07:56:59 I liked the temples. That much i know.
And rolling around Termina as a Goron was awesome. Also, Tatl + Tael= Tattletale. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 9 July 2009, 08:05:16 They could have gone without the 3 day time line thing. That was hella-confusing.
Also more temples...one of the reasons why I love Link to the Past, the gameboy games, and OoT is the ammount of dungeons and puzzles in them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 July 2009, 08:41:09 3 Day Limit was fine, and was pretty integral to the storyline.
Not to mention, MM has the strongest NPC support out of any of the Zelda games. Also, Great Bay Temple and Stone Tower Temple = Most logical Zelda dungeons in the series. Nothing can top the two. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 July 2009, 08:47:44 My problem with Majora's Mask is this; I didn't have fun.
Like, at all. And since I was funky fresh off OoT and was like 14, I would have eaten up almost any mediocre Zelda game. But no, MM WAS that bad. Maybe you had to be 9 at the the time to enjoy it or something. I mean, there's what Edge said, the masks don't work as the core hook and the game WAS MOS DEF a shoddy patchwork of OoT. Add to that, the time travel is actually crap. While it makes sense that stuff you did doesn't stick when you back in time, recognize that that ##### done incorrectly is #####ing infuriating. I don't think it, or the masks, were implemented correctly. Which is too bad because they both really appealed to me. But whatever. I rented it, so I'll admit I didn't get WELL into it, but I was done the first time the moon killed me because it was crap enough that I didn't even care to play beyond a single death. It didn't even interest me after that. I didn't care about finding that douchebag who made me a Deku Kid, I couldn't be bothered. I barely felt like this was Link I was playing as. I can't comment the game's supposed deeper story. It's honestly half of the duo of the only two Zelda games that I hate. I can't find any reason why I'd play them again unless I just wanted to hurt myself, but I do enough of that anyway without validating bad work. I'd rather play Minish Cap and I did. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 9 July 2009, 09:16:14 Did you just mentioned half the dungeons in the game. There was barely anything in the game.
4 Dungeons, 24 masks, roughly 80% you had to do a side quest that took two to three days of exact timing to do. It took virtually the whole 3 days of exact timing to get to a single dungeon, and the dungeons weren't exactly that big. Atleast in LttP and OoT, you can get to the dungeons on your own time, solve their puzzles, and move on to another one, there are 12 Dungeons in LttP. Majora's Mask was a fail, just as Adventure of Link. Hell the CDi games, even though they are mentally retarded, are more fun than trying to beat Majora's Mask without a walkthrough. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 July 2009, 09:30:10 Right, calling the CDi games more fun than trying to beat Majora's Mask invalidates your opinion.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 9 July 2009, 13:23:07 What? There's only 4 dungeons?
I knew there were only four areas surrounding me but I didn't think they'd limit it to just 4 dungeons... That's unbelievably stupid. Changes my opinion about the game.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 July 2009, 15:47:02 I don't think the dungeon count should change your opinion. There's also two spider-houses to be fair, which I count as half-dungeons, like I counted the Ice Cave and the Bottom of the Well in Ocarina of Time. Oh and I forgot Ikana Castle and the Deku Palace. And the Pirate Fortress. Still definitely not as good, but oh well.
The dungeons were big enough for me. The last two were my favourite. And wait... where did you get 12 dungeons for Ocarina of Time? And why does the dungeon count matter so much as the length and general playability of the game? I can't comment the game's supposed deeper story. There isn't one. Just a bunch of side stories, really. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 July 2009, 16:52:12 I've actually been replaying Wind Waker recently. Just got to the second temple, the forest one.
I swear, I just want to pin these graphics down and make sweet Jewish love to them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 16:53:17 Mike, you didn't even get to jam on guitar as a Zora?
I thought it was awesome that I found a way to get every mask before doing the 3rd temple, and actually getting to the 4th while skipping the 3rd. I took a year to get into the third because I didn't know you had to drop the eggs in the center of that tank. Once I did, I had basically 100%'d the game except for 2 hearts and the great fairy sword. Alec, I agree. Except sweet hairy Irish love. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 July 2009, 18:48:56 I went to Best Buy to buy blank CD's, and as I walked in they had a huge bargain bin thing, and that Lost game for XBOX360 was sitting in ther for $10.
So, I was like, "whatever." And bought it. I'm not expecting anything good, but it'll probably be a fun enough diversion. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 9 July 2009, 19:01:48 I counted 12 in LttP not OoT, OoT had 9 if you don't count the mini-dungeons
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 July 2009, 22:15:14 This?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 July 2009, 22:47:07 no you goddamn whorebucket
goddamnit Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 July 2009, 23:08:42 Yeah I don't even count the CDi games are real Zelda games. I can't.
Mike, you didn't even get to jam on guitar as a Zora? THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO. Also I want to make sweet biracial interracial love to the Wind Waker graphics (they're Japanese). And yeah, I've heard mixed things about the Lost game. It's probably not good but interesting enough for a fan. I'm really paranoid so I stay away from most tie-in games because it looks like you played it only for the achievements, SPEED AND LUNCHEBOX. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 July 2009, 00:13:49 I've heard some people say they liked it enough and others say it was extremely awful and irritating.
But yeah, it's something to do if I get bored. Probably won't play it right away. Posted on: 9 July 2009, 18:43:31 Chasm Spasm lol (http://www.rathergood.com/chasm) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 10 July 2009, 00:26:17 I haven't been to that site in so damn long.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 10 July 2009, 08:40:48 So, I just did everything you absolutely can do in Super Paper Mario.
I recommend against it if you want to keep your sanity. Now to get all the Gallery Figures in Wind Waker. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 10 July 2009, 08:48:43 Rediscovered Super Mario Galaxy the other day, been playing that.
Also playing Delta-V, a fifteen-year-old game nobody else has played before. And TF2, still. Probably will keep playing TF2 for a good long time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 10 July 2009, 16:34:53 Majora's Mask does NOT kick ass and it never has. You suck. And there you go again hating everything. I never liked Zelda period. You suck too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 10 July 2009, 18:22:44 That's really not "hating everything."
It's more like "hating something that sucks", which seems perfectly understandable to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 July 2009, 01:24:19 Sano, I'm gonna say this with all due respect, but get bent.
I'm starting to get tired of you saying that I "hate everything" when if you didn't just selectively read my posts you'd know I don't. I've praised quite a few games among other things recently. So big dicking deal I don't like Majora's Mask and I'm tired of seeing the SAME Team Fortress 2 joke all the time, deal with it. Other people, MORE people, have said the same stuff as me so clearly I'm not the x-factor here, thanks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 11 July 2009, 02:13:25 When I read the 1st part of the post. I couldn't stop cracking up for a good minute...but get bent. LOL. Sorry.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 July 2009, 02:24:41 The first time I wrote it, it was more offensive.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 July 2009, 02:56:53 I have a tolerance for things that "suck" I guess.
I mean, I like Starforce just a bit. Majora's Mask is just okay. It's not great, but I might play it sometime. If it just flat outright stinks, it's a different story, like Battle Network 4. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 11 July 2009, 07:10:14 Sano, I'm gonna say this with all due respect, but get bent. :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Kuchiri on 11 July 2009, 07:33:18 Yeah...so I'm playing Silent Hill: Homecoming right now....Monsters are a BITCH in this game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 July 2009, 06:54:15 I restarted Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All the other day. Mainly because I can't find a single copy of ANY other Ace Attorney game. I once saw a copy of Trials And Tribulations at the new Gamestop for 20 smacks but I was on a mission for others things, and I think it's gone now.
Quite annoying. Sano, I'm gonna say this with all due respect, but get bent. I'm one of the few people left on MMM who doesn't make fun of you at the drop of a hat. If your goal is to make me start regretting that then mission accomplished. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 13 July 2009, 23:00:06 Sano, I also want you to get bent. I just wanted to make sure you knew that!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 15 July 2009, 08:32:41 Started a bit of Neverwinter Nights. It was a pain in the ass to install, but after searching around BioWare's forums, I managed to find the solution.
I also started Earthbound for about the fifth or so time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 16 July 2009, 03:50:13 I just beat BlazBlue on Hell difficulty.
Nu-13 has got to be the cheapest boss of any fighting game I've ever played. My next goal will be to beat score attack mode which, for whatever reason, is even more difficult than the Hell difficulty on arcade mode. I'm going to end up with blisters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 July 2009, 02:01:56 Oh by the way, listening to the 2008 Ace Attorney Orchestrated tracks reminded me to tell you: I finished Trials and Tribulations.
It's definitely the best out of the three, and I change my mind on the music. Although I don't like some of it more than the first, I think everything in it is better than the second and the music does grow on you. I enjoyed the last case and the "hints" in it that reminded me of my previous cases. Don't know when I'm gonna nab Apollo though, but I certainly wish I knew more about the Edgeworth game in progress. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 July 2009, 03:57:32 The Edgeworth game looks awesome and is coming this winter to North America.
Though that probably means January/February 2010. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 July 2009, 04:21:44 Still playing Mass Effect.
Just did Feros. Nailing LOTS of side missions. Anyways, there is one part of the game, a planet in the Han system, level 2 cold hazard, just driving the Mako around is making me feel REALLY cold there. Like, they did an incredible job of imitating a blizzard. Though the price they paid was frame-rates. It's baaaad at points. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 July 2009, 17:21:45 I'm playing the game of life and having wonderful conversations with Linda. :)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 17 July 2009, 18:05:08 wow
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 17 July 2009, 18:40:25 I'm playing the game of life and having wonderful conversations with Linda. :) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 July 2009, 18:50:13 I feel bad that she has that plastered on her chest.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 July 2009, 18:51:55 It's such a happy hate-life tattoo!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 17 July 2009, 20:11:20 The Edgeworth game looks awesome and is coming this winter to North America.It'll be out on the 15th of November, the name is going to be Ace Attorney: Investigations. I know. I wish it'd be something like "Miles Edgeworth: Perfect Prosecutor" or something like that, but, no. Apparently, Capcom wants it to be clear it's a spin off. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 July 2009, 01:18:46 Why is everyone seemingly able to find Ace Attorney games but me?
Now I'm going to have to get goons out shopping for me, and I've already got that for headphones so now I have to divide my forces. This a delegating daymare. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 July 2009, 04:08:43 I've got at least one copy of each Ace Attorney game in my store.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 July 2009, 07:49:16 I just beat Mass Effect.
Used Ashley for Romance, and had her as an ally for the WHOLE game, but didn't get the "Soldier Ally" Achievement. Lame. Same with Tali. Also, the story at the end of the game was AWESOME. I think everything covered itself pretty well. I hate that you have to choose between a total bitch and an awkward alien. [spoiler]The scene wasn't even good. Just kind of thrown in for very little reason. [/spoiler] Overall, I'm very happy with the game. Oh, and that darned final boss is a bouncy punk! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 July 2009, 09:57:10 You have to do most of the sidequests and story missions for ally achievement. It's like 75% of each, which is about 15 missions and 50 assignments. Maybe it was the sidequests thing? The collection ones don't count for it.
I got Kaidan's. Liara's is the hardest one to get, you basically need a walkthrough for it, since she's the only one you don't get at the Citadel where there's lots of sidequests from the get go. I have no idea why anyone would pick Ashley for romance at all. [spoiler]Let alone keep her alive.[/spoiler] Unless you have a thing for racists. Also, the story at the end of the game was AWESOME. Toldya! I mean, I liked it before, it got to holey moley standards when you find out... Well you know. Man I can't wait for Mass Effect 2, but I'm not going to be able until play it until like April. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 July 2009, 16:00:45 Well, save for her being a complete ass, she has a few redeeming qualities.
Very few. Regardless, I got Paragon. Also, I did like EVERY side mission besides the stuff on Feros and the last assignment. I guess I had to just wander around and find more people to give me missions.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 July 2009, 21:39:11 Probably. Sometimes sidequests lead to other sidequests too, so there could have been a sizeable chain of them you missed. I don't know, the ally achievements are really finnicky I think. I assume I didn't get one for Garrus because I used Liara and Tali on Feros.
I think Feros had like three to five assignments. I'm not sure about the other planets but I think Noveria was comparable to that. Citadel had loads, and had like computer terminals and things that would lead to UNC sidequests. But for UNC ones you can also just enter the system or land on the planet/ship half the time and you'll make the sidequest available. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 July 2009, 23:00:25 Picked up Henry Hatsworth. This is GOTY material. My god it's simply brilliant. Some of the best voice acting on the DS EVER. Puzzle element is great, platforming/adventure element is well designed and plays fantastic with a steady (but unforgiving) difficulty curve.
TEA TIME! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 July 2009, 23:01:04 Someone mentioned that game to me and I thought they were making it up based on the title alone.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 July 2009, 23:04:57 This is no farce my good sir. It is #####ing epic gameplay at it's best.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 July 2009, 23:07:27 Oh, I know. I've been meaning to play it. A friend of mine has it and I watched him. Looked swell.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 July 2009, 23:18:43 Screenshots please.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 July 2009, 00:19:07 http://www.henryhatsworth.com/en_us/home.action
Official site. This is all you need and the intro video is kick ass. GO THERE NOW. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 July 2009, 02:39:51 I needed more personally. I still didn't see how the puzzle and adventure system worked.
GOOD SHOW! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvRTvYnYPzg) I saw this game in Gamestop before, but I dismissed it by what I assumed was just one of those cheap puzzle games. Looks pretty good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 July 2009, 03:34:05 You can switch between the top screen (action) to the bottom screen (puzzle) with the X button. Time freezes in the Action screen while you work puzzles. While in the Action screen the puzzle screen slowly moves up. If enemy blocks reach the top, they come back into the action screen and attack you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 July 2009, 04:08:54 Yeah, I saw in the video. It's a very interesting concept. I'd like to play it but I has no cash to spend.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 July 2009, 04:11:59 I borrowed Henry Hatsworth from my friend and it is AMAZING. Such a fun game, guys. Seriously.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 July 2009, 17:46:01 Beat it yesterday... the last boss is a BITCH. But such satisfaction to beat it. The game is NOT a cake walk.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 July 2009, 18:23:08 Yeah, tell me about it! I'm having a crapload of trouble in the fifth world all of a sudden. Fourth world was hard, but not TOO hard. Fifth actually made me give up for a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 July 2009, 19:37:16 I'm gonna need to try this game out then. By the looks of the video, the 2nd world looks too easy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 July 2009, 14:46:45 It has a rather unforgiving difficulty curve towards the end. I honestly thought World 4 was harder than World 5 myself. Though the clock tower stage in World 5 could give any Castlevania clock tower stage a run for it's money.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 31 July 2009, 16:02:54 Though the clock tower stage in World 5 could give any Castlevania clock tower stage a run for it's money. Those are some bold words. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 31 July 2009, 20:40:33 So I picked up King of Figthers 12, I tried playing online, but I got lag up the ying yang, it was just retarded and made me angry.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 August 2009, 06:49:29 Really? It was retarded, was it?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 1 August 2009, 10:50:08 Of course it was! Would he complain about latency if it didn't slow down the game?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 1 August 2009, 16:42:51 KoFXII is painfully pared down when compared to its progenitors.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 August 2009, 20:00:51 Gotta make things easy for the HALO kiddies.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 August 2009, 01:21:57 I'm currently playing between LEGO Indiana Jones and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
All of you know how the LEGO games play, so I won't go into detail. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra's gameplay is this: a crappy Contra knock-off mixed with a crappy version of the Gears of War cover system, with a #####ty camera system to top it off. I'm sure this game is a blast to play with another person, but unfortunately that other person has to be sitting next to you - Live play is not enabled. I'd suggest picking it up if you can find it for $25-30 brand-new; it's helluva lot better than the Transformers 2 game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 August 2009, 01:28:21 I'd rather finally get Fallout 3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 August 2009, 01:32:46 I've actually never played a LEGO video game, expecting them to suck and all. Not being one to assume but also being one to think about how he spends his money at a glance. Maybe I'd like them more if I paid them any attention.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 8 August 2009, 04:17:30 The Lego games are pretty fun and quality games, albeit a bit bland and repetitive. Still cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 August 2009, 07:10:51 I've personally hated them all except for Lego Racers. That's a quality game. Nice and difficult too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 8 August 2009, 08:27:09 I dug Lego Batman and Lego Star Wars, but I completely skipped over Lego Indy.
Indy just didn't have as many cool characters. I don't think anything will ever touch Star Wars though. The idea of being able to manipulate multiple objects at once with your mind alone is a premise that lends itself incredibly well to Legos. It's just not as neat when your guy bends over and throws the pieces. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 August 2009, 12:40:58 LEGO Indy is okay, but they ramped up the difficulty a bit, and the partner A.I. seems to be dumber in this one. The thing that I don't like about it was that the LEGO Star Wars games, sure, they had some killing in there, but it was a lot of puzzles and building while being able to act out scenes. In LEGO Indy, it is never a fair fight (a swarm of Nazis will kick your ass a couple of time before you defeat them all), and you have to shoot them with a gun or whip them a few times. I dunno, it's weird - for some reason it feels like LEGO was actually promoting violence with this one, and I don't really dig it.
One thing that I thought was funny was that to have Nazis in the game, they can't come out and say it or give them all swaztikas on their clothing - so they all have blonde hair and blue eyes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 August 2009, 06:19:06 lol I'm playing the first Star Force.
Just trying to get a Completed Status for my backlog. ...Anyone who owns it want to be Brothers? >.> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 August 2009, 06:35:43 God I don't even want to put the card in.
But I have a cool customized mugshot thing that I randomly put a lot of energy into because it's easy to put in an effort when you're really limited. YOU'D WANT THAT IN YOUR PROFILE. I forgot, my USB connector doesn't work anymore anyway. You know that thing always heated up ridiculously whenever I used it. Damn thing probably melted. It's really lame that the DSi doesn't offer backwards compatibility for internet access, it would have been so easy to do. Any smart programmer would have the DSi's working connection appear as an "access point" under the network settings interface of any older game. Then you just select it and bam it works. But no, they didn't bother. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: GMG on 22 August 2009, 16:57:53 Megaman X collection. The X games are better than most of the classics, but not as good as 2 and 7.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 August 2009, 00:23:08 Well, I beat Star Force.
Does anyone else think Geo hallucinated his friends and dad there at the end when he deleted Andromeda? Anyway, I'm contemplating whether if I should do the extra stuff to get a shiny "C" in my backlog or not. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 August 2009, 00:25:21 What's a backlog and why care about it?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 August 2009, 00:34:26 It's in my sig.
It tells me that I have some games to beat. Getting a Shiny "C" in every game means that you're the coolest (in the nerd world). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 August 2009, 00:52:28 You could just lie. I think doing the main part of Star Force is nuff torture to earn that C.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 August 2009, 02:24:26 Last I checked, I think I was looking for a Dragon brother in the game, but I really don't want to put my card in. I don't want to see a BN-like game at all anytime soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 August 2009, 02:31:53 I downloaded just about every demo on XBL.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is fun, and I REALLY appreciate the effort put into the surround sound. Shadow Complex is really cool too. Mirror's Edge doesn't seem like my kind of game though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 August 2009, 02:33:13 That Batman game really does sound good from what I hear, and Mirror's Edge was one of those games that you expected to be the bomb with so much potential, but falls short.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 August 2009, 02:36:42 My problem is that, of all things, the controls feel awkward.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 August 2009, 20:48:53 Very awkward.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 24 August 2009, 04:06:46 Arkham Asylum is the first good Batman game.
It has it's shortcomings, but overall it's a damn fun game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 August 2009, 14:07:03 Lots of BtAS voice actors as well, which REALLY helps. If I had a PS3 I'd probably get it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 24 August 2009, 16:33:34 Mark Hamill is dead-on through the whole thing.
It wasn't a terribly long game, but it was still quite enjoyable. I'm a bit sad that we didn't get more of The Riddler than we did, but at this point that just seems like nitpicking. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 August 2009, 19:18:24 I'm sure if it does well enough we'll get a sequal of some sort, give the other villians more of a chance to shine.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 August 2009, 19:42:57 I plan on renting it for the box.
Maybe this week, but I don't know. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 August 2009, 03:26:14 I bought that game and uhhhh IboughtMetroidPrimeTrilogy.
*runs away* Iiiiiii don't wanna die! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 August 2009, 03:56:22 I gave it a good look but decided 'nah, another day'.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 26 August 2009, 03:59:27 ##### yeah! I forgot to pick that up myself. When my financial aid surplus comes in a few weeks, I'll snag it and relive all that wonderful Prime goodness.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 August 2009, 04:21:13 Maybe someday I'll pick it up and try it out.
Played a bit of Prime 3 (the beginning though) and it seemed alright. Kinda low on money at the moment now though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 August 2009, 05:17:42 ##### yeah! I forgot to pick that up myself. When my financial aid surplus comes in a few weeks, I'll snag it and relive all that wonderful Prime goodness. YOU would, fatty! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 August 2009, 05:46:31 I really want to play the original Metroid Prime with Wii Controls, so maybe I'll grab that trilogy sometime down the road.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 August 2009, 06:03:23 I played Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts today for the first time in ages.
I tried to make a flying motorcycle, then remembered you can't make anything that remotely looks like a motorcycle in the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 August 2009, 08:44:01 I'm going to pick up Metroid Trilogy next trip uptown.
And Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. And that's it until whenever the next big Nintendo game comes out... either Mario & Luigi 3 or Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 August 2009, 15:47:44 Isn't the next big Nintendo game the New Super Mario Bros. Wii game? I thought that was coming out fairly soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 August 2009, 18:04:09 That too... Dang, too many games to buy this year.
Mario & Luigi comes out next month, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 August 2009, 20:28:37 For whatever reason, I thought New Super Mario Bros. Wii was coming out in September... but now it just says Q4 2009. So, I mean, that could still be September, but I'm getting the feeling that it'll be a little later on.
The only game I know I'm buying anytime soon is The Beatles Rock Band. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 August 2009, 01:20:33 I definitely have a lot of games I want to play, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii is highly wanted.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 August 2009, 21:53:35 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box has moved into my DS. And speaking of moving, that reminds me of a delightful puzzle!
PUZZLE #602 - Castle Conundrum - 35 Picarats Dr. Wily has just moved into his new castle, but the previous owner has taken all the door knobs with him. If the castle has 23 floors, 3 sub basements and 1 hidden level and each floor has a number of doors 2 times the number of electrons in a Helium atom, what color is Dr. Wily's shoes after he steps in hydraulic fluid after it's been drained from Heat Man's leg servo if the fluid turns black when exposed to temperatures of over 300 degrees Kelvin? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 August 2009, 22:03:51 If it's 81F out or hotter, black.
It it's colder, whatever color the servo fluid is if not exposed to temperatures over 300 Kelvin. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 August 2009, 23:05:13 Oh yeah I bought Arkham Asylum 'cause it was still on sale. It's pretty good.
I like the riddles best. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 September 2009, 03:23:08 Sale?
What? Where? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 September 2009, 07:05:40 Wal-Mart.
It was like 20-30 bucks cheaper, I don't know if it's still 'cause it was a limited thing and I was told it ended the day before I went and got it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 September 2009, 14:52:01 If it's 81F out or hotter, black. INCORRECT The answer was Mega Man blows up his castle. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 September 2009, 15:13:07 #####
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 September 2009, 22:30:32 Riddle me this; What walks on four legs, then two legs, and finally three legs?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 September 2009, 22:45:05 You forgot the whole dawn, day, evening thing.
Man. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 September 2009, 22:58:17 I think I like it better without "in the dawn"/"in the day"/"in the evening."
But yeah, ancient stuff. Isn't that even the most famous Sphynx riddle? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 September 2009, 23:02:07 Riddle me this; What walks on four legs, then two legs, and finally three legs? [dracula]WHAT IS A MAN?[/dracula] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 September 2009, 07:18:03 You're all wrong.
The answer is a baby. True a baby walks on four legs, but cut two off and it stumbles around on two. Give it a crutch and it walks with three. Thats disgusting! How can you joke about that? Easily, Doctor... It's not my baby. Now go play Arkham Asylum, guys. You forgot the whole dawn, day, evening thing. No I did not forget it. I was doing a thing. And even if I wasn't, the dawn/day/evening thing is stupid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 2 September 2009, 21:29:31 A miserable little pile of secrets!Riddle me this; What walks on four legs, then two legs, and finally three legs? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 3 September 2009, 00:57:22 But enough talk! HAVE AT YOU!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 3 September 2009, 00:59:54 I played the Arkham Asylum demo...
I want this game. Now. ... But I only have 15 dollars... I'll probably rent it this Friday for Labor Day weekend. Yeah, that's what I'll do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 September 2009, 05:14:35 It gets better, the demo is a pretty bare bones example.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 September 2009, 02:51:21 NO MORE HEROES 2 WEIRD TRAILER
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14288376/no-more-heroes-2/videos/nmh2_trl_trailer_90309.html Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 03:13:05 So don't care.
Oh, what's this crappy-LOOKING new GTA, anyway? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 5 September 2009, 03:17:10 What are you talking about? That new expansion, Agent for the PS3, ...or No More Heroes 2?
If its the new expansion, I would say you're crazy, since it looks pretty fun. (although I'll bet you'll say Saints Row 2 is better! ...and it probably is! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 03:46:58 I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Seems to be a GTAIV expansion slated to come out next month. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 September 2009, 03:50:54 Yep.
Looks gay. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 04:07:20 I don't know enough about it to say that, I just don't understand the graphical downgrade if it's a GTAIV expansion. When I first saw the commercial at the movies, I thought this was for PS2 or something.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 September 2009, 04:09:42 It's not THAT bad.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 04:13:02 Doesn't look any better than San Andreas from the trailer.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 September 2009, 04:17:09 It looks a bit better.
Go back and play GTA4 again, then San Andreas. GTA4's engine got really outdated really fast. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 04:18:21 Go back and play GTA4 again, then San Andreas. I don't own either of those games, so no. And even then, no. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 5 September 2009, 08:18:25 NO MORE HEROES 2 WEIRD TRAILER Awesome, looks like a really promising sequel to the original amazing game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 September 2009, 14:33:00 I want the 360 port.
Also, the games doesn't look bad at all without the insane amounts of blood. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 5 September 2009, 17:39:43 Super Mario World.
I had intended to beat it 100% start to finish in a single sitting, but work and marching band got the hold of me. Did it all in two days, and I must say that nostalgia hits hard when you sit down to play a classic such as this. AND it was on the original SNES system, mind you. ...Oh yeah, I'm back on the internets. Hello, all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 5 September 2009, 18:19:51 I don't know enough about it to say that, I just don't understand the graphical downgrade if it's a GTAIV expansion. When I first saw the commercial at the movies, I thought this was for PS2 or something. Really? If anything, it looks the same as the normal GTA IV. GTA4's engine got really outdated really fast. GTA IV's engine is great, but the content is lacking. Since this is the last expansion, they'll probably make the next GTA based in Vice City or a new place or whatever. I want them to bring back the stats and stuff. And the customization. I don't want just jackets and pants. I want some diversity. And planes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 5 September 2009, 18:27:28 HELLO XJ
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 5 September 2009, 19:24:51 OH OH OH, and I'm now playing through the extra missions on Soul Calibur II to get all the weapons and stuff.
Cause, you know, weapons are fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 September 2009, 19:28:07 I have SC II at 100%.
That was fuuuuun. Talim and link all the way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 5 September 2009, 19:38:03 I love playing as Link, but Kilik has that long reach that keeps my brother-in-law the hell away from me. He's the one who got me the game as a gift.
Reason? He was tired of me kicking his ass on SSBM and CvsSNK2EO. Heh, good times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2009, 22:48:56 SC2 is the best one but SC3 was sweet for the custom characters.
Talim all the way. Link can eat a knob, since he plays like one anyway. I don't know enough about it to say that, I just don't understand the graphical downgrade if it's a GTAIV expansion. When I first saw the commercial at the movies, I thought this was for PS2 or something. Then GTAIV looks a lot worse than I remember. GTA4's engine got really outdated really fast. This expansion brings back car customization and probably further character customization. Or for a graphical downgrade of that I think GTAIV looks like you could play Saints Row 2, ha ha ha. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 September 2009, 01:29:50 I would like SC2, but instead I got a cheap SC3 instead. Thing is though, regardless of the fact that people tell me it's crap or not, I don't play it. Too busy with other things and I don't feel like unlocking anything.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 September 2009, 01:32:08 SC2>SC4>SC3
Not sure where #1 fits. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 September 2009, 01:32:42 I heard the first one was bogus.
I played SC3 and I thought it was alright, but to be honest, my opinion doesn't justify anything. I only played it once or twice. Ever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 September 2009, 02:06:07 STOP TEASING ABOUT STARCRAFT
/skimmed,joking Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 September 2009, 02:14:11 The first Soul Calibur is... Eh.
I don't see what's bad about SC3 at all. It's not as good as SC2, gameplay-wise, but otherwise it's fine and the custom character thing was really well done, the only problem was you had to unlock all the stuff in the creator. But it was cool because unlocking isn't even close to challenging and there's tons of stuff to unlock. I haven't played SC4 but I definitely cared less about it existing, and have no desire to try it though I probably will eventually. STOP TEASING ABOUT STARCRAFT Thought about that too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 September 2009, 02:28:07 I forgot SC4 existed.
I mean, seriously. Had they just released SC5 yesterday and I heard about it, for a couple of seconds I would be baffled. I was baffled when I heard about Guitar Hero 5, but that's slightly irrelevant because technically there wasn't a "GH4". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 September 2009, 02:31:10 I have Soul Calibur 4.
It plays MUCH more like 2, and has a way better customization system than 3. Such as: The custom Characters use movesets of the main characters in the game, so they aren't nerfed. Not to mention, depending on what the character wears, they have different abilities that are unlocked the more you play as each character. For instance, Cervantes types can turn invisible. This is only in 'special vs.' btw. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 September 2009, 02:44:12 Uh, you can use movesets of the characters in the game in SC3.
For instance, a character can use the nun-chucks moveset or the "Soul Of Maxi" moveset, which gives them the nun-chucks moves that Maxi uses. Also, the different classes has different abilities in SC3, and use certain kinds of weapons. Like, ninjas have a move where they disappear in smoke and reappear in the air and launch a bunch of shuriken. There's also some kind of dark/light thing with what the characters wear but I was never sure what that was for. But OK. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 September 2009, 21:48:17 Replaying Rockman 7 FC on Annie's computer. I just got a S Tank from Eddy in Turbo Man's stage. Luckiest. Drop. Ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 September 2009, 18:21:01 The Beatles.
Mother#####ing. Rock Band. I mean, I love Rock Band, but you have no idea how much better it gets when every single song is great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 9 September 2009, 18:25:00 Like a lot of games I would love to have that, but I just don't have the money for it. I really need a job.
It'll probably be the last music related (or at least, GH/RB related) game I ever get. I had World Tour and it was God-awful... didn't even finish it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 September 2009, 18:33:09 There's a LOT of polish on this game. It's like they were so excited to be making a Beatles game that they made sure everything was perfect.
Once you get to the in-studio chapters, the video in the background starts distracting you because of how awesome they are. They go into huge dreamscape-style music videos that are all very well-done and you want to watch them but can't because you're playing. I sat and played this from 10:45 to 1:15. Gotta' go to classes 'till 6, and then I promise I'll be back on the couch again. People have been shuffling in and out to play with me for most of the morning, ha. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 September 2009, 18:43:26 I really wanna play.
I heard the dreamscapes are all really awesome, and I've watched a lot of them. My only problem is the lack of emotion on their faces. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 10 September 2009, 01:39:19 I'm honestly more interested in watching that game being played than actually playing it myself.
On that note, I'm really enjoying Muramasa. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 September 2009, 02:38:54 "I Am The Walrus", "Yellow Submarine", "Octopus's Garden" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" have really cool dreamscape stuff going on. And a lot more, too, but those in particular.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 September 2009, 03:37:18 I've seen just about all the dreamscapes, and Sgt. Pepper's LHCB is my favorite, also one of my favorite songs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 September 2009, 04:24:07 Sgt. Peppers is doubled up with A Little Help From My Friends, and it segways into it halfway as the Beatles float away in a gazebo-turned-hot-air-balloon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 10 September 2009, 04:50:02 I don't care too much about the other games in the franchise but I really want to try this one. I kinda wish it had If I fell but the track list of the game looks great.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 September 2009, 22:36:43 Playing Pokémon Heart Gold...
>_> <_< *goes back to playing* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 September 2009, 05:51:59 In a not so pre-emptive strike (removing distractions from film work) I beat Batman: Arkham Asylum today, or rather finished the story and all the Riddler and Chronicles stuff. So, 84%. I don't really plan on doing the challenges but who knows. At least the big chunk is gone. Pretty good game, though nothing was OMGwoahahow story-wise.
[spoiler]I got Killer Croc's arm at the end, apparently it's different everytime you play or something.What did you guys get?[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 11 September 2009, 07:33:27 Got bored.
Put in GTA3. Finished the story in a day... ...bored again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 September 2009, 04:13:31 I think everybody who has a 360 should buy "I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1"
It costs a dollar (80MS points). It's fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 September 2009, 05:09:12 And I have no points for once. Huzzah.
How fun is it? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 September 2009, 05:56:46 Sounds bad. I don't waste.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 September 2009, 12:19:00 It's fun by yourself, but REALLY fun with 3-4 people.
Go watch some gameplay footage of it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 September 2009, 16:41:46 I will never play it because of the name alone.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 September 2009, 21:29:31 It has a free triallllll~
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 20 September 2009, 09:46:33 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
It's AWESOME. VERY fun! A million times better than Partners in Time and almost, nearly as good as SuperStar Saga (thus far). Playing as Bowser is awesome. Also awesome when he enters a battle and says "Show Time!". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 September 2009, 18:42:52 I beat it yesterday. Loved it.
I HATED Partners in Time and stopped playing pretty early on, this one kept me going the entire way. It was awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 September 2009, 19:27:56 I never played Partners In Time but I borrowed the first one. It was pretty good. I don't know if it's as dope as people claim but I liked it a lot. Interestingly enough it seemed like that game made the final boss act based on the way you'd played, because on my file I couldn't beat it at all and my friend (that I borrowed it from) couldn't beat his. So I ended up just destroying his final boss and vice versa, haha.
I'd play the new one, but having not actually owned the last one I'm not inclined to buy it. Plus I don't have time for this stuff and it's hard enough for me to not buy Scribblenauts already. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 20 September 2009, 20:28:34 I'm a little disappointed by the object library in Scribblenauts, it seems a lot more limited than I was hoping for. Plus, whoever thought it would be a great idea to use the same controls to manipulate objects as you do to MOVE in an environment WITH TRIPWIRES THAT WILL SCREW YOU OVER IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY MISS THE OBJECT YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE GOOOOODDAMMIT needs to be sternly reprimanded. Still a great puzzle platformer.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 September 2009, 21:00:02 Yeah, my only gripes with Scribblenauts are the controls.
Superstar Saga was one of my favorite GBA games. I LOVED it, and Bowser's Inside Story was better (though I haven't played the first since it came out so I don't really remember all that well.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 21 September 2009, 00:13:37 I'm currently juggling Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, and Wet. When I feel like being an achievement whore, I pop in Bionicle Heroes.
Wet seems to be pretty cool, but I have the feeling that I could've waited to purchase this. Granted, I picked it up for $50 because I preordered, but part of me thinks I should've waited until I could've gotten it for $30. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 21 September 2009, 07:25:40 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 September 2009, 17:05:28 Eh?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 September 2009, 18:45:46 All I get from that is a masturbation joke.
Anyway DZX9 said this about Scribblenauts; Get Scribblenauts now! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 22 September 2009, 01:53:12 Been playin' Mario And Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Much better than the second game.
I also picked up Scribblenauts and Rune Factory, but haven't touched either yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 September 2009, 04:13:18 I'm playing M&L:BIS as well, and I REALLY LOVE IT BUT MIGAWD, IT'S SO WORDY.
It's like playing a giant tutorial sometimes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 September 2009, 04:52:26 And all the characters talk in some really annoying way so it makes it really hard to read, so you can't even just skim the words!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 September 2009, 04:59:14 How dare they expect any of us to read!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 September 2009, 06:55:22 Most of those types of Mario games are like that these days. The first M&L was, so was that crappy Wii Paper Mario.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 22 September 2009, 08:24:17 NO way was that Paper Mario crappy. I loved that game. And I'm a damn mushroom. I know what good is.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 September 2009, 03:55:43 It was sadly the crappiest out of the whole Paper Mario selection, but still an entertaining game.
Although you WILL get bored of it quickly, it wasn't downright horrible, it just didn't really go somewhere. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 September 2009, 04:17:20 Loved it once. Don't know if I'll ever play it twice.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 September 2009, 04:35:09 I didn't mind playing it, but as soon as it was over I hated it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 23 September 2009, 06:51:10 I played it twice, did a 100% run that second time.
Never again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 September 2009, 07:05:50 I got bored of it within no more than two levels. Or whatever they call levels these days.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 23 September 2009, 17:56:10 I got bored by World 4, so by the sound of that you definitely wouldn't have lasted through the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Optimus Prime on 24 September 2009, 19:49:53 Battle Network 5. I got the game used and I'm trying to find all the power ups. I guess I could start a new game and follow the strategy guide, but I don't wanna have to replay that mini game where Lan has to fight robots coming in from diagonal directions.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 September 2009, 03:53:34 Speaking of games Mike will also get bored playing...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 25 September 2009, 04:31:02 I got to World 6 in Super Paper Mario before just giving up entirely. World 5 already was making me go "Ehhhh" but 6 just was so damn uninteresting and boring.
Not to mention one of the worlds (I forgot which) had you walk/run in place for a good 30 minutes to an hour so you can get coins to continue in the game. What the #####, man. How is that fun in the slightest? Oh yeah, BN5. That game got super boring after liberating the area with DarkMega (ugh). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 September 2009, 04:39:02 I like Super Paper Mario.
Easy though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 September 2009, 18:02:25 Yeah, it was good, it just obviously could've been much better.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 September 2009, 01:21:01 Speaking of games Mike will also get bored playing... No, 'cause I'd have to play it first. And it's not like A) I would play BN5, or B) I get bored with games that often. I'd have finished Super Paper Mario if it wasn't a rental. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 September 2009, 07:07:19 I'm willing to bet money you'll get bored playing BN5 Mike. Any amount.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 September 2009, 17:56:49 No, Mike was saying that he won't get bored playing it because he'll never play it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 26 September 2009, 18:12:10 I beat the campaign of Halo 3: ODST (shouldn't it really be called Halo 2: ODST?) the other day. I really like the game. Running around as The Rookie has a much different feel compared to the previous Halo games, and its really helped by the noir look and the jazz music that plays.
I will say this though: ##### this weekend's Double EXP thing. It's all Halo 3: ODST-inspired stuff, and that means they gave the pistol a little more juice, making it ridiculous and the only weapon anyone wants to use. #####. That. #####. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 26 September 2009, 19:42:20 I've tried playing Halo a couple of times over the years, don't know what's supposed to be so special about the games. I really didn't have that much fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 September 2009, 20:40:33 I'm satisfied with myself because I understand little to nothing about what Speed said.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 26 September 2009, 22:50:00 I've been playing Dragon Quest 8, and Rune Factory, mainly. Though I also still have to finish Xenosaga, and beat the bonus dungeon in DQ5.... But I'm too sucked into Rune Factory. It's really easy if you upgrade your hammer early on and do a lot of mining. I made 10,000 a day in the second dungeon alone, and was able to beat 3/8 of the dungeons in one season. It is a good shot at an RPG/Farman gaemz mixture, and I'm looking forward to picking up the second and third eventually. I don't really have anything to say about DQ8...because it's #####ing Dragon Quest.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 September 2009, 20:44:16 *clink clink clink clink*
WAAAAAAAARIORS! COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAAAAAY! I downloaded The Warriors: Street Brawl this morning. I'll play it after I get home from work tonight. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 28 September 2009, 05:04:21 CAN YOU DIG IT?!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 28 September 2009, 12:34:29 I bopped my way through the first part of the game last night (there are currently five sections to the game). I wasn't too impressed with it - its a prettier Streets of Rage with the super-cheap AI of the TMNT arcade game. At the same time though, I also get the vibe that you're supposed to play this with other people - not alone - so I'm going to try that later tonight.
I also downloaded Comix Zone and Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting (both are 400 MS points). Street Fighter II is what you'd expect it to be, and it just proved once again that you can't play a fighting game on a 360 controller. Comix Zone on the other hand is a very fun game (I had never played it before until last night. I knew of it and the idea behind it, but never played it.), but I'm really not a fan of only having one life in the game. It also seems as though your life depletes the more you punch things. I can see that part of the idea was for you to use the stuff in the environment to make it so you wouldn't have to do this, but that doesn't really make sense - there aren't enough tools spread out all over the levels for this to really work. The enemies aren't particularly difficult; losing life over every damn thing is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 September 2009, 00:15:45 Haven't heard of it, what's it's about/what do you do?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2009, 00:44:17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comix_Zone
I've always wanted to play that, it looked awesome when I was younger. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 September 2009, 01:23:08 I just skimmed real fast, seems aight. Is it a side-scroller or fighter? I imagined it like a side-scroller but it looks more fighter-y.
I wish the "sprites and backgrounds [that] possess the bright colors and dynamic drawing style favored by superhero comics" looked like Golden Age comics instead of that 80's style crap. I think 80's might be my least favourite era of comic book art right now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 September 2009, 01:31:19 It's a beat 'em up where each section takes place in its own comic panel and each level is a whole page.
It's insanely difficult, I've never beat the second level. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 September 2009, 01:37:07 OK but have you BEATEN the second level?!
Hu ho har hi! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 29 September 2009, 01:51:28 Comix Zone: I have it in the megadrive collection for my PSP. Haven't finished it yet: it's suprisingly hard (and brilliant!)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 September 2009, 01:55:06 I've yet to unlock it on Sonic Mega Collection + yet, I just unlocked The Ooze and Flicky recently (actually, like at the beginning of the year?) and yet to unlock Ristar and Comix Zone. I REALLY want to play Ristar, but Sega HAD to make the unlock requirements be basically just having to RESET the game about 100 times.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: KPL on 29 September 2009, 01:57:13 Uh, are we talking about the same console? Because on the PSP you can just play the games right off the bat.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 September 2009, 02:18:47 I was talking about Sonic Mega Collection for the PS2.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 September 2009, 02:19:58 RISTAR IS SO AWESOME!
Even though it's just slow Sonic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2009, 04:36:44 I LOOOOOOVE RISTAR
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 September 2009, 05:02:30 Ristar is awesome.
I showed the game off to my friends. They thought it was meh. I burned them alive. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2009, 05:22:40 Well it's no HALO!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 September 2009, 05:29:14 I played and beat Halo 3: ODST.
Shooooort game. Borrowed it from my room mate. I love living in a hall full of XBros, I don't need to buy anything, just borrow games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 September 2009, 19:35:03 Of course it's short. No one has an attention span these da--
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 29 September 2009, 22:57:53 I've been playing that new-fangled Katamari game for the PS3. It's mostly (very mostly) recycled levels...Infact everything is recycled but OH WELL ITS KATAMARI AND I LOVE KATAMARI.
I've played it for so long that all I see is sticky balls when I close my eyes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 September 2009, 23:32:34 all I see is sticky balls when I close my eyes. I can't not point this out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 30 September 2009, 02:36:51 I've been rocking Katamari Forever as well. I think of it more as a "best of" run for the series, which works out well for me, since I no longer have the originals.
Roboking is emo Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 30 September 2009, 03:37:04 Yeah, it is a "best of" but for some reason they had to bring back the Cowbear level!
I...I managed to get the Cowbear though, I'm so proud. This will be the first Katamari game in which I'll complete the collection! You'll see! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 30 September 2009, 06:45:24 I just got Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
Not bad for a DS iteration of the console games, although I prefer many weak enemies compared to a few strong ones and I also prefer exploration over mission based worlds. But other than that, yes very good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 September 2009, 15:38:34 I want to play that game. It looks like it plays like the console games, so that's good. As long as it doesn't play like that GBA one...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 September 2009, 16:12:16 Stupidest title ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 30 September 2009, 16:29:46 Agreed.
We were supposed to push for preorders for it at one point, which was hard to do when you have no idea how to pronounce the games title. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 September 2009, 16:30:42 I've been playing assassin's creed.
I hate the gameplay, but it's a very good looking game, save for when the framerate drops to 10 fps for minutes at a time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 September 2009, 20:26:55 "Hey you wanna pre-order Kingdom Hearts 358... uh... divided by 2 Days?"
"...what?" "... Kingdom Hearts DS is what I meant to say." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 30 September 2009, 20:55:57 Pretty much. I eventually took to calling it Kingdom Hearts 179.
Surprisingly few people got it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 September 2009, 22:57:58 Smart-aleck.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 1 October 2009, 05:12:01 Been playing Mass Effect just after I finished Valkyria Chronicles (addicting though being luck based is kind of annoying for an RTS). I never played KOTOR but Mass Effect is extremely fun. I was actually kinda overwhelmed because this is the first "big" game I really played this generation.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 October 2009, 05:26:33 Mass Effect was okay.
It suffers from everything else this generation; frame rate drops, unpolished gameplay, game breaking glitches (Mako), and repetition (every side mission; enter 1 of 3 buildings, shoot stuff, win. Also; Elvators. All it had going for it was full voice acting. BUT: you got the PC version which is superior because they fixed the glitches and made it smoother and polished. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 1 October 2009, 05:49:33 Framerate drops in general aren't as much of an issue on PCs because if it gets out of hand you can adjust the settings.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 1 October 2009, 06:10:31 Speaking of which how do shields work in Mass Effect and how do you know how much shield life you have? I noticed some armors in the game have standard defense and shields and biotic tech defense whatever that is.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 October 2009, 15:22:58 Health bar in the corner, when it's green, you have no shield, red means shield.
It's backwards, I know. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 1 October 2009, 16:09:40 For me the shields were blue bars... And Shepard would say "I've lost shields!" when they went down. In which case, in most situations you can just retreat, get your shields back up, and even ready more biotics if you use them. The enemies don't chase you. And if your guys are dead, they magically come back to life when you're far enough away. In which case you can cover them until they get to you and then fully heal everyone with medi-gel and run back in.
I think you can beat that game getting away with not understanding a lot of things. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 October 2009, 16:19:09 Yep, just hide and shoot.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 October 2009, 19:52:32 biotic tech defense whatever that is. It's exactly what it sounds like; Protection against biotic and tech attacks like Overload, Sabotage, Lift, etc. Health bar in the corner, when it's green, you have no shield, red means shield. Where did you get that idea? When the bar is green it's because you've been poisoned. Rachni do this to you a LOT. Shields are indicated by the blue bars. I didn't notice if I didn't have shields when toxic (actually I'm sure I did, and if I didn't you could just use tech or biotics anyway and have them back) but it never really mattered, that went away fast if you had the right armor upgrades on (Medical stuff the way, anything else is pretty much trash until yum have two armor upgrade slots), which also render medi-gel almost useless since you'll rarely need it. Although stuff that ups your physics threshold is good against biotic colonies. For me the shields were blue bars... And Shepard would say "I've lost shields!" when they went down. In which case, in most situations you can just retreat, get your shields back up, and even ready more biotics if you use them. The enemies don't chase you. And if your guys are dead, they magically come back to life when you're far enough away. In which case you can cover them until they get to you and then fully heal everyone with medi-gel and run back in. The enemies do chase you more later in the game. Especially rachni. Some enemies'll open doors to get to you unless you leave the map completely, so I don't know what this "don't chase you" business is about. But they are pretty stupid, yes. Teammates come back to life when the fight is over, so if they come back to to life when you've gone far enough away then you've left the fight enough you probably won't get chased. I think you can beat that game getting away with not understanding a lot of things. Definitely. Actually I think it's pretty clear when people basically played through the game "wrong". If you figure it all out, you really never have trouble. Mass Effect was okay. You're such a flip flopper, you have a different opinion on Mass Effect every week! But whatever I don't care about that, I just want to know how the Mako glitched on you at all, 'cause I don't remember anything like that. I can't even think of it being remotely close to "game breaking". The rest is fair I guess, though as I've said before elevators weren't long for me (they are on my girlfriend's though) and I didn't think the gameplay was unpolished--Just the menu system (which was updated on the PC version but not on XBox for whatever reason). "All it had going for it was full voice acting." Oh please. Exaggeration. Yes, I guess full voice acting is a big get, but it has a lot more than that. You know, like how it actually has a good story in a GENERATION of games with storylines I actually hesitate to even call storylines. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 October 2009, 04:20:35 Especially rachni? You only encounter them once in the entire game. They were such an inconsequential enemy and they might have been the only enemy successful at chasing you because they were specifically programmed to chase you because they outnumbered you ridiculously and the whole point of that part of the mission was to punch your way through them and run away from the rest of them before you ran out of time. And also that was from the first story mission I took (not realizing it was the most difficult of them all), so this was all before I really got the hang of the game and many kinds of tactics, including retreating, hadn't even really occurred to me. When it DID occur to me, I found I was always successful. So no. In my experience, they don't chase you. And I've never had an enemy open a door. They ALWAYS just hid, waiting for me to come to them. And when I went away they waited for me to come back. And I wasn't playing on easy difficulty or anything, I played on normal until I realized what a joke it was, and switched to hard. Or at least I'm pretty sure I did.
Fact: As I was looking over a certain sentence I realized I misspelled was. I spelled it like W-I-S-S. I don't know how I did that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 October 2009, 06:21:47 No, Majikn. I'm not talking about in that one level of the complex on Noveria when the game goes out of it's way to make sure you run through the room. I also took Noveria first and didn't know it would take me over four #####ing hours of work, haha.
You encounter Rachni on lots of sidequests. Some are in stations on planets, or have those pods laying about on worlds where bunches come out and mess with, and at least one of those freighters you dock on is full of them. This can come up depending on how you played, but I did every single possible sidequest in the game so I saw 'em all, but there's at least one world where you have to destroy three sizeable Rachni nests, one of which is threatening other Alliance troops. Later Geth troops will follow you quite a bit, but not as much as other humans might. Again this is sidequest stuff, but I remember during the one where you take out a bunch of facilities in which the geth killed all the humans, took over, and are emitting some kind of signal, I retreated into a tunnel to heal up and a second or two later they just opened the door and piled it. There were geth knocking me down, geth on the ceiling, they killed Shepard fast. Weirdly, when I tried again, they opened the door again but were unsuccessful at opening the door on the opposite side of the hallway. So maybe they can only open certain doors (weird). I'm not saying Mass Effect is a perfect game or even close, I just think all the things that are good about it make up for what's bad about it, which in my experience was REALLY only "bad menus and long elevators", and it gets a lot of crap for that when in reality it was a pretty fresh ride for me, and I rarely find any story that fresh these days especially in video games. I honestly don't think I've encountered a video game with a story like that since Beyond Good & Evil, which was a great and fresh game as well though it suffered from rocky stuff and was far too short. Not that I play every game that comes out. Either way, I have confidence that Mass Effect 2 will be ace if it's even just as good, but it will probably be better if only because they'll fix most people's issues with the first game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 2 October 2009, 09:19:07 They say there's an option of running and gunning but I'm finding it hard to believe that's even possible with the AI's cheapo biotic powers and with my team mates dying really fast. Noveria was my first mission too.
I did come along some glitch where I was stuck in an elevator, or that I couldn't quick save before that cheap ambush because the game thought I was in combat (though I was clearly not). I don't know about the 360 version but yes the PC version DOES have some noticeable glitches though they can be avoided/managed. The story and options is pretty amazing so far but I just hope Mass Effect 2 gets less glitches. Oh yeah and how do you exactly earn points for skills? I noticed that I sometimes get them along with my Exp. edit: The advice on the shield part was helpful, I also think the health bar turns green when you get that shield buff by Wrex. At the of Noveria I literally had no shields so two seconds after the fight with the Matriarch, started I literally got knocked down by biotics, shot by gun fire and instantly died. This happened several times till I decided to run away and recover my shields. right after that mission i spent all my credits on heavy armor for shepard Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 October 2009, 16:43:30 I didn't do ALL the sidequests, mind you, but I swear I never encountered another rachni, and wouldn't expect to even considering I let the queen live. Maybe I don't remember it correctly. And it's very possible that none of the enemies that really would've given me a hard time running away were ever any of the enemies that ever gave me cause for running away.
Man, I didn't even BUY armor until I had so much money I could get the really good stuff. But I'm not really complaining about anything, I'm just saying. I did thoroughly enjoy the game. You earn points by levelling up. It'll tell you in the corner as you gain EXP if you levelled up. And all of your party, including ones that aren't fighting by you, will level up with you. This is convenient if you ever need to change your party or want to, because you can just set their skill points as soon as you land with your new party member. If you're still at that boss, bear in mind that the west end of the room is a far better location for you to be, because the Matriarch stays where she is. Her biotics won't hit you, leaving you to take care of the asari commandos and the krogan. And the biotic abilities can be seen approaching you so you ARE able to dodge them. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 October 2009, 16:59:43 I hate biotics.
I almost never used them. I was all about the tech attacks. Overheating enemy weapons lets you run right up and smack 'em. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 October 2009, 17:15:02 Hi, welcome to the Nerds Argue About Mass Effect thread!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 October 2009, 02:42:33 We're not really arguing.
We're not really nerds. I'm really glad I didn't choose to have biotics like my friend said to, I wouldn't have used them at all and tech attacks were WAY more useful! I really think Sentinel was the best class in the game. They say there's an option of running and gunning but I'm finding it hard to believe that's even possible with the AI's cheapo biotic powers and with my team mates dying really fast. Noveria was my first mission too. Any "shield buff" should just turn your shields all white and super. Wrex's Immunity skill will turn his health bar white. Everything else you mentioned will get a LOT easier to deal with, but I still hated when enemy biotics would just knock me over. It makes Shepard look like a worthless doll or like he suddenly got crammed with polio the way he flops down. The Matriarch was one of the hardest fights in the entire game for me, and Noveria was probably more work than any other planet. The Artemis Tau Cluster is JOKE. I didn't do ALL the sidequests, mind you, but I swear I never encountered another rachni, and wouldn't expect to even considering I let the queen live. Maybe I don't remember it correctly. I let that bratch live too but there were still Rachni sidequests. It's possible to miss the OPTION of doing certain sidequests all together, so that could've happened to you. Anyway the thing with the queen is that she's not in charge of ALL the Rachni, just her spawn, so all the rest are essentially renegade/fair game. The really big fast ones were a huge piss off, and I don't even think those ones appeared on Noveria at all. Suggestion: When you're fighting the Matriarch's (Deanna Troy's) Krogan, they just hide like bitchfists. I think they're supposed to try and snipe you when they can, I don't know. I took them out using my own sniper rifle by grazing their heads. Don't worry if you're untrained of sniper rifles, I was too (at that time), and you can still USE any weapon, it will just be harder. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 October 2009, 02:54:19 Neeeeeeeeeeeeerds!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 October 2009, 06:03:24 I'm borrowing COD:WaW, same ##### different game. Not too bad though.
Also, my room mate bought "Trials HD" which is by far the hardest game I've played in forever, also the most fun. It's a 2D dirt biking game. I spent over 20 minutes trying to get up a wall. It is HARD. Check it out some time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 3 October 2009, 23:10:03 I find myself rather stuck with MvC2 and Halo 3: ODST at the moment.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 October 2009, 00:45:41 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 October 2009, 08:09:27 I have a problem!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 5 October 2009, 19:16:39 .......The hell -.-", anyways, I find it more... "fun" than H3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 6 October 2009, 12:40:43 .......The hell -.-", anyways, I find it more... "fun" than H3. Not that this has anything to do with your post, but I see that you have FNR3. We should play some matches some time. The guy I used to play with doesn't play his Xbox anymore, and I don't have 4 yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 6 October 2009, 23:36:11 I used to play the game rather a lot since my friend always talked smack that he better...but I somehow beat his ass in the end.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 7 October 2009, 07:43:03 Mass Effect was too short for me(there were like only 6 missions you really needed to do sans the side quests, though I did all of the side quests too). I did like ALL of my remaining side quests right before the last mission, lol. The story was amazing at the end though. Now I'm just going to create a few more characters so I'll have more story options when I play ME2.
I'm still not done with it though, my first character was a paragon male, going to make a renegade female (Moxi). Going to try the infiltrator class. [spoiler]A part of me wished I let the council die, though that'll be for my renegade character[/spoiler] also my character is the greatest [spoiler](http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8295/masseffectcharacter1.jpg)[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 7 October 2009, 09:12:57 Mass Effect was too short for me(there were like only 6 missions you really needed to do sans the side quests, though I did all of the side quests too). I did like ALL of my remaining side quests right before the last mission, lol. The story was amazing at the end though. Now I'm just going to create a few more characters so I'll have more story options when I play ME2. You seen the teasers for ME2? What do you think of them replacing Wrex, and throwing in Subject nooneunderstandsme? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 October 2009, 15:19:34 I didn't get any of that from the teasers at all.
also my character is the greatest ##### me that interface is nicer than the XBox 360 one. But either way, my Shepard can kick your Shepard's bum! Anyway, is this you by the end of the first playthrough? Why did you bother with Intimidate points at all when you're going Paragon, and furthermore how are you not full Paragon too? I don't know, it's just weird to me or something. I wish I could screencap my stats but t-rex arms (XBox 360) so the best I can do is take a photo of the TV (I might, but probably not.) Also you can buy much better armor by now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 7 October 2009, 17:53:03 I heard somewhere that you get a completely new party in ME2 but supposedly the old Normandy crew should appear in ME2 as well so it should be good.
This was my first play through, I thought that by the end you'd end up with all skills maxed BUT NOW I KNOW. I did end up maxing out Paragon at the end but this is my replay so my karma got reset. The best armor I could find in shops was Predator IX H, it's mostly for looks but it has a lot of shield health. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 October 2009, 04:54:56 I heard somewhere that you get a completely new party in ME2 but supposedly the old Normandy crew should appear in ME2 as well so it should be good. That would be nice since I liked the idea of my decisions MATTERING. Is "mattering" a word? Anyway my mistake with the armor, I was thinking of the Spectre Master Gear, which is only weapons. Great thing about that is that if you get the set of the best ones in your first playthrough, you can buy another set or two on your second playthrough and have everyone PACKING. I haven't touched my second playthrough since I first started it, but maybe during the winter holidays. So I'd say armor is a more personal thing, since they've got different attributes. I put what I think is the best human armor in the game on Kaidan, because he needs it more than me. I've recently restarted the first Boktai game for something to just ##### around with during little breaks. I should really just get Scribblenauts already. Posted on: 7 October 2009, 15:00:37 John if you buy this set up we're no longer friends and I want all my PEZ guys back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigbrYJpiZs&feature=channel Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 October 2009, 15:15:58 Oh god I've seen that I have NO REASON TO EVER GET SOME STUPID ##### LIKE THAT.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 9 October 2009, 15:25:32 That's just #####ing stupid, although fog machines are wicked..
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 October 2009, 03:04:56 Video was funny though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 10 October 2009, 13:52:53 I'm still plugging away at Bionicle Heroes; I've been the game and I have 84% completion. I have to get enough money to purchase one extra room, and I have to find the rest of the gold and silver canisters. It really shouldn't be too hard; all I have to do is go through the rest of the levels now that I have all of the necessary masks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 October 2009, 07:14:08 I'm currently playing Demon's Souls.
This game is #####ing awesome. You will die. A lot. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 October 2009, 07:38:54 ###### I've been wanting to play that game but didn't realize it was out. Is it really has difficult as everyone says?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 October 2009, 08:20:44 I was originally expecting to constantly get killed by even the weakest enemies, given what I had heard everyone saying.
Normal enemies aren't that much of a threat once you get the hang of things. Don't let that lull you into a false sense of security though, because stronger enemies or ambushing hoards will be just around the corner to cut that smug look of your face. Really though, if you've got half decent reflexes and take it slow, this is completely manageable. Of course, I'm not that far, so maybe I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 October 2009, 16:29:15 Every time someone mentions Demon's Souls I have that horrible memory of watching the trailer and listening to that terrible, most unimaginative "scary" music I've ever heard.
It was so bad that it was the highlight of the whole trailer and turned me off completely from the game. Not that I would've bought it, it didn't "lose a sale" from me or anything. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 October 2009, 16:48:15 I don't think that music was supposed to be as scary as it was dark and grandiose.
It's dark, but it certainly isn't scary, and I don't really think it's trying to be. That said, it can be pretty tense. There's a lot riding on the line when you die. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 October 2009, 16:53:44 Maybe I'm thinking in terms of the wrong audience.
The game LOOKS cool, though. I'm getting a Team Ico kind of vibe. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 October 2009, 18:17:31 It's been a long time since I've played a dungeon crawler that I've enjoyed.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 October 2009, 16:29:47 Hey Sano, how is Brutal Legend?
I heard it's only 12 hours long so I'm going to rent it this next weekend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 13 October 2009, 17:29:41 You should buy it. Most games lack this kind of craftsmanship simply because no one buys them (for exactly that reason).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 October 2009, 17:39:13 Yeah, i have like a total of 40 bucks besides.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 13 October 2009, 17:54:43 Get a job, hippie!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 16 October 2009, 23:51:19 Just got Advance Wars: Days of ruin...
Got into the advance wars flow of playing. [spoiler]Marathon throgh missions until you get to that one damn mission you can't beat, leave it for a few days, then try again until you actually beat it... [/spoiler] Also got Gunvalky Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 17 October 2009, 00:20:16 Just got Advance Wars: Days of ruin... I always plow through the AW games, until the final battles. Then I see the battlefield and just say "##### this", and let it sit for months. Sturm's CO power in the first one didn't help matters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 17 October 2009, 00:29:38 AW:DOR was a lot of fun but its too hard (not good at RTS games). I'm still stuck in the middle of the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Rahvin on 17 October 2009, 00:31:59 Days of Ruin is definitely the hardest of the series to me. In fact... I don't think I've finished it yet. What battle are you on? I'm firing up my copy right now to see where I am.
EDIT: Damn, I was on battle 21/26. I guess it's time to finish this ##### up. I love how simple these maps look in the pre-deploy screen. Then you get to them and begin to notice all the little details and potential ambush points, and suddenly you're so much less confident. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 17 October 2009, 00:47:07 Also got Gunvalky ... I'm so not used to Opera. I got Gunvalkyrie which itself is also kinda fun. It's an old Xbox title that didn't get much love apperently. I'm playing that on/off but mostly playing with my unints in AW:DoR Edit: Mission 14! I havn't even gotten to the COpowers stuff :( I find myself more playing skirmishes with Op and bringing back my old skills before going and dealing with it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 October 2009, 01:29:40 I finished Pokémon Yellow yesterday, and now I'm replaying Pokémon Silver. :O
Yes, I am very bored right now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 17 October 2009, 01:58:19 I played entirely through Red before buying D/P.
However your boredom astounds me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 October 2009, 06:52:33 I always want to play a Pokemon game but I really only love the first two gens and never got any of the others so I never do. That's why the remakes are up my alley, 'cause as much as I recognize why they make more pokemon everytime, all the new ones are inevitably uninspired.
Just got Advance Wars: Days of ruin... I'm not sure if I ever beat Sturm in the first one. I think I just got fed up and started the next game. Hm. I think I might play some now, I'm in the mood for tactical after tonight. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 October 2009, 08:41:44 AW:DOR was a lot of fun but its too hard (not good at RTS games). I'm still stuck in the middle of the game. Since when was Advance Wars a Real Time Strategy game? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 17 October 2009, 10:06:28 Well it's a Real Time-Consuming Strategy game anyway. And in the good way.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 October 2009, 17:36:16 I beat Gun the other day. If you want ALL of the achievements, you have to play the game four times. ##### that noise, especially with the final boss.
I'm either going to focus on Assassin's Creed or Brutal Legend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 October 2009, 23:44:44 So, all this talk about Brutal Legend somehow got me itching to play Psychonauts again, which I never beat the first time around.
Last time I played, I got distracted around the Milkman Conspiracy part with the whole crazy suburban neighborhood world. I was gonna' just pick back up and play again from there, but I decided instead to start over because I didn't remember a lot of the game. I'm glad I did. I just got back to the Milkman Conspiracy part, haha. Great game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 18 October 2009, 17:19:23 I got distracted around the Milkman Conspiracy part with the whole crazy suburban neighborhood world. Really? That was my favorite part of that game. That and black velvet spain. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 October 2009, 18:01:17 No, I loved that part, too. One of my favorite worlds, very trippy. I think other stuff just came up and I forgot about the game for a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 18 October 2009, 20:37:09 I'm playing Assassin's Creed now. The graphics are beautiful and the plot is oddly intriguing.
The game is a nice change of pace for me; I'm no longer the one-man army that I'm so used to being, and I have to constantly be stealthy and watch my ass. Coincidentally, those same reasons as to why it's a nice change of pace are also the reasons why I'm hating this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 October 2009, 21:07:11 I got tired of that game really quick.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 October 2009, 21:34:02 Almost done with Psychonauts. This has really gotten me in the mood to get Brutal Legend, which I haven't been too interested in until I remembered how great Tim Schafer was.
It also got me in the mood to watch some Invader Zim. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 October 2009, 22:31:29 You might THINK Assassin's Creed is a slight challenge but the challenge stays the same through the entire game.
Actually it's never challenging. I'm not an exceptional gamer and it's not challenging. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 19 October 2009, 05:32:54 After completing my 3 in Mass Effect I decided to snag KOTOR for 10 dollars on Steam. I can't say I enjoy it but only because the whole day was filled with frustration getting it to work on Windows 7 RC 64 bit (it barely worked on XP 64 bit also). I had to go replacing dlls and other stuff that made no sense to me but at least I got the game working. (though the wide screen hack doesn't work for me but that doesn't matter to me anymore). I really want to get rid of XP but I really hope the retail verison of Windows 7 doesn't have any of these problems for running older programs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 October 2009, 06:53:22 It also got me in the mood to watch some Invader Zim. I knew I recognized Raz's voice, but it wasn't until the "Hand over the girl, Fish!" that it clicked with me. As for Brutal Legend, it has all the wonderful Schafer atmosphere you'd expect, though the RTS elements are a bit awkward. Of course, I might just feel that way because I suck at RTS stuff. I played it on the hardest difficulty setting though, so I largely did it to myself. You can change the difficulty at any time, which is nice. The game wants very badly to be played. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 October 2009, 21:41:48 AW:DOR was a lot of fun but its too hard (not good at RTS games). I'm still stuck in the middle of the game. I was gonna say... But I couldn't figure out a way to say it without being a dick about it, so thanks for finding a way Majikn! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 October 2009, 04:49:19 Beat Psychonauts. Looooooooooved it.
It became sort of an event in the apartment whenever I was playing Psychonauts, because everyone thought the game was hilarious and apparently very fun to watch. It turned into a sort of nightly thing. Tonight was the big finale as I finally beat the game. It's good that they can watch someone play a game - I can't do that. I have to be PLAYING, and if someone else is, I'll either A) get bored and walk out of the room, B) get an itch to actually play it myself but I can't so I walk out of the room, or C) walk out of the room because I want to play the game myself later and don't want it spoiled for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 20 October 2009, 06:34:36 I get an itch watching my dad play Mass Effect because he's incredibly slow doing all the assignments and he doesn't seem to understand checking the map regularly for exclamation marks will help him out. Not that it makes me angry, it's just... wow.
And he insisted on finding this fan guy who he blew off but he only skimmed through certain areas before moving on and I'm trying to make suggestions to him without doing it constantly and sounding like a douchebag. So basically that was an incredibly boring hour and a half or so. I could've gone and done something else, but I didn't. I'm not going to explain myself there so don't ask. We had a conversation; "I don't want to help him, he's cheating!" "You don't have to, dad." "But then it remains on the list!" I was gonna say... But I couldn't figure out a way to say it without being a dick about it, so thanks for finding a way Majikn! Sorreeee. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 October 2009, 07:16:45 No, you found a way of not making it sound dickly.
I had that kind of Mass Effect thing with my girlfriend before she was my girlfriend. I shouldn't have told her that Noveria would take like four hours because that soured her on playing and by now she's probably forgot about it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 October 2009, 03:14:06 Been playing KOTOR and I've been really into the game so far. I can say that if you like Mass Effect you would find KOTOR very fun and vice versa. Though I wish I played this game years ago on my old PC (it probably couldn't run it but still) since I get crashes every 15 minutes and sometimes I get a crash the moment I quicksave and that save becomes corrupted. I had the same issues on both XP and Windows 7.
Supposedly it has to do with my video card drivers, but there's no old driver for Windows 7 so supposedly I would have to go to XP and download the 5 year old driver just to play the game. This is the kind of stuff I hate most with getting new technology. >:( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 October 2009, 04:59:18 Is it the first one or the second one?
I have the second one, and it always crashes every 20 minutes whenever it's loading a new area, and it happens on EVERY copy. The #####ing developers rushed the game, and they never fixed it, despite all the patches for the game. I got pretty far in the game, but after a while, I just got tired of the random crashes. I borrowed the first one for the Xbox, but I haven't been playing it. I should do, after I play Bioshock... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Gunnerblaster on 22 October 2009, 05:22:42 I've been jumping back and forth between playing Disgaea 2 for the PS2 and playing Fallout 3 for the 360. I'm leaning more towards Disgaea since it's a borrowed game and I'm just eager to beat it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 October 2009, 06:32:07 I've been playing Halo 3, Burnout Paradise, some Guitar Hero, Prototype, GTA:SA, and COD:WAW.
Boring life. Needs new games. Borderlands looks okay. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 October 2009, 07:06:33 Abbey Road Medley DLC is AMAZING.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 October 2009, 07:29:03 It's bogus (while not surprising) they saved all the best songs from downloadable content. I hate that #####, I want the game I payed for not some crappier copy with option to pay more to make it better. "DLC" is cool for stuff like Fallout 3 where they just make new missions and story constantly, I mean that's not like a piece of the game was really missing the whole time and they're just ganking you for it. It's stupid that a lot of the best Beatles tracks were left out, considering everyone bought the game for them in the first place.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 October 2009, 13:08:39 The best way to put an end to that ##### is not to buy it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 October 2009, 14:27:05 The only DLC I've ever actually been entirely okay with is songs for Rock Band, mainly because I'm already comfortable with the idea of paying for songs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 22 October 2009, 15:31:10 I don't have an issue with DLC so long as the game still feels complete without it. If it just feels like I'm paying to "unlock" part of the game, I won't get it.
The DLC for Bioshock, Valkyria Chronicles, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Batman: Arkham Asylum were all done pretty well, in my opinion. On the other hand, games like BlazBlue and Tales of Vesperia are guilty of some pretty nasty DLC offences. Buying Levels or unlocking things that can be earned through gameplay? Eat a dick. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 October 2009, 05:16:56 I signed up for the preview program for the next XBL update and am testing out the facebook, zune, and Last.fm integration.
Everything is smooth, and facebook surfing works surprisingly well and simple. It's fun to go through all the pictures on my Xbox. last.fm is nice for a radio too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 24 October 2009, 16:49:58 All of those things stink on PC, and will stink more on console.
Thank you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 24 October 2009, 17:04:07 They should really be spending that development time fixing the issues with their consoles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 28 October 2009, 20:13:57 They really should-.-"
Well anyways, I got Tekken 6 yesterday, fun game, too bad all the characters are already unlocked in arcade mode, but not in campain mode, kindda akward if you ask me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 28 October 2009, 21:56:09 I bought and played and beat Brutal Legend.
Very fun game, great story, excellent voice acting. This definitely helped me like Jack Black a bit more. I've "nothing"ed him for a long time now. It's very heavy on RTS-style gameplay about halfway through, but I was a Starcraft nerd back in the day so I loved it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 28 October 2009, 22:40:40 I'll never understand why there wasn't a big battle with the Tainted Coil in the main campaign.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 28 October 2009, 23:13:43 I guess that final battle sort of counted, but since it wasn't a full-scale Stage VS Stage battle, I share your sentiment.
This is honestly the first time I've had a real desire to try multiplayer, but I don't have XBOX Live nor do I ever intend on getting it... so that's a no. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 29 October 2009, 04:01:28 So today I played the Left 4 Dead 2 demo.
Screw the haters, it plays completely different (Or at least different enough) to justify itself. The new survivors have even more personality than the old ones, it feels a lot more organic, and damn if the new infected and melee weapons aren't fun. Not to mention the numerous other, smaller, things that were added/tweaked. Like how some of the common infected have riot gear/body armor, or the new dismemberment system. I am eagerly anticipating the full release. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 29 October 2009, 04:19:24 I'm still waiting for the PC demo to come out. I more interested in the different locations in the maps to spawn from, which should add more replayability. I'm a little concerned about the incendiary ammo though, if it makes like Molotov size fires from spraying those rounds.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 29 October 2009, 07:39:07 The PC Demo came out earlier today if you played it.
I couldn't tell you anything about the incendiary ammo, I never found any, though I doubt it'll do more then set the zombies/smaller areas you shoot on fire. Nothing Molotov sized. The new items me and my friends DID find were these: Vomit Canister - It's a vile of boomer vomit. What you do is you throw it at a zombie/group of zombies, and it covers them in Boomer vomit, which in turn causes the other common infected to charge any Zeds that were covered in it. It's actually pretty funny to see the zombies fighting each other, and allows you to pick them off at your leisure. The Melee Weapons - Okay, what we gathered is that the melee weapons replace your pistols. The first time through, there were nothing but frying pans, and I refused to get one, for it was beneath me. We eventually would find a machete and I was ALL over that. So much fun. There were also guitars, which made guitar sounds when you hit things/people (both living and dead) with it, which was pretty awesome. And a nice tough was that the Riot Gear common infected would drop nightsticks/batons. Adrenaline Shot - Replaces pills, and when you stab yourself with it, you recover less health than when you use the pills, but it makes you run faster. Pretty neat. And then there's my favorite... The Defibrillator - This takes up one of the health slots, someone else picked it up, so I don't know. Maybe it takes the place of the med pack? Anyhow, near the end of the demo, I was really hurting for health, went down, and due to being swarmed by infected, died. I thought "Well, crap." until my teammate (It was a friend of a friend, I didn't know him) gave me a jump with the defibrillator , and I was back on my feet with 50 health. Awesome. When I got up, I only had my machete. See, when you die, you drop all of your items, save your melee weapons or pistols, so I had to go back for my gun. The health pack (Which in hindsight, I had should have used before I died) was gone though, as the teammate who revived me picked it up. (Which probably meant the defibrillator is a pill slot) And like I said, there were also a bunch of other small touches. The dual pistols, for example, were different. just int hat one pistol was skinned differently than the other, so it looked neat. One was the pistol from the first game, one was from the new game. They added a silencer to the Sub-Machine gun, which adds a bit to the atmosphere, if only because I always thought it was strange that the sub machine gun was so noisy in the first game. They also added a couple guns. The AK-47, which I think fires a bit better than the Machine Gun (Which was also present), the Combat Shotgun (Truth be told, I can't tell what makes it different than the auto shotgun), and a military sniper rifle, which was indeed different from the hunting rifle. Then of course, the whole interaction with the new and old special infected/common infected. For one, all the zombies were a lot better looking, and matched the fairly environment. As for the old Special Infected... Well, they all look neater. The Smoker no longer has his jacket, which I THOUGHT was the only difference, until I got a good look at him. His face was even more deformed, and he was growing tongues from new orifices on his face. Also, his arm had a ton of boils on it. The hunter looks mostly the same, save that his hoody has no sleeves, and he's wearing shorts. Again, upon closer inspection, there was more detail to him. The boomers were great. yes, boomers. One male, one female. The male one resembles the old one, but more detailed, with a more masculine haircut/face. The female looks like a bloated white trash girl, complete with blond pig tails. Hilarious. The Tank seems to be more hairless than before, and also has a squarer head, giving him a sort of dinosaur feel (to me, I didn't get as good of a look, since I wasn't too close). The witch acts differently, as it's day time. She is walking around, face in hands.. Sobbing. It sounds different from before, and is creepier. The common infected look A LOT better, with more diverse faces/bodies, and more detailed. And like I mentioned before, some of them are wearing police body armor/riot gear, making them harder to kill from the front. Now, the new special infected, were great. The jockey was pretty good, he kept jumping on us and, like promised, steered us toward danger, I tried to resist, but it was difficult. Luckily we could easily shoot him off. The spitter was a bitch and a half. She kept hitting us in doorways, and was difficult to avoid. She ended up bringing down most of my health quite often. She doesn't take too much to kill though, if you get here before she flees (she's fast). And there's the charger... He was pretty quiet most of the time, until he was right on us, which, again, makes him hard to avoid. he grabbed one of us almost every time. And then he would slam us against the wall. Then ground. And he takes a few bullets. Don't treat him like a tank though, he's weaker. I almost forgot, the dismemberment was great. When you cut off an arm/leg, bone would show. If you shot them point blank with a shotgun, they'd have a big old hole on them, or you would completely tear off their back. If you do what I do, and move your gun side to side while shooting, you could literally tear open the infected. The big thing in L4D2 is detail. It's chock full of it. Like I said, there were numerous differences, and each play through was different. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 October 2009, 15:18:04 Sounds like I might have to play it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 31 October 2009, 06:19:14 Snagged the God of War III demo today.
Holy #####. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 October 2009, 06:19:51 It is really shiny?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 31 October 2009, 09:25:51 Downloaded that new GTA IV expansion...
This is how it should've been from the start... I really hope the next GTA they make has this and more or else I may not get it. Using Parachutes are great, the new weapons are awesome, AND THEY (sorta) BROUGHT BACK THE MOTHER#####ING TANK. Anyway, if you get the Disc version you don't get any of the music from the original GTA IV, only the new ones + the new radio station exclusive to the Disc version. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 31 October 2009, 12:37:26 Everything that's "new" in GTA4 has been in Saints Row 2 from the get go, thank you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 October 2009, 20:08:34 I've been borrowing Borderlands from some friends.
It's a fun game. It's like Fallout 3, Bioshock, some RPG, and Halo had a baby. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 31 October 2009, 20:15:37 I think it says something similar to that in the trailer. I like the leveling part and graphics in Borderlands but it looks like it can get old after awhile. The wall-e somewhatesque robot is awesome though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 1 November 2009, 08:21:05 I just got done with Tekken 6 scenario campaign, gosh, the last boss was a pain in the ass to beat, whom was Jin Kazama.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 1 November 2009, 08:30:34 What I've seen of Borderlands looks fun, but I'm still undecided on the purchase.
I don't like the leveling-up part because it means that unless the game is PERFECTLY balanced I'll have to spend some time grinding (especially since I tend to play quickly even on my first playthrough), which is eww. I do like the visual style, and the control and physics seem pretty good as well. Anyways, none of this is happening until I build a computer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 November 2009, 16:33:01 The leveling isn't very typical, most of it is just to use high level guns, and increase certain abilities by one point, one level at a time.
You have 45 skill points to spend, you start earning them at level 5. Everything goes into the skill trees, which you can check them out here: http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/brick/#31000000000000000000000 http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/lilith/#31000000000000000000000 http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/roland/#31000000000000000000000 http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/mordecai/#31000000000000000000000 It's perfectly possible to NOT grind, it'll just be challenging. You just need to scavenge for nice guns. Also, from what I've found so far, if you do all the missions, that's basically EXP whoring. Also, there is a buttload of guns. Not 87 bazillion, but sure enough there are at least 2,000 useful variation of guns. 14.7 million guns total, but those can be stat differences and elemental differences. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 November 2009, 06:48:51 Anyway, if you get the Disc version you don't get any of the music from the original GTA IV, only the new ones + the new radio station exclusive to the Disc version. But wouldn't the music from GTAIV already be on the disc for GTAIV you have to have to operate the expansions anyway? I don't understand what you meant. Everything that's "new" in GTA4 has been in Saints Row 2 from the get go, thank you. Yesssss. I was playing SR2 when my friend (who had been recently playing GTAIV) was over and he was like "This has like original XBox graphics". I wasn't happy about it since I knew he was comparing it to GTAIV in his head and I knew SR2 was a more enjoyable game. Lately I've really wanted to play more Fallout 3. A combination of having never owned it and being far too busy to use my XBox for anything other than a DVD player has kept me from scrubbing this craving. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 November 2009, 07:23:57 The Disc version of the expansion is standalone and therefore doesn't require the original GTA IV disc, so it won't have the original GTA IV music. Just the new music.
Not sure if I'm making sense here still. The reason the old music isn't in the disc version is because of licensing issues and whatnot. And I should get Saints Row 2 one of these days. I heard it's pretty much like San Andreas except better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 6 November 2009, 07:43:19 I've already beaten more games this year than the last few years combined.
I really feel like I'm becoming a gamer again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 November 2009, 15:44:24 If you download the ballad of Gay Tony, you still need the GTA4 disc to play it.
If you buy the disc for gay Tony alone, it has it's own music, nothing more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 7 November 2009, 01:41:51 I'm playing
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2009, 02:02:47 DJ Hero.
Awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 November 2009, 02:37:19 The Disc version of the expansion is standalone and therefore doesn't require the original GTA IV disc, so it won't have the original GTA IV music. Just the new music. Gotcha, and maybe I'll buy the disc versions of that anyway since I thought the music like everything else in GTAIV was bland but I'd like to try The Lost And The Damned or whatever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 November 2009, 05:54:54 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2009, 06:13:58 I know there's some bad juju with Activision and how they basically stole the game from some smaller company and then ruined business for that other DJ game that's coming out, and I've never played Beatmania and I was entirely unfamiliar with DJ games before this...
BUT! I played this for a solid 5 hours today and I loved every goddamn minute of it. I'll contribute the 5 hour run partially to me wanting to take my mind off some miserable news mentioned elsewhere, but honestly the game really is fun. The opening cinematic has Justice's Genesis ferchrissake! And even though there's only two tracks that use it, both are fantastic. Honestly, though, it really just makes me want to go and learn the real thing. I've been itching to learn how to use snythesizers, too. Recently I've just been messing around with the KORG DS-10 and having fun with that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 November 2009, 06:43:43 Cool that it has Justice but I have no time for this and expect to learn the actual stuff from my friends soon so I'm gonna have to pass on it really.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2009, 19:44:37 Nice. I'm gonna' force my friend to let me teach myself with the equipment in his basement next summer.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 14 November 2009, 20:15:43 I was checking out all of my old Gameboy and Gameboy Advance games out of boredom, and apparently, all of my MegaMan Battle Network 2 game data mysteriously vanished.
So I'm replaying it. I'm in the airplane, heading back to Electopia. I'm noticing several things that I never noticed before. I'm jacked in the television set on the plane, and the battlefield for virus battles spells out "T.V." (Your side is the T). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 15 November 2009, 10:41:49 I got NSMBW at around 3AM. I was leaving a party and I mentioned the game coming out tomorrow, and somebody suggested I check the 24-hour Wal-Mart to see if they had it in stock yet. A few of us went over and even though the game wasn't on display, they did indeed have it.
So we went back to my place and played for about 2 and a half hours. We only had two controllers but multiplayer was still really goddamn fun. I haven't even played it by myself yet. We beat the first three worlds. Really fun times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 November 2009, 00:51:59 And what is NSMBW?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 November 2009, 00:55:35 New Super Mario Brothers Wii.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 November 2009, 01:06:38 Oh.
I don't know if I'm interested anymore. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2009, 02:19:46 This is the first great Wii game since Brawl.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 16 November 2009, 09:46:12 Yyeaaaaaah.......riiiiight.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 November 2009, 15:59:38 It actually looks like it would be a lot of fun to play.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 16 November 2009, 16:09:12 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 November 2009, 17:52:27 Yyeaaaaaah.......riiiiight. You're wrong Fatso. Mario is so kiddy and last year. What we need is MORE GUNS AND FOOTTBAAALLLLLLLLLL Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 16 November 2009, 18:36:34 I wasn't actually commenting on the 'maturity' of the content; I play plenty of super-violent 'mature' games.
But Halo has never been and will never be more fun than Mario. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 November 2009, 18:52:36 It actually looks like it would be a lot of fun to play. It is, especially when playing with friends. It's also really difficult... at least when playing with another person. I think it would probably be easier alone but it's just so much better when playing with another person. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 16 November 2009, 19:04:56 Ummm, Halo will never be as fn as Mario and Mario will never be as fun as Halo.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 November 2009, 19:26:00 You aren't making a damned lick of sense.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 November 2009, 19:28:41 Ummm, Halo will never be as fun as Mario and Mario will never be as fun as Halo. There isn't a single word I disagree with there. I know what you're implying, but your statement doesn't prove or disprove anything, except that one game stinks and the other doesn't. Halo has been overrated, and I've given it a shot. It's way too poor of a FPS and is widely considered as the most OVERRATED video game of this generation, and I agree. Halo has never been an outrageous amount of fun. But I can name SEVERAL Mario games where they are a blast. Some are too easy, some on rare occasions, are somewhat difficult (Lost Levels). They've mixed formulas and changed things around. He's one character that's stood the test of time. I buy Mario games because they're fun. When it comes to FPS, I'm better off buying Call of Duty or the new Modern Warfare 2 game. Seriously, I've WATCHED Call of Duty be played, and it's more entertaining than actually PLAYING Halo 2 or 3. Quite frankly, your statements only seem to indicate that you have never played on a Wii, played a Mario game, or you're just a straight up EXBAWKS FANBOI. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2009, 20:43:07 NSMBW is some of the most fun I've ever had playing multi-player. I almost entirely detest multiplayer gaming, especially online multiplayer, aside from party games like Rock Band or games specifically made for multiplayer like Brawl or sports games.
Mario translates unbelievably well to multiplayer. It's a lot harder with more people though, because of how chaotic it gets: I had 5 game-overs and never got more than 30 lives. Now that I've had time to play single-player, I haven't gotten below 90 lives once I got there. I'd rank the single-player difficulty directly between SMB3 and SMW. With multi-player, it's actually pretty hard but way too much fun for that to be a problem. Nowhere near "The Lost Levels" hard, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 November 2009, 20:54:13 Oh, I can't get passed World 4 in Lost Levels. Darn springs and timing jumps. Why does the gap have to be so large anyway? It's almost as difficult as my early stages I made in Mega Man Powered Up!
And is the 1-Up system broken in that game? I mean, it was just insane in the original NSMB. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 November 2009, 21:06:58 Well, the game on Multiplayer seems to give you a ton of 1-Ups, but I never lived long enough to accumulate enough of them.
The Mushroom Houses that give you a ton of 1-Ups is in the form of a Canon Mini-Game rather than a "Hit The Blocks" thing the DS game did, so it's a lot harder to hit the 1-Ups. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 16 November 2009, 22:56:09 I've been stuck on World 6 of The Lost Levels for over a year now, and it's not like I stopped trying. Whenever I'm bored I boot it up on the VC and give it a whirl.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 November 2009, 00:28:27 The only reason I said I might not be interested anymore is because I've never played any of the New Super Mario Bros. games and I don't really have an interest in them even though I'm sure they're as awesome as everyone says.
Well, the game on Multiplayer seems to give you a ton of 1-Ups, but I never lived long enough to accumulate enough of them.' Cannon. "Canon" is a completely different word. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 November 2009, 00:43:39 There's only been one "New Super Mario Bros" game before this one, and that was really just the next sidescrolling Mario game after Super Mario World. This is the next one after that, which also directly succeeds Super Mario World since it's the first sidescrolling Mario for a console since that one. They're really no different than the old ones except that Mario can do a little more, like wall-kick and triple-jump.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 November 2009, 01:14:48 There's only been one "New Super Mario Bros" game before this one That much I know but I didn't want to waste time figuring out another way to say that because the main reason I came on MMM today was CYE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 November 2009, 01:28:32 I figured. On both counts.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 November 2009, 01:33:10 Internet thumbs up!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 17 November 2009, 02:15:59 The best way I could explain the game to someone very quickly: It's like Super Mario 64 meets Super Mario Bros.
It takes all the classic side scrolling feel and adds new ways to play with moves like pounding the ground, double jump, triple jump, wall climb, etc. But now I'm just repeating what Alec said. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 November 2009, 03:41:52 Currently playing it, it's pretty fun. Feels odd doing a spin jump though...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 17 November 2009, 13:36:47 That's because you're not the one jumping, silly!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 November 2009, 22:46:53 Playing NSMBWII. I have only one complaint on it, and that's the control scheme isn't great. Neither the sideways wii remote or nunchuck configuration are completely good and NEITHER are even CLOSE to 3/World in-so-far as how butter smooth they control. Which is a shame because the DS NSMB was just as good as 3/world (of course it was pretty much an SNES pad configuration). Why Nintendo DIDN'T build in support for a classic controller scheme is beyond me.
That said, the game is fantastic. Propeller Suit is God Tier. Multi player is a lot harder due to chaos and all the accidently killing your friends, but single player is pretty easy (thus far, I blew threw world 1 with my eyes closed). If they'd fixed the controls, this would be God Tier Mario. As it is, it's only High tier. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 November 2009, 22:57:10 accidently killing your friends i.e. throwing them directly into enemies and then claiming it was an accident Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 18 November 2009, 23:31:42 Playing NSMBWII. I have only one complaint on it, and that's the control scheme isn't great. [...] Why Nintendo DIDN'T build in support for a classic controller scheme is beyond me. Don't own the game, but I intend to. I'm still looking forward to it, but that's definitely surprising. I mean, I personally WOULDN'T expect playing this game with a nunchuk, so I would've thought Nintendo would've made it Classic Controller compatible. Posted on: 18 November 2009, 23:29:17 Just to add a note, has anyone played the Mutiplayer on the original NSMB? It is MAD fun (maybe an exaggeration but I don't care). So much stuff could happen. Killing your friends was so much fun, when I heard about co-op in this game, it brought back some great memories. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 November 2009, 23:51:55 I'm so bothered by the lack of Classic Controller support. I thought "Hey, let's use that instead!", and then I get the message it's incompatible. Come on Nintendo. Is it THAT hard to set the spin jump to the A button of the Classic Controller and give us World controls?
Also, being unable to use Yoshi outside of levels he's in is lame. Currently on World 4 with 50 lives. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2009, 01:22:57 Yeah it seems really ridiculous the classic controller isn't supported. This game would've been perfect for me in high school, though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 19 November 2009, 01:50:26 You don't get classic controller support because they want to shove the motion sensor feature down your throat.
That's why so many elements utilize it. It's ironic that the Wii's main attempt at innovation is the primary flaw in all its top tier titles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 November 2009, 21:30:04 It's ridiculous though, because the DS more or less moved past forcing use of the touch screen (outside a few first party Nintendo titles ::cough::zeldastarfox::cough::) and reserving it's use when it actually fits/benefits the gameplay of the game. The Wii hasn't seemed to follow suit. Then again, it's not followed suit on the NES/SNES level quality of 3rd party games either.
...well, it's still leaps and bounds better than the GC and the N64. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 November 2009, 21:36:13 HEY, I liked the Cube.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 19 November 2009, 22:49:06 The 64 had its share of great games, too... just a smaller share. Biggest problem it had (the same problem the PSX had, in fact) was the growing fad of 3D games and the fact that 3D technology still hadn't reached the level necessary for truly beautiful visuals in such games.
But shot for shot, I still maintain the SNES has the best library of any non-PC game platform in history. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 November 2009, 23:05:26 Of course.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 20 November 2009, 04:07:26 Playing Street Fighter IV.
And also realizing how terrible I am at it. SLOWLY getting better though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 20 November 2009, 21:21:46 You don't get classic controller support because they want to shove the motion sensor feature down your throat. I only began to realize this when I bought Punch-Out!! Because the game is great when it plays like a NES controller with the remote sideways, but when you go to the menu, you can't just use the D-Pad, oh no. You have to actually point at the screen to navigate anything. I only like it as a secondary option. Like Rez said, they don't pull this crap on the DS. I have games that are designed for touching the screen, but I'm just much more comfortable playing it with the buttons alone. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 20 November 2009, 23:21:27 Chaos, in that WiiWare Doc Louis game, they made it so you can navigate with the d-pad now.
Anyway, I'm playing Borderlands. Fun game, even more fun with friends. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 November 2009, 00:14:20 I beat it, it's a lot of fun. next time I borrow it from a friend we'll have to get together.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 21 November 2009, 00:21:46 Chaos, in that WiiWare Doc Louis game, they made it so you can navigate with the d-pad now. Well that's sweet. I'm gonna go download it now. OH WAIT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 November 2009, 02:30:04 Well I just did everything you could in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
The secret world was pretty tough, but I did it, and with a friend. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 November 2009, 03:01:35 Yeah right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 November 2009, 03:10:22 DOST THOU DOUBT THINE SKILLS!?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 21 November 2009, 03:25:06 Pretty sure you said that wrong.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 November 2009, 03:44:53 Yes I did.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 November 2009, 07:36:37 He was "yeah right"ing that it was hard.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 November 2009, 09:27:40 I was "yeah right"ing the part about him having friends!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 November 2009, 18:06:49 Yeah right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 November 2009, 21:27:36 Playing Broken Sword on the DS. Never played them back in the day, and I must say the game has aged quite well from comming from the late 90s. It's a great old school point and click game adventure game. I hope they port the other 3 games as well.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 23 November 2009, 22:20:07 I'm playing Lufia & The Fortress Of Doom on the SNES 'coz I'm cool like that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 23 November 2009, 22:23:50 I liked Rise of the Sinistrals better than the first, personally.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 23 November 2009, 22:26:51 I never had the second, so I can't really compare them myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 November 2009, 14:19:55 2nd game was MUCH better than the first. Though I played 2 first (which is a prequel to 1).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2009, 19:17:16 Lufia isn't a word! What's going on here?!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 December 2009, 06:52:57 So I borrowed Brutal Legend from a friend.
I beat it already, 3 days was all it took, and like 6-7 hours. would have been about 5 without side missions. It's damned short, only worth a rent, and is piss easy until the final battle, which is just plain unfair. So, uh, it's okay and has a great plot twist, but I'd give it a 6/10. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 11 December 2009, 14:44:23 For those with the means to do so, pick up Pixeljunk Shooter. It's well worth the sticker price.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 December 2009, 07:46:42 I beat Borderlands the other day. Not a fan of the lack of an ending, but I'm probably going to finish doing all of the jobs before I move on to another game, which will probably be Assassin's Creed II or The Saboteur. And then once the kids go home for Christmas break, I'll get my copy of Jurassic: The Hunted back from one of my student workers.
And then I get to punch a raptor IN THE MOTHER#####ING FACE! If that alone isn't worth $40, I don't know what is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 12 December 2009, 15:28:57 Also, if the demo is any indication, Dante's Inferno should be an acceptable stopgap for those who can't pick up God of War III.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 December 2009, 17:55:31 I have beaten Borderlands twice and am at level 50.
It's still really fun to find those awesome weapons. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 December 2009, 18:17:34 I'm now playing Jurassic: The Hunted. Fun budget title, nothing more.
Last night before I went to sleep, I got to punch not one, not two, but THREE raptors IN THE #####ING FACE! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 December 2009, 06:43:36 I picked up that Metroid Prime Trilogy thing at Best Buy today because it was only $20 on sale. I've been itching to replay the original for a while, and I've never played the second, so this Trilogy thing with Wii Controls really interested me.
I haven't played it yet, but the real reason I'm posting is to let everyone know that Best Buy has it on sale for $20 instead of the usual $50. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 December 2009, 08:49:25 I don't want it for any $.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 December 2009, 18:01:56 I don't have a Wii :)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 21 December 2009, 22:40:58 -Minus one gaming buddy. :(
And yeah, Prime isn't worth it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 December 2009, 03:47:31 you guys are teh suck :<
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 December 2009, 02:31:34 The Bayonetta demo.
This game is freaking fun. Posted on: December 23, 2009, 05:29:38 PM Also, the "Army of 2, 40th day" demo. It's EXACTLY Gears of War. Same engine, same character designs, except it's in Post Modern-day China. Same crappy controls as Gears too. Hell, taking cover and shooting over walls, even the slow moving bullets! Why get that when you can just play Gears? Why even play Gears? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 December 2009, 05:11:57 Good question. I wonder that myself.
Went and played Jak and Daxter and 100%'d it in less than a day, which amazed me. Game felt longer back when I first got it years ago. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 December 2009, 05:50:09 Yeah I played that Bayonetta demo a while back. It's not my thing. I dislike the designs and the gameplay is only alright.
I rented Prototype. It's alright but it doesn't live up to the hype. Fun enough, though you are just playing as Venom. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 24 December 2009, 08:26:02 I just finished Indigo Prophecy. [spoiler]I was enjoying the game a lot until the scenes towards the ending just got so bizare/ridiculous.[/spoiler]
Now Im hyped for not only Mass Effect 2 next year but also Heavy Rain, both games which should improve a lot on their predecessors. I've played the Bayonetta demo awhile ago and while I don't like button masher action games as much as I used to, I had a lot of fun with demo and I might pick it up if I get the chance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 24 December 2009, 23:39:53 Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit was really good apart from the sneaking sections and the end.
I do wonder how Heavy Rain will be though... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 24 December 2009, 23:50:02 I disliked the climbing parts the most. (atleast with the mouse)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 December 2009, 21:28:44 The Bayonetta demo is fun. It makes me wish that I had finished Devil May Cry 4.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 28 December 2009, 02:31:01 I started Fallout 3. I'm liking it well enough, but I always seem to be out of ammunition and/or money.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 December 2009, 19:18:17 Been playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Smash Bros. both as virtual console games.
I just managed to go through nearly half of the 6th dungeon, but right as I was opening a treasure chest and got a key (which happened to be on spikes), I died. Luckily, I had a fairy to revive me, but since I was in the middle of opening a treasure chest, the game glitched and Link was just standing there. Any enemy attacks would make him flinch, but he wouldn't die. Also, you can't just "save" the game, you have to "save and quit". I didn't want to save and quit, and now the game wouldn't even give me the option at this crucial moment, so I had to reset. All my progress for today was lost and became a total waste of time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 December 2009, 05:50:23 So, I got Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on the Wii for Christmas and beat it in one sitting (I already knew in advance that it was short).
As someone who hasn't played a Silent Hill game since SH3 (I always hear bad things about new SH games so I didn't bother), SM has to be my new favourite game in the series. It was short, but sweet. Playing through it... you don't really think about anything that's going on because you don't really understand them. Then, you get to the end, and holy crap. I did not expect it in the SLIGHTEST. there was NOTHING in the game to make you think it would end the way it would. And suddenly, everything that happened in the game all makes sense. It was incredible. It wasn't a very scary game, nor was it very good at mimicking the old Silent Hill style, but it was a damn amazing attempt by the developers. I really hope that they can make another amazing experience like Shattered Memories again. Of course, as a Silent Hill game, it has multiple endings. And since it's so short it'll be nice and easy to get the endings, but this time I'll be able to understand every much more, after knowing the truth about everything. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 29 December 2009, 16:28:02 I really want to play Shattered Memories...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 December 2009, 06:14:31 My girlfriend got me Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for Christmas so I've been playing that. It's not of the really good handheld ones or anything but I like it. It has both the shoe-horned timline and shoe-horned vehicle gimmicks in there, but I'm a trainiac anyway so I'm cool with it and I liked Wind Waker a lot so I don't mind this game being connected to it, plus it's BARELY connected anyway.
Didn't really like the controls at first, and now that I'm used to them they're OK but there was no reason to change the formula. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 December 2009, 08:44:36 Annie is playing that too (and I have the 2nd file on there). So far, it's better than Phantom Hourglass, but it's practically the same thing with just a few changes.
I just finished A Link to the Past myself. VERY good Zelda game (not to mention difficult as heck too). I also played Pokemon Rumble on Annie's Wii (Wiiware), and it's a lot of fun. However, we just did 3-player multiplayer co-op and beat Mewtwo. After that, you play "Advanced Mode" which consists of befriending and playing as 3rd/4th gen Pokemon, not 1st gen like the first part of the game. Personally, that totally turns me off. I was hoping I'd see my 2nd gen favorites but instead I'm playing as retarded crap like a "Bidoof". If you want to try it, it's 1500 points ($15), but I really don't want to play the 2nd half of the game. I'm fine using the original 150. A free demo of the game is available online. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 December 2009, 09:33:00 I passed on Phantom Hourglass as I would've passed on this one if it wasn't a gift.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 December 2009, 20:23:14 I saw that it practically was something like the old overhead Zelda games (which is what I liked) so I got PH. It's got some annoying parts, since you're still on boats, not really exploring land, and the fact that you have to go through the SAME TEMPLE about 8 times.
They're pulling the same crap here, but with trains (which is nicer), and that same temple thing is back. However, they fixed it to where you don't go through all the same crap you've encountered already and just transport to the floor you left off on; according to Annie anyway. I like them both, and the multiplayer is also kinda fun, excluding 2 distinct stages that are too annoying to play on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2009, 20:26:06 Overall I didn't like PH much at all.
I got about halfway through and said screw it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 31 December 2009, 12:38:39 and the fact that you have to go through the SAME TEMPLE about 8 times. 5, 4 if you decide to get two maps on the same run. Though it doesn't change the fact that the game was still pretty bad. ST so far is a lot better. I don't even mind the fact that I'm on train restricted on a track. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 31 December 2009, 21:14:16 Now that I have a console to play it on, I've started Megaman 9. God, this game is doing a good job reminding me how long it's been since I've played the old series. I can already see that there's going to be a lot of trial and error situations in store for me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2009, 22:27:21 that same temple thing is back. No it isn't. I know what she means, she's talking about the tower. But it's not the same temple over and over again; After you finish a Temple the spirit tracks reconnect and energy is sent to the tower, which reconnects one of the towers floors. So you keep going back to the tower but it's to get a rail map from a new floor. I still KIND OF want to play PH just because it's showhorn timelined in between this and Wind Waker. Anyway ST is pretty easy, and parts that are challenging are challenging in the way that it's just kind of stupid. But I'm almost done now and I like the game enough. Much better than Minish Cap at least! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 2 January 2010, 07:11:29 that same temple thing is back. Not rechecking my post, but I DID say they fixed it. It's practically the same concept, minus the whole annoying "Do this crap you've done before all over again" which therefore makes it enjoyable. I still KIND OF want to play PH just because it's showhorn timelined in between this and Wind Waker. I never liked Wind Waker just because I'm weird and picky on Zelda games like I said before, but PH was alright. Fans of Wind Waker tell me it's not as good though. Anyway ST is pretty easy, and parts that are challenging are challenging in the way that it's just kind of stupid. But I'm almost done now and I like the game enough. Much better than Minish Cap at least! I heard Minish Cap was awful, but I still kinda want to play it. I never got a chance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 January 2010, 15:31:17 Minish Cap was super boring and I quit halfway through.
I beat Spirit Tracks halfway through my vacation and I liked it, but it wasn't really all that great. Still a quality and fun game, and better than Phantom Hourglass. Personal ranking of Zelda games, which should be the official ranking: 1. Link's Awakening 2. Link to the Past 3. Ocarina of Time 4. Wind Waker 5. Majora's Mask 6. Twilight Princess 7. Oracle of Ages/Seasons 8. Legend of Zelda (NES) 9. Zelda II 10. everything else Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 2 January 2010, 15:56:24 So I got Mass Effect from Steam because it was only $5 and I'm really interested in the game.
I really like it! It's not overwhelming like certain other WRPGs I've played (Oblivion, Fallout...). The battle system is simple but very fun. Choices don't really seem to matter thus far but I like to learn as much as I can from the NPCs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 January 2010, 17:42:12 So I got Mass Effect from Steam because it was only $5 and I'm really interested in the game. Some choices REALLY matter later on. Work on boosting charm and intimidation. Posted on: January 02, 2010, 01:36:49 PM So I'm playing Modern Warfare 2 and Trials HD on the 360 and Audiosurf on the PC. That's about it. Trials HD is an incredible game, and everyone with a 360 should check out the demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 January 2010, 22:50:29 I'll continue to specifically avoid playing MW2 until I see evidence of a strong underground dedicated server movement. Activision won't see a cent of my money until I can play the game my way.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 January 2010, 23:01:26 ...
There is a huge dedicated server mod for the game on PC. It's very very popular. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 January 2010, 23:21:33 Really? I just did another search and all I can see is the usual VPN workarounds (which is not what I'm looking for) and that stupid Youtube video with the low-grav and infinite grenades (which isn't a dedicated server, just developer console enabled again)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 4 January 2010, 06:38:49 Yeah, there really is a dedicated server mod.
It's illegal to use but I heard countless times that there is one and it's supposed to be popular. I even heard it was made literally days after the game came out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 January 2010, 07:29:01 No, I already talked about that one:
that stupid Youtube video with the low-grav and infinite grenades (which isn't a dedicated server, just developer console enabled again) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 January 2010, 16:55:12 I would rank Zelda games similar to ASR except Majora's Mask and Zelda II have no place on the list!
So I got Mass Effect from Steam because it was only $5 and I'm really interested in the game. Work on boosting charm OR intimidation. If you're playing more towards Paragon you're not gonna find yourself in any situation where you'd actually want to use intimidate, and the opposite for the opposite. And usually when you have the option to use charm you also have the option to intimidate so you're probably not going to miss out by picking one over the other. Anyway a lot of the choices in Mass Effect are supposed to have more weight in Mass Effect 2, which I refuse to preorder because it will UNDOUBTEDLY interfere with my film work. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 January 2010, 18:16:36 I'm thinking about giving Mass Effect a try soon. We'll see.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 5 January 2010, 03:10:28 I beat Fallout 3 and am on the Wily stages in Megaman 9.
Thinking of starting Dragon Age: Origins. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 January 2010, 08:43:25 I really wanted to play Fallout 3 over the break and expected to get it as a gift but it didn't happen. My friend brought his over so I got a bit of play on it done but... Eeeeeh I wanna play moorrrrrrruuh!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 January 2010, 09:45:51 I played the hell out of the original 6-player X-men arcade game at MAGFest. *does Colossus yell* OOOOOOORAAAAH!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 5 January 2010, 16:28:02 I really wanted to play Fallout 3 over the break and expected to get it as a gift but it didn't happen. My friend brought his over so I got a bit of play on it done but... Eeeeeh I wanna play moorrrrrrruuh! It's good enough of a game. The only big complaint I had came with the length of the main story, which is rather short. If you're all for exploration, though, there's plenty to find which will add onto your playtime significantly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 January 2010, 19:41:48 I tried to play it, but after it kept freezing at one point I lost all desire to continue.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 5 January 2010, 22:13:39 Bethesda's games are really glitchy. When I played it on the PS3 my dog died so I tried to load an older file and he was still dead. :<
Thank god for their PC version of the games. Mods, FTW! Made it so much more enjoyable for me. I still dislike the overall hugeness of it, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 January 2010, 22:21:03 I want to play Bayonetta.
Also I'm a 48 in COD multiplayer with a 1.25 K/D ratio. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 5 January 2010, 22:56:08 I found Ocarina of Time Master Quest at EB Games so I yoinked it up and I'm playing that now. I got Spirit Tracks for Christday so I'm also playing that.
But before that I beat both of the Professor Layton games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 January 2010, 23:37:53 Given that I'm pretty sure Mass Effect 2 is coming out soon, I think I'm going to want to replay the first. And I might cautiously look over someone's shoulder at Final Fantasy XIII, I don't plan on getting it myself but I just know it's going to end up in the house.
I've been in the hospital with nothing better to do, and I since I ended up with Spirit Tracks for Christmas I've been playing that. My overall impression is that it's better than Phantom Hourglass but it gives me a desire to replay that game. This seems like the most straightforward Zelda game I've ever played, if that's the right word. I'm usually not able to get 100% on a Zelda game without the help of a guide, and I have this one pretty much covered. A lot of the quests are in the same vein, which puts you into a formula of finding people to transport and then exploring the area they unlock for you when you successfully transport them or deliver their stuff. I was only confused at the fact that you don't seem to get anything from some minigames, and more than one thing from other minigames, which sort of leads you to believe you're missing something or not getting a good enough score. Overall I guess I like it. Call me a sucker. I feel like it's just a cash cow for Nintendo but there's enough in it to appeal to me and I apparently liked it enough to want to get everything in it. I guess I'll go head for the final battle soon and finish it off. And hell yes, it is much better than Minish Cap. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 January 2010, 23:51:39 Why are you in the hospital? Are you okay?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 January 2010, 00:26:14 Oh, ##### no I'm not. Haha. But I've been discharged today. I've been in there since Boxing Day afternoon, and I wasn't given a bed until like 4AM on the 27th. But I got to try morphine. It's nice, but I'm glad I'm off it. I'm too... stoic I guess, I'm not the kind of person who takes pain medication even when I probably should, and I guess that's not something to feel really proud about but I guess I am.
I'm going to be able to take it easy for a while, I've got, you know, my family with me who are all concerned right now and I'm going to play it close with my doctor for a bit and we're going to figure things out. I'll be fine, soon, and I think I'm on my way to recovering. I sure have a hell of a lot of pills to take. It's actually kind of nice skipping my birthday in the hospital, because now I get to choose when I want to celebrate it. But yeah, don't worry about me. I'm good. Let's talk games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 January 2010, 00:32:09 Voulnet just destroyed me in MW2 D:
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 6 January 2010, 04:29:57 Today I was playing Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose on the Super Nintendo!
We got to the football level but then we had to stop playing! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 January 2010, 08:03:08 I've been seeing that game around. I had the option to buy it at the same garage sale where I bought my SNES, MMX, and Super Metroid.
I could have gotten it for $2. Is it any good? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 6 January 2010, 09:28:40 Put it in the wrong thread and didn't even realize. *rageface*
TIE Fighter. Remembering that it made me want to be a game designer from the very first time I played it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 6 January 2010, 17:28:00 Buster Busts Loose is one of my favorite memories from playing SNES as a kid aside from Donkey Kong Country 2 and Kirby's Dreamland 3. It's a great game, not just the nostalgia goggles. The bosses are all creative and fun, the second level (Wild West and runaway train) is SO AWESOME! And the football level? WHAT KIND OF GENIUS FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE FOOTBALL WORK IN A 2D PLATFORMER? Amazing!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 6 January 2010, 20:02:16 Looks like I missed out on a deal.
Oh well. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 6 January 2010, 20:29:11 I was terrible at that game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 6 January 2010, 20:50:58 Oh, and the music is really catchy, too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 January 2010, 23:46:27 So I'm pretty happy. I traded in a bunch of games I'll never play again at EB Games, and got a lot more than I expected. Three of the games I actually got 25 dollars for, which was a surprisingly good deal I think. Though I laughed that I got 2.25 for MegaMan X7. They have like five more copies of the game on the shelf for 19.99, and I almost feel bad for taking any money at all for it.
I traded them in for: Brutal Legend Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Rayman 3 (I really wanted Rayman 2 but settled for that instead) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Five dollars on Mass Effect 2 I paid 10.90 for all that. I also recently got Operation: Anchorage for Fallout 3 and as I said before that I was going to do, I'm replaying Mass Effect in anticipation of the next game. Not over-anticipation, mind you, I just want a more properly-prepared character. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 9 January 2010, 09:09:33 If they update the character creator in ME2 I hope they atleast let you modify your ME1 character; my guy needs a new hair cut.
I really shouldn't be getting more games after spending like 70 on the Steam sale, but ME2 is comming up and omg, I got Dragon Age for 37 dollars and Jade Empire for 3 and I"m on a Bioware rage now. Fortunately the 70 dollars got me around 17 games so I'm pretty sure I can wait for ME2 to get cheaper. (if it ever goes on steam I hope it goes down to 37 dollars on a sale like Dragon Age did only a month later) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 9 January 2010, 09:49:27 I think DA had a discount because of the Steam Holiday sale.
So I finally got an A-Rank on every stage on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle... including on Green Hill! Was it worth it? Hells no. But at least I did it. This game has randomly bugged me for the last eight years and I considered it to be my video game biggest challenge that I could overcome. And it's lived up to the game I gave it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 10 January 2010, 08:37:02 Well, I just beat Megaman 9. I feel extremely satisfied. Think I'll take a break from it for a few days and then start my Protoman play-through.
Oh, and in Dragon Age, I'm in the temple looking for the Urn of Ashes. God, Wynne is useful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 11 January 2010, 14:31:12 If they update the character creator in ME2 I hope they atleast let you modify your ME1 character; my guy needs a new hair cut. Well, that actually seems possible. The extent of the changes you'd be able to make might be limited to hair and adding scars. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 15 January 2010, 15:00:47 A Boy and His Blob Wii and Time Hollow on DS. SET SAIL FOR AWESOME!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 15 January 2010, 20:50:15 Since Initial Arcade Stage 3 is lame now, am playing Wangan Maximum Tune 3, I get to race vs my own ghost so it keeps me busy for a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 January 2010, 04:14:24 I'm still playing COD MW2. I have a ways to go in the Spec Ops until I 100% the game.
Posted on: January 15, 2010, 11:14:04 PM Also Trials HD. And I WISH I was playing Bayonetta. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 16 January 2010, 04:21:27 Protoman mode is kicking my ass in MM9.
Thinking about quitting for a while to play Demon's Souls. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 January 2010, 04:55:47 Proto Man is great besides the fact he only shoots twice when Mega Man shoots three shots at a time.
Not to mention the damage bit. If you're constantly taking damage in MM9 you might need practice. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 17 January 2010, 09:06:58 I think it's the switching styles bit that's bugging me.
Like, I rarely used the slide and charge in the old games, but in 9, it seems like it's forcing me to do so to make up for the increased damage. Anywho, my cousin is letting me borrow Deus Ex because apparently I'm not a real gamer if I haven't played "the slice of sheer awesomeness that is Deus Ex." I also ended beating Half-Life for the first time after playing it off and on for the last few months. Now at least I have an excuse to get the Orange Box. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 19 January 2010, 05:35:26 I got Dark Void Zero on DSiWare today.
#####ing amazing. It's like MegaMan meets Metroid meets Contra. Great 8-bit tunes, tough, and fun. Only $5 too! The loading screen is the best. It's a picture of the "original" NES cart and you have to blow the dust off of the bottom in order to start the game. :> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 January 2010, 05:41:51 Wow, that's actually nifty.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 January 2010, 06:08:38 So far I haven't found anything for DSiWare that I think is really worth the money. I spent my free 1000 and that's it. And even then I wish I spent it on something else. Dr. Mario Express might've been a good idea—that is, if it was still free for me to get.
About Mass Effect 2: Yes you can change your appearance entirely. And you can choose a different class, apparently. This surprised me but I'm glad it's like that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 19 January 2010, 16:21:13 The class thing didnt suprise me as much since levels from the past game don't carry over, but YesSSS on the appearance changing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 26 January 2010, 21:19:30 Playing TvC, got the game and the fight stick as well (135$ total), same feel as if am playing on the arcade, other than that, I have to figure out how the heck am going to unlock Zero. Other then that, they changed the music a little, its a little more...futuristic we can say, unlock gallery stuff, costume colors, movies, all of em' by buying with zennies.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 January 2010, 22:26:55 [spoiler]You unlock Zero by beating the Final Boss with 6 Capcom Characters.
You unlock Frank West by doing that just 3 times. Tekkaman Blade is unlocked by beating the Final Boss with 3 Tatsunoko Characters. And Joe the Condor is unlocked by beating it with 6 Tatsu characters. And finally, Yatterman-2 is unlocked by beating it with the newly unlocked characters (Frank, Zero, Tekkaman Blade, Joe the Condor)[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 January 2010, 22:36:42 WHAT
FRANK WEST Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 January 2010, 22:38:01 SSSSHHHHHH IT'S A SECRET
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 26 January 2010, 22:59:46 Dang, you have too much free time, not saying its bad or anything, but ok. Thanks I guess.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 January 2010, 23:18:43 I don't see how looking this up on GameFAQs two days ago is too much free time, but okay.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 27 January 2010, 00:00:42 I forget such sites exists.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 27 January 2010, 01:21:31 I was doing so well. Two days before the release date I pre ordered Mass Effect 2. FFFFFFFFF
OMG MY SHEPARD Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 27 January 2010, 01:37:35 Omg YOUR Shepard? Mine has eyeliner.
Or it sort of looks like it sometimes. All I ended up doing to his appearance was change his facial hair. And eye colour, for the hell of it. I had to redo his custom appearance 'cause there wasn't a "I just wanna make minor changes" option. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 27 January 2010, 02:42:40 Yeah when I figured that out I decided to leave his appearance to same, though it would make sense to have the option to modify your ME1 shepard since the creator is universal and all.
The DLC armors you get are good but I wish there was an option to toggle helmets or a dedicated equipment menu. Thats the reason I decided to use the default armor since you can actually see your face with that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 27 January 2010, 14:14:25 My roommate imported his previous character and changed his Shephard into a black man. I was laughing at how none of the other characters acknowledged it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 January 2010, 16:06:24 Tyrone Shepard?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 27 January 2010, 19:13:42 That actually is kind of funny.
I found out I could customize the N7 colours shortly after I got myself the Collector armor, which isn't customizable. lol Visual appeal is up 100%, and characters are a lot more interesting, and I've laughed out loud several times so far at dialogue, even some random conversations. I don't want to reveal anything at all, you have to experience it yourself. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 27 January 2010, 20:07:50 indeed
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 30 January 2010, 09:41:18 Grabbed a copy of the StarCraft battlebox...
...currently addicted... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 January 2010, 20:47:40 I've been playing Mass Effect 2 since Wednesday.
I GOT A SPACE HAMSTER. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 January 2010, 21:14:06 I've been watching my roommate play it.
HE HAS A SPACE HAMSTER, TOO. We had a long discussion on whether or not it should actually be called a "Space Hamster." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 31 January 2010, 00:18:22 Unless he's given a space suit and helmet, I say no.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 31 January 2010, 07:47:25 I was in the "it's just a normal hamster" camp.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 February 2010, 07:44:25 I uploaded a boxer named Peenisswaffle to Facebreak. Download him, as well as my buddy's boxer The Finger, before EA shuts down the servers on 2/2/10!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 2 February 2010, 04:07:37 I just finsihed Mass Effect 2. Holy #####.
[spoiler]The only person that ended up dying on my mission was Zaeed, I have no clue how that happened. Atleast this gives me a reason to replay this save later. I ended up finishing the game in 60 hours with all the side quests and star clusters explored. A lot of the hours were spent exploring every crevice of the game; I just wish the game was longer, but fortunately there's a lot of decisions and stuff I haven't tried out yet. I'm also curious as to what happens if you don't buy all the Normandy upgrades and omigosh so much more to do.[/spoiler] Now I'm on to using my renegade femshepard from ME1. I ended up skipping the side quests after my first playthrough on ME1 because of the repetitiveness, but in ME2 the missions are much more varied and different enough for me to replay them again; with some of them on par with the quality of the storyline missions. GLAD I TOOK ASTRONOMY THIS SEMESTER Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 February 2010, 00:50:39 I got all of the online achievements for Facebreaker, Madden 07, and NBA Street: Homecourt. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get all of the online achievements for NBA Live 07 and NCAA March Madness 07, and any of the online achievements for UEFA Champions League 06-07. OH WELL.
For some reason, the Facebreak servers haven't been turned off...I'm assuming that it's because it isn't a yearly game (like NBA Live 07), and there are enough people still playing it at this current time to keep it going. Or I'm completely wrong and they'll turn off the servers while I'm away at work. BACK TO MASS EFFECT 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 February 2010, 07:01:01 Been playing Bayonetta.
Normal mode is like impossible mode. Every time you BARELY make it out of a scrape with a bunch of enemies, they throw you into a friggin boss fight or against new enemies you've never faced before and they spank you to death. It. Is. Hard. I've gone back and replayed the first 3 levels a few times just to get enough Halos to purchase more health, health items, and some badass techniques. I can now turn into a panther and it's much more fun to redo levels now. Posted on: February 02, 2010, 08:16:48 PM Beat Bayonetta. That game cuts you zero slack. Very fast paced and VERY fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 February 2010, 07:35:51 Borrowed Mass Effect. Yep, the first one. I'll borrow ME2 once my cousin is done playing it to death.
Very nice game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: EvT on 9 February 2010, 16:28:19 BioShock 2. Picked it up during the midnight release. :o
##### my pants twice. D: Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DeMatador on 13 February 2010, 01:45:57 Super Mario 64 DS
I'm sorry it crashes with your fancy modern Bayonettas, Mass Effects and Space Hamsters, but I've got nothing else. My Wii suddenly stopped reading games just when I was about to beat No More Heroes 2. BTW, I reccomend that game to every single Wii owner. If the first one was a must-play, this one is a will-play-or-else. Back to Super Mario 64 DS, I just now realized how pretty and fun this game is. Yes, 6 years later. But every time I pick it up and decide to replay it (when I've got no other games, really), I realize it's a great game. Of course, when I catch up with Professor Layton 2, Mario and Luigi 3 and Ace Attorney Investigations (this tuesday! yaaaay), I'll forget about it. But it'll always have a place in my heart... Even if I only remember that place exists when I have no alternative. Also, it's hardly a game, but Flipnote Studio. This + Slugkid + Flipnote Hatena = Fun times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 February 2010, 01:50:25 My only regret about not having a Wii any more: No More Heroes 2.
Oh well... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DeMatador on 13 February 2010, 02:35:29 I've also been playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Finally, a worthy fighter for the Wii. Without counting Brawl, since I don't really consider it a fighter, per se. It's more of a "fighting platformer", really.
Also, an overheard marvel: "The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces" for Wii. It's kinda like Ace Combat Wii, but without modern airplanes, therefore, no missiles. Just plain ol' guns. I don't know of any other Wii flight simulators, so I won't say that this one is the best. But it probably is. This game is beautiful. Gameplay doesn't force motion control as much as I thought, fortunately. And some of the soundtrack is very enjoyable. Just one thing: If you're going to buy it for the online, you're wasting your money. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 13 February 2010, 16:19:12 Earlier this week, I realized that I had played and beaten every one of my games in my collection at least twice. So I went out and got DBZ Budokai 2 and MMXCM.
MMXCM is definitely better than I intended. It's one of better RPGs I've played in a loooooong time. Not counting Pokémon anyway. I'm having trouble with Dr. Psyche, but I'll manage. DBZB2 is certainly a let down. Everyone basically has the same moveset which sucks. Playing through the Dragon World campaign multiple times to get all the good stuff is a huge pain in the ass. On the plus side, Gotenks is the most fun like I predicted. Too bad no one else is fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 February 2010, 17:08:42 Command Mission pissed me off because I despise random battles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 13 February 2010, 17:14:21 I take it the entire Battle Network franchise was one big trip through hell then?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 February 2010, 17:17:53 Didn't even bother, actually.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 13 February 2010, 17:22:35 Alright, has anyone else gotten a blister from rotating the control stick on a controller really quickly? Pulling off the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack in DBZB2 requires this, and it's reminding me of when I played Mario Party.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 February 2010, 18:04:34 I ruined 2 gamecube controllers on that game.
Peeled the pads right off the sticks. and I've been getting blisters from doing that in Bayonetta. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 February 2010, 18:27:16 We got it for PS2 at my house, but... the thing is we never went into it that much, I don't think. Maybe 'cause I only did multiplayer. My brother did all the unlocking and stuff and actually played the game.
It's funny, I had no practice at that game. I could destroy my brother with SSJ3 Goku even when he managed to pull off SSJ4, in which case I let him a few times. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: XJ on 13 February 2010, 18:30:46 I expect that the later games are much better. Despite the fact that I really can't consider anything from GT really a part of the Dragon Ball franchise. It's kind of like the Zero series to me.
Except the games aren't much better. And they're not fun. And the money for buying them go to killing polar bears. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 16 February 2010, 01:17:14 Have any of you guys downloaded the Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer demo? (on PSN and Xbox Live). I'm not even that good at FPS games but I had a lot of fun because of how open ended the maps are. Me and a friend would drive a tank while I'm in the other seat spraying a machine gun into buildings with people n stuff. The objectives to set charges in buildings or to protect areas makes the game a lot of fun instead of just trying to kill as many people as you can. SO MUCH FUN
Someone needs to tell me how to drive the Helicopter because as soon as I get off the ground, my copter does a 180 and crashes into the nearest mountain. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 February 2010, 01:48:45 I just love that you can destroy buildings AND fix tanks and stuff like that.
The game feels sluggish though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 February 2010, 02:27:53 I beat Mass Effect, starting another playthrough since I missed a lot of extra stuff.
This game is sweet. Can't wait to play Mass Effect 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 16 February 2010, 02:53:29 I'm currently playing Pokemon Gold, Blue, and Red. Mostly Gold and Blue. I checked out Red to see what good Pokemon I can trade. My level 123 Snorlax is on there, and I wonder if it'll safely go over. I'm trading over starters from a restarted Blue file onto Gold, and so far, I have 6 badges in Gold.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 16 February 2010, 03:06:47 Can't beat my pokemon.
CAN'T BEAT MY-- CAN'T BEAT MY-- NO YOU CAN'T BEAT MY PO-KE-MON! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 February 2010, 06:17:03 A friend who does not own a 360 is letting me borrow his copy of ME 2 if I let him play on my 360, using his Hard drive.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 February 2010, 06:42:26 From what I saw, ME2 looks just as good as the first. But no Mako... :/
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 February 2010, 06:46:32 no Mako=good.
The Mako was cool, but a waste of time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 February 2010, 06:48:46 I guess. But I liked using it... when it WAS useful. I will admit just driving around an empty planet is meh, although a random Thresher Maw made for some good thrills.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 16 February 2010, 08:57:13 There's not as much exploration in ME2, but the sidequests and planets are a LOT better designed. Fortunately, there's supposed to be some Mako-esque DLC for ME2 comming up with a vehicle called the Hammerhead, which should bring some open world tank roaming planets as well.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 17 February 2010, 02:39:00 Planescape: Torment.
It's a dark, story-driven RPG and I'm loving it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 February 2010, 03:14:44 Ace Attorney: Investigations
Get this. NOW. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DeMatador on 17 February 2010, 03:51:29 Ace Attorney: Investigations Hell yes, this. An Ace Attorney game never made me laugh out loud until today. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 17 February 2010, 20:43:25 Unless I was voicing it, yeah.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: DeMatador on 17 February 2010, 23:55:59 Unless I was voicing it, yeah. That doesn't count. Plus, your Gumshoe sucks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 February 2010, 15:43:51 Ace Attorney: Investigations I'm on case 3 right now. The game is GOD TIER. The first half hour of case 1 blew all of Apollo Justice out of the water, and I LIKED AJ (even though I had several grips with it and didn't think it was nearly as good as AA1-3). Ace Attorney: Investigations is #####ing FANTASTIC. I want a new Phoenix Wright game with the investigation phases done like this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 19 February 2010, 20:58:34 Haha. While I'm not buying this game anytime soon (for financial reasons), that's definitely good to hear.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 February 2010, 03:40:22 Dante's Inferno. I'm liking it, although some of the puzzles really piss me off due to crappy camera angles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 February 2010, 04:40:38 Guys, I got Sonic & Sega All Star Racing.
It's fun. It seriously is. Better than Mario Kart Wii even! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 28 February 2010, 05:33:29 Is that the one with Banjo and Kazooie inexplicably shoehorned in?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 February 2010, 05:53:36 Just looked it up. Looks good. However, all I'm seeing is the 360 version. I'd rather wait to get this game or not at all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 February 2010, 10:06:18 Is that the one with Banjo and Kazooie inexplicably shoehorned in? yeeeess Just looked it up. Looks good. However, all I'm seeing is the 360 version. I'd rather wait to get this game or not at all. The Wii version is EXACTLY the same as the other ones except for excluding Banjo & Kazooie (for obvious reasons) and Avatars (again, obvious; instead you can race as your Mii). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 February 2010, 22:46:16 This is why I hate Microsoft.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 28 February 2010, 23:14:53 It's nowhere near as good as Mario Kart Wii, but if you don't have a Wii, it's a very good clone.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 February 2010, 23:23:53 Yeah, after watching the gameplay after awhile, I got a little bored watching it. It's just not the same as Mario Kart, but it is nice.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 March 2010, 04:45:12 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUU
MY PS3 IS #####ED. Basically, a glitch in the system and its having a hard time figuring out why there's no leap year. AND THUS, ALL NON-SLIM MODEL PS3s ARE SCREWED. WHICH MEANS MINE. ##### Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 March 2010, 05:05:00 I heard it deletes saves, trophies and friends.
That's not good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 1 March 2010, 05:48:46 I'll turn on my PS3 right now and check. I'll be posting my reaction later.
Posted on: 1 March 2010, 05:44:49 WOAH WHAT THE ##### i'm fine with no trophies or online gaming but I can't even play my single player games. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 March 2010, 06:01:21 Hahaha!
Now what'll the PS3 fanboys say? 80% console failure because of some stupid glitch? HA! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 1 March 2010, 06:05:08 LOL IMA KILL YOU JOHN
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 March 2010, 06:39:23 Just when I was about to warm up to the PS3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 March 2010, 09:47:05 WOAH WHAT THE ##### i'm fine with no trophies or online gaming but I can't even play my single player games. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Yup, that's because it's trying to connect to PSN as it checks your trophies and it can't do that right now because everything is #####ed! Yeah, this is worse than RROD. Nothing can beat the screw up of the World-Wide PS3 Failure of '10. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 March 2010, 15:52:05 Hahahaha.
Imagine if MegaMan 10 got released on the PS3 today instead. Hahaha. That really sucks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 1 March 2010, 16:43:02 CHANGE THE DATE
Well I'm just saying I have no #####ing clue. But HAHAHA. I'm glad I have a slim. That really sucks. But this is why I hate the whole comprehensive portal crap. I don't need a console to tell me the time or date, I just want it to play a game when I put it in. I don't want updates and music players and all that crap. It's like giving them all the second chances in the world to mess up the software in my console. If I wanted that I'd mod it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 March 2010, 17:06:05 MEGA MAN 10 IS OUT
But the Shop channel hasn't updated so you have to search for it! Search for Game title and put in "Mega Man". PLAYING NOW. SPOILERS EDIT: [spoiler]BASS IS A DOWNLOAD CHARACTER[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 1 March 2010, 17:07:28 HNNG ##### GOT NO MONEY AND CAN'T CONNECT WII TO INNERNETS
SPOILERS EDIT: HNNNNG! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 1 March 2010, 17:11:07 YEAAAAH PLAYING NOW.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Orange Devil on 1 March 2010, 17:55:50 O, RLY?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 March 2010, 18:20:35 OH GOD IT'S AN ORANGE BOOB
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 March 2010, 18:29:11 HE'S BACK?!?!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 March 2010, 20:23:12 I just beat it. I can't decide if I liked it better than MegaMan 9 - the weapons weren't as good in this one, no contest - but holy crap was Wily's Castle Level 1 AMAZING.
Just... just brace yourself for that one. About to play Hard Mode. And then maybe play through as ProtoMan. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: preventerWIND on 1 March 2010, 20:52:24 Amazing as in..?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 March 2010, 21:35:40 Lunar Silver Star Harmoney. After something like 2 years, it was nice to dust off the PSP and get some of the obscene amount of money I spent on it back out of the damn thing. ANYWAY, being one of my favorite RPGs I was quite excited for this, even if it was on PSP. The game is simply #####ING AWESOME. I have but two complaints on it. The first is when you (or a monster) does ANY special move the screen goes black and all the animation plays out. The black void is annoying. I would have prefered to just keep the battle background up for it. The second complaint is targeting things. When you're all clumped up close, it's VERY hard to make out who is being targeted, even with whoever is selected glowing and a feather above them, it's THAT tight and the sprites are that jumbled.
Those are really kind of minor though, just annoying things that they could have fixed. The music remixes are grand, the graphics are beautiful and oh so cute! Interface is a bit less easy to use, but it offers a lot more options and looks a lot better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 4 March 2010, 20:52:20 Since I just got my PS3, I decided to get BorderLands, it's the first RPS I have ever played with TONS of stuff that you can add on to your player, I think my brother likes it more than I do since he keeps bragging on how tight the game is, so yea, fun shooter.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 March 2010, 05:48:47 Since I just got my PS3, I decided to get BorderLands, it's the first RPS I have ever played with TONS of stuff that you can add on to your player, I think my brother likes it more than I do since he keeps bragging on how tight the game is, so yea, fun shooter. It's pretty fun. It's a bit sloppy controls-wise though. Anyways, my roomy got the crack of the Starcraft II beta and has been playing like a maniac. I tried to run it on my machine but even with all graphical setting on their lowest I could only achieve 13 frames per second. I need a desktop computer with a decent graphics card. Damn. Posted on: March 04, 2010, 07:03:53 PM I bought Fallout 3. This is going to be quite the investment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 March 2010, 20:00:26 Got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (probably the last FPS I'll buy this year) and used the 20 dollar credit on Amazon to order Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for 7 dollars.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 March 2010, 20:32:10 noice.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 17 March 2010, 21:19:01 Dante's Inferno is like God of War. But it's badass.
Final Fantasy XIII is... a Final Fantasy. Heavy Rain is Indigo Prophecy on 'roids. It's badass. God of War 3. Is. FREAKING good. And that is all I have for you. Good day. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 17 March 2010, 21:58:06 FFXIII...The leveling up system and battle system is something rather differant from the rest of FF games I've heard or played, personally, I like the new battle system but they should have kept the regular EXP leveling better.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 March 2010, 22:22:34 Dante's Inferno was okay for a single playthrough, but it lacked polish.
It's platforming elements were weak, and the inability to hang from ledges was killer. As a 360 person, it's an easy achievement whoring game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 March 2010, 00:07:34 If I ever feel like it I'll just watch a "Let's Play Final Fantasy XIII" and skip most of the battles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 18 March 2010, 06:42:11 Perfect Dark rerelease hit Live today. I've already spent like four hours on it.
The port is pretty good, although I wonder why they wouldn't add little things like configurable controls in (I've always been balls at aiming with my right thumb and was hoping to get a chance to remap the controls to Turok-style). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 18 March 2010, 14:07:14 Guys what are you doing? There's a new pokemon game out. Go buy it or something.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 18 March 2010, 15:12:00 Its not rly new if its a remake...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 March 2010, 15:33:47 Snare, I have it! We will battle sometime! And maybe trade, oh my god! I haven't played a Pokemon game since the ORIGINAL Gold and Silver!
ALL OF THESE NEW FEATURES ARE DRIVING ME BONKERS Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 March 2010, 16:50:24 I got Soul Silver. Yessh.
Friend code: 2579-5293-4738 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 18 March 2010, 23:14:15 I bought Grandia off of the PSN and have been playing that while waiting for my SoulSilver to arrive.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 18 March 2010, 23:36:21 All I have is a Mareep ASR. Her name is Colleen we had an adventure.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 19 March 2010, 05:20:22 I am moderately far now (6 badges) and everyone's around Level 30!
So when you catch up we will battle! Except I don't have direct access to a wireless connection right up in this bitch, so it will have to be strategic. So apparently I picked a very good time to get back into Pokemon, because there are a whopping FIVE people I know and spend a lot of time with who also got it, four of whom got it without my knowledge. One of my roommates, her boyfriend, and three of my close friends. I feel like I'm in elementary school again! I can just go "hey guys let's do a battle" or "i need to trade so i can evolve my haunter" and BAM people are there! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 19 March 2010, 19:28:18 All this talk of Pokemon makes me want to buy a used DS and get SoulSliver.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 19 March 2010, 22:21:56 I still only have a Mareep, Alec.
I've been using that walker bitch thing to get a Staryu that DOESN'T have a #####ty ability. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Panda on 20 March 2010, 02:37:31 "Playing" Final Fantasy XIII, 10 hours in and still waiting for a chance to do something other than walk in a straight line, continually press X in battle, and have some choice as to what to fill on the Crystarium (cough, sphere grid, cough). Not much of an FF game, but it's great as a semi-epic drama, and everything is SO PRETTY.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 March 2010, 02:50:02 It's absolutely linear until the end of the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 20 March 2010, 03:25:02 That doesn't make it a bad game, IMO.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Panda on 20 March 2010, 03:39:20 It's not a bad game, I absolutely love it! It's just that there's less customisation than I usually expect from an FF game.
There's a few things that aren't linear; you can choose which ability roles you gain first (although at the end of every area they're all going to be full anyway), and then you can pick between 2 weapons for each person (so far), and choose which weapons to level up (not quite sure how to use the upgrading feature most efficiently yet, either). I'm yet to use the "shops" for anything, as of yet, but I'm sure they'll be useful later? Also, did I mention that everything is so pretty? And Hope is a whiny turd. Everyone else is awesome (Chocobo chick!), and Vanille's accent isn't as bad as everyone's made it out to be. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 20 March 2010, 04:17:59 It's not her accent. It's her full-on personality that makes her a douchebag.
I sort of thought customization was where FF started to go wrong. And then killing exploration was the way they followed up on the success of going wrong. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 20 March 2010, 17:36:57 Hey guys I just got SoulSilver! XD
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 March 2010, 18:07:34 I've been playing Alien vs. Predator. It's not bad, but there are some frustrating terrible moments in the first part of the Marine campaign.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 21 March 2010, 23:15:58 The PokeWalker jig is kindda cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2010, 00:29:46 I saw people attach it to a fan for easy craploads of steps.
It's a Pedometer GigaPet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2010, 03:25:09 I think the idea is marvelous and I would have loved it as a kid, but now it's just kind of weird. I've used it a few times, but honestly it's really just an anytime-usage version of Rare Candy since it makes your Pokemon go up a level every walk.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 March 2010, 03:56:17 Pokéwalker: Crushing pediatric obesity THREE Pokémon at a time!
Somewhere out there is a six-packed jogger with 6 L100 Geodudes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2010, 04:04:18 *insert ASR type joke about masturbating with a pokewalker on your arm here*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 22 March 2010, 05:16:12 Hahahahahahahaa!!!
Well, I went to a website were they found a YouTube were some lazt bum made a machine were the machine does all the work, I find that rather dumb if you ask me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 March 2010, 05:51:02 You might as well use Action Replay by then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2010, 17:23:05 *insert ASR type joke about masturbating with a pokewalker on your arm here* you know me so well Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 22 March 2010, 20:39:17 I got Heart Gold, but I gotta go to work right now. I'll post my friend code sometime later.
(And I have all 8 badges) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 March 2010, 20:40:47 *All 8 Johto Badges
c'mon chaos dont u know tehre are 16 in dis gaem Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 22 March 2010, 20:57:33 I was about to write thw same thing unill I clicked on the next page XD.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2010, 21:05:34 I'm stuck at Lance (more like Elite FIVE). I keep getting him down to his last Dragonite (he has THREE), and then WHAM!
Deadified. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 22 March 2010, 22:35:28 I always use my stater pokemon to beat the Elite Four.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 March 2010, 22:38:12 Right now I've got...
Meganium, Lv. 42 Gengar, Lv. 41 Steelix, Lv. 42 Dragonair, Lv. 41 Gyarados, Lv. 35 Lugia, Lv. 47 Gyarados is currently fainted as of the Lance battle, and I'm not wasting my last Revive on him. Instead I usually use it on someone like Gengar so they use Curse again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 23 March 2010, 16:48:53 Wow, when I played Gold my Feraligatr at that point was at lvl. 70 or so.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 March 2010, 17:26:11 I'm one of those "even spread" guys. I can't stand when everyone on my team isn't around the same level, which also leads to them all being lower levels. I've already been working to bring Gyarados back up to speed.
For the record, I beat Lance and I'm already a couple gyms in for the Kanto region. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 March 2010, 00:09:20 ASR, I'm the same way. I like keeping them all around the same level.
And then there's some people I know who have a level 40+ Typhlosion that destroys my team because they're all level 33 or something. Uuugh. *COUGHCHAOSCOUGHSTOPBEATINGMENOW* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 March 2010, 03:39:32 Most of my friends that have the game right now do it the same way as me, except for my roommate's boyfriend. Only one person is at the same spot as me, though, so she's the only one I can fairly fight. We've been trying to keep up with each other for just that reason. Everyone else is behind us.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 24 March 2010, 18:31:52 I'm stuck at Lance (more like Elite FIVE). I keep getting him down to his last Dragonite (he has THREE), and then WHAM! I'm even spread too, and I just beat him last night. My party average is at Lv. 42, and that battle with Lance... man... it was SO down to the wire. He kept beating me down and I was backed into the tightest corner. I was on my last revive, and I was placing my bets on a Hypnosis and Dream Eater strategy. At the last second, I thought I was dead, but I had FOUR HP. Then my hypnosis MISSES, and then his THUNDER MISSES. Then I land it, and I ate his dreams away... And he was already ticking me off by using FOUR FULL RESTORES so I knew if he used another one, I'd be dead. But it miraculously landed, and I won... He killed all my buds. I was stuck on a "meat shield" strategy with revives. He's REALLY hard this time around. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 March 2010, 22:47:36 By hard he means "Hey guess what? ANOTHER Full Restore!"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 25 March 2010, 00:11:49 Seeing you guys praise the new Pokemon games nonstop for a week was enough to bring me around, so I'm now the proud owner of Heart Gold plus yet another thing to carry around in my pocket (as if I didn't already have enough of those). Going to try it out later tonight.
As is my usual practice at electronics stores, as soon as I'd secured the primary purchase I immediately tore the place apart treasure-hunting. I wasn't disappointed - found what appeared to be the store's final copy of Raiden Fighters Aces, which is a major score for a shooter fan like me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 March 2010, 01:48:20 Good for you!
I don't have a DS, but if I did, I'd get this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 25 March 2010, 02:00:35 I'm playing Cave Story on my Wii!
I'm playing on Hard Mode... where basically, there's no health ups. Or missiles. So you die in one hit! Man, I've raged quite a bit... It's really tough. I'm going to play Curly Story afterwards on the Original mode, though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 March 2010, 03:41:50 By hard he means "Hey guess what? ANOTHER Full Restore!" Man, I wished I saved that IM log with me fighting Lance last night. That was just brutal. It was like, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Dream Eater, Dream Eater, okay he's almost dead I'll just use Shadow Ball. FULL RESTORE. *nonstop slaughter and revival* Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Dream Eater, Dream Eater, Dr- OH GREAT FULL RESTORE *nonstop slaughter* I highly suggest your party's average level to be around 50 or higher when you fight Lance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 25 March 2010, 04:02:55 I have it, I'll post it. Trillian is awesome.
[spoiler] [01:38] ChaosVortex: Here comes Lance [01:38] ChaosVortex: yup [01:38] ChaosVortex: Gyrados [01:39] ChaosVortex: Ooo [01:39] ChaosVortex: Waterfall [01:39] ChaosVortex: I almost had it [01:39] ChaosVortex: Now I gotta dream eater [01:40] ChaosVortex: it took some of my health [01:40] ChaosVortex: This battle is somewhat unfair [01:40] ChaosVortex: 4 pokemon against 6 [01:40] ChaosVortex: FREAKING FULL RESTORES [01:40] ChaosVortex: YOU LOSERS DIDNT DO THIS TO ME IN THE ORIGINAL [01:40] ChaosVortex: ... [01:40] ChaosVortex: Do NOT kill me [01:40] NovaManXP: HARDER GAMES [01:41] ChaosVortex: 4 hp [01:41] ChaosVortex: omg [01:41] NovaManXP: BY THAT WE MEAN ANNOYING [01:41] ChaosVortex: This is making me sweat [01:41] ChaosVortex: I like it but geeeeze [01:41] ChaosVortex: GIMME MY HEALTH BACK AND STAY DEAD [01:41] ChaosVortex: ... [01:41] ChaosVortex: it woke up real fast just to finish me [01:41] ChaosVortex: BULL CRAP [01:42] ChaosVortex: Im thoroughly ticked now [01:42] ChaosVortex: Oh this is just unfair [01:42] ChaosVortex: Gyrados is gone [01:43] ChaosVortex: Oh no.. Aerodactyl [01:43] NovaManXP: Charizard [01:43] NovaManXP: Then [01:43] NovaManXP: Triple Dragonite [01:43] ChaosVortex: Im going to try to revive Gengar [01:43] NovaManXP: Honestly [01:43] ChaosVortex: What does Pressure do? [01:43] NovaManXP: The loser couldn't get more Poke's? [01:43] NovaManXP: Double PP usage [01:43] NovaManXP: You waste 2 instead of 1 now [01:44] ChaosVortex: Its at level 48... [01:44] NovaManXP: Making those 5 Use Attacks very limited [01:44] ChaosVortex: Im gambling [01:44] ChaosVortex: confuse ray [01:44] ChaosVortex: YES [01:44] ChaosVortex: it hurt itself [01:44] ChaosVortex: Maybe if I bite it [01:44] ChaosVortex: Nope [01:44] ChaosVortex: rock slide [01:44] ChaosVortex: Okay well, Im gonna die [01:45] ChaosVortex: SURF IT [01:45] ChaosVortex: OH HE WITHDREW I [01:45] ChaosVortex: IT [01:45] ChaosVortex: 49 Dragonite... [01:45] ChaosVortex: Okay um.. [01:45] ChaosVortex: I need my Gengar back. Max Revive [01:46] ChaosVortex: YEAH BLIZZARD IS REAL NICE [01:46] ChaosVortex: BYE NIDOKING [01:46] ChaosVortex: Ugh.. [01:46] ChaosVortex: Go Typhlosion.. [01:46] ChaosVortex: Burn... [01:46] ChaosVortex: NOT EVEN A DENT [01:46] ChaosVortex: THUNDER WAVE [01:47] NovaManXP: :/ [01:47] ChaosVortex: GEEZE [01:47] ChaosVortex: FALL ASLEEP AND STAY ASLEEP [01:48] ChaosVortex: DARK PULSE [01:48] ChaosVortex: DEAD [01:48] ChaosVortex: Okay, yeah, bring back Aerodactyl [01:48] ChaosVortex: IT KNOWS CRUNCH [01:48] ChaosVortex: NICE [01:49] ChaosVortex: And I managed to live somehow [01:50] ChaosVortex: Yeah, here's Charizard [01:50] ChaosVortex: ... [01:51] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis and Dream Eater, do NOT fail me. [01:51] ChaosVortex: Aaaand [01:51] ChaosVortex: the attack misses [01:51] ChaosVortex: and Gengar dies [01:51] ChaosVortex: Okay, go Dratini [01:51] ChaosVortex: You're my little human shield [01:51] ChaosVortex: Max revive [01:52] ChaosVortex: OH COME ON SURF [01:52] ChaosVortex: DO SOME DAMAGE [01:52] ChaosVortex: 5 HP LEFT!? [01:52] ChaosVortex: SUUUURF [01:52] ChaosVortex: CMON [01:52] ChaosVortex: YES [01:52] ChaosVortex: DIE CHARIZARD [01:53] ChaosVortex: He has two Dragonites left [01:53] ChaosVortex: And this one is level 50 [01:53] ChaosVortex: Max revive gengar [01:53] ChaosVortex: sorry Nidoking [01:53] ChaosVortex: It knows Fire Blast [01:53] ChaosVortex: WHY [01:53] ChaosVortex: THATS SO OVERKILL [01:53] ChaosVortex: GENGAR [01:53] ChaosVortex: STOP MISSING [01:54] ChaosVortex: AND HES DEAD? [01:54] ChaosVortex: LIKE THAT [01:54] ChaosVortex: This is not happening [01:54] ChaosVortex: Im backed in a corner [01:55] ChaosVortex: Im trying to hide behind my Typhlosion and revive Gengar. [01:55] ChaosVortex: Crobat revived [01:56] ChaosVortex: Okay, Typhlosion down [01:56] ChaosVortex: PLEASE [01:56] ChaosVortex: DO NOT MISS [01:56] ChaosVortex: THANK YOU [01:56] ChaosVortex: I swear, he better not have any full heals [01:56] ChaosVortex: ... [01:56] ChaosVortex: that didnt do any damage. [01:56] ChaosVortex: Im screwed... [01:56] NovaManXP: Dream Eater? [01:57] NovaManXP: Shouldn't rely on that [01:57] ChaosVortex: Yeah [01:57] ChaosVortex: What [01:57] ChaosVortex: Dark Pulse? [01:57] NovaManXP: It's a drain move [01:57] ChaosVortex: Shadow Ball? [01:57] ChaosVortex: It does 100 damage [01:57] ChaosVortex: the other do 80 [01:57] NovaManXP: Huh [01:57] NovaManXP: Nevermind [01:57] ChaosVortex: Okay, its more than halfway dead [01:57] ChaosVortex: in 3 drains [01:57] ChaosVortex: AND IT HAS A BERRY [01:57] ChaosVortex: Why, do you torment me so? [01:58] NovaManXP: Make sure that [01:58] NovaManXP: You kill it quick [01:58] NovaManXP: As soon as... [01:58] NovaManXP: It gets low [01:58] ChaosVortex: TRYING [01:58] NovaManXP: Otherwise... [01:58] ChaosVortex: WELL [01:58] ChaosVortex: GENGAR DIED [01:58] NovaManXP: Full Restore lolol [01:58] ChaosVortex: Okay [01:58] ChaosVortex: last Dragonite [01:59] ChaosVortex: its level 49 [01:59] ChaosVortex: Uh.. [01:59] ChaosVortex: I have a Crobat [01:59] ChaosVortex: THATS IT [01:59] ChaosVortex: Should I revive Gengar? [01:59] ChaosVortex: Or try a confuse ray? [01:59] NovaManXP: Revive [01:59] ChaosVortex: This is a BIG gamble [01:59] NovaManXP: You get screwed, [01:59] NovaManXP: you lose. [01:59] NovaManXP: You have to buy some time. [01:59] ChaosVortex: It used Thunder Wave [01:59] NovaManXP: There [01:59] NovaManXP: It gave you an opening [02:00] NovaManXP: Now revive another [02:00] ChaosVortex: I revived Gengar and Typho [02:00] ChaosVortex: and now it uses Thunder [02:00] NovaManXP: <.< [02:00] ChaosVortex: ITS STILL ALIVE!? [02:00] ChaosVortex: OMG CROBAT [02:00] NovaManXP: IT'S FIGHTING FOR YOU [02:00] NovaManXP: IT WANTS TO WIN FOR YOU [02:00] NovaManXP: IT'S NOT GIVING UP YET [02:00] ChaosVortex: Well, its dead [02:00] ChaosVortex: >.> [02:01] NovaManXP: KEYWORD WAS YET [02:01] ChaosVortex: But I managed to get a full health Typhlosion and half dead gengar [02:01] ChaosVortex: GO GENGAR [02:01] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis lands [02:01] ChaosVortex: CMON [02:01] ChaosVortex: SUCK DAT HEALTH [02:01] NovaManXP: SUCK IT DRY [02:01] ChaosVortex: 84/113 [02:01] ChaosVortex: IT WOKE UP [02:01] ChaosVortex: THUNDER [02:01] ChaosVortex: NOOOO [02:02] ChaosVortex: 9 HP [02:02] ChaosVortex: AND IM PARALYZED [02:02] ChaosVortex: UHHH [02:02] NovaManXP: Full Restore [02:02] ChaosVortex: do I have it.. [02:02] ChaosVortex: Im lookin for it [02:02] NovaManXP: I hope you do [02:02] ChaosVortex: I have it [02:02] NovaManXP: Did you go to your mom? [02:02] NovaManXP: And get your stashed money? [02:02] ChaosVortex: No [02:02] NovaManXP: ... [02:02] NovaManXP: <.< [02:02] ChaosVortex: It thundered [02:02] NovaManXP: Could've been alot more prepared for this [02:02] ChaosVortex: halfway dead [02:02] ChaosVortex: I know [02:02] ChaosVortex: But hey [02:02] ChaosVortex: I wanted to see how well I'd do [02:03] ChaosVortex: AND IM STRUGGLING BUT IM ALMOST THERE [02:03] ChaosVortex: THE LIGHT [02:03] ChaosVortex: ITS RIGHT THERE [02:03] ChaosVortex: HYPNOSIS LANDS [02:03] ChaosVortex: STAY ASLEEP [02:03] ChaosVortex: EAT IT [02:03] ChaosVortex: 76/113 [02:03] ChaosVortex: "I never give up. No matter what. You must be the same?" [02:03] ChaosVortex: DANG STRAIGHT [02:04] NovaManXP: NO LANCE [02:04] NovaManXP: I GIVE UP NOW [02:04] NovaManXP: YOU WIN [02:04] NovaManXP: *walks out* [02:04] ChaosVortex: 101/113 [02:04] ChaosVortex: ITS ALMOST DEAD [02:04] ChaosVortex: CMON [02:04] ChaosVortex: FINISH EM [02:04] ChaosVortex: ... [02:04] ChaosVortex: FULL RESTOREWE 'fdxz [02:04] ChaosVortex: g [02:04] ChaosVortex: xfg [02:04] ChaosVortex: df [02:04] ChaosVortex: dg [02:04] NovaManXP: FULL [02:04] ChaosVortex: g [02:04] ChaosVortex: bdfb [02:04] NovaManXP: RESTORE [02:04] ChaosVortex: #3q4qwq4erwq4rqw [02:04] ChaosVortex: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF [02:04] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis lands... [02:04] ChaosVortex: Dream Eater [02:05] ChaosVortex: It has 4 left... [02:05] ChaosVortex: I have full health so.. [02:05] ChaosVortex: dark pulse... [02:05] ChaosVortex: Ah screw it [02:05] NovaManXP: You know what'd be low hit? [02:05] ChaosVortex: DREAM EATER [02:05] NovaManXP: FULL RESTORE AGAIN [02:05] ChaosVortex: ITS ALMOST DEAD [02:05] ChaosVortex: Better not.. [02:05] ChaosVortex: its in the red.. [02:05] ChaosVortex: cmon [02:05] ChaosVortex: ... [02:05] NovaManXP: I think he can.. [02:05] ChaosVortex: *hits dream eater* [02:06] ChaosVortex: ............................. ......... [02:06] NovaManXP: af ffjfdkfa [02:06] ChaosVortex: *Im gonna start banging my head in the wall now [02:06] NovaManXP: ... [02:06] NovaManXP: HE did it, didn't he? [02:06] ChaosVortex: Yes [02:06] ChaosVortex: He freaking pulled a 3rd one [02:06] ChaosVortex: And hypnosis misses [02:06] ChaosVortex: THANK GOD HIS ATTACK MISSES [02:06] ChaosVortex: and mine does too [02:07] ChaosVortex: and his doesnt [02:07] ChaosVortex: OKAY [02:07] ChaosVortex: UM [02:07] ChaosVortex: THAT KILLED ME [02:07] ChaosVortex: YAY [02:07] NovaManXP: Completely? [02:07] ChaosVortex: The Gengar [02:07] ChaosVortex: I have Typho being a human shield [02:08] ChaosVortex: Hes dead [02:08] ChaosVortex: here comes Gengar [02:08] ChaosVortex: Hes halfway dead.. [02:08] NovaManXP: Anymore alive? [02:09] ChaosVortex: buCrobat... [02:09] ChaosVortex: healfway... [02:09] ChaosVortex: halfway [02:09] ChaosVortex: HYPNOSIS DOESNT LAND [02:09] ChaosVortex: HES DEAD [02:09] NovaManXP: again [02:09] ChaosVortex: I SWEAR [02:09] NovaManXP: Huh [02:09] ChaosVortex: Gengar revived [02:09] NovaManXP: I just realized [02:09] NovaManXP: Feraligator [02:09] ChaosVortex: THUNDER MISSED [02:09] NovaManXP: He's gonna be an almost nightmare to Dragonites [02:09] NovaManXP: ALMOST [02:09] NovaManXP: If it weren't for Thunder [02:10] ChaosVortex: Crobats dead [02:10] ChaosVortex: GENGAR [02:10] ChaosVortex: PLEASE [02:10] ChaosVortex: DONT MISS [02:10] ChaosVortex: THANKS [02:10] ChaosVortex: okay [02:10] ChaosVortex: stay asleep... [02:10] ChaosVortex: no more full restores... [02:10] ChaosVortex: please... [02:10] ChaosVortex: Dream Eater [02:10] ChaosVortex: 83/113 [02:11] ChaosVortex: IT WOKE Up [02:11] ChaosVortex: THUNDER [02:11] ChaosVortex: WHY [02:11] ChaosVortex: WHYYYYYYY [02:11] ChaosVortex: OMG [02:11] ChaosVortex: IM ALIVE [02:11] ChaosVortex: HYPNOSIS PLEASE [02:11] ChaosVortex: IT LANDS [02:11] ChaosVortex: OH THANK HEAVEN [02:11] ChaosVortex: I need a hyper potion [02:11] ChaosVortex: No, Moomoo milk works [02:12] NovaManXP: After this fight is over I wanna tell you something [02:12] NovaManXP: But I'll wait since if it happens you'll kill yourself [02:12] ChaosVortex: It better not be something that couldve helped me all this time. [02:12] NovaManXP: Nono [02:12] ChaosVortex: Somehow it woke up [02:12] ChaosVortex: and missed an attack [02:12] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis misses... [02:12] ChaosVortex: dragon rush... [02:12] ChaosVortex: 8 HP [02:12] NovaManXP: I hate Dragon Rush [02:12] NovaManXP: So much [02:12] ChaosVortex: Hypnsis misses [02:12] ChaosVortex: hes dead [02:12] ChaosVortex: well [02:13] ChaosVortex: Typhlosion [02:13] NovaManXP: Meat Shield [02:13] ChaosVortex: Once Im out of revives, Im dead [02:13] ChaosVortex: I have 2 [02:13] NovaManXP: How much health? [02:13] NovaManXP: (Dragonite) [02:13] ChaosVortex: Halfway [02:13] ChaosVortex: I need a lucky land with hypnosis [02:13] ChaosVortex: and steady dream eating [02:13] ChaosVortex: This is it [02:13] ChaosVortex: if it misses, Im dead [02:13] NovaManXP: Gengar is probably pissed [02:13] ChaosVortex: It lands [02:14] NovaManXP: "I KEEP DYING AND YOU KEEP FEEDING ME" [02:14] ChaosVortex: Dream eater... [02:14] NovaManXP: "I DON'T GET IT" [02:14] ChaosVortex: ITS IN THE RED [02:14] ChaosVortex: OKAY [02:14] ChaosVortex: DARK PULSE [02:14] NovaManXP: MAX POTION [02:14] ChaosVortex: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO [02:14] ChaosVortex: WHY [02:14] ChaosVortex: FULL RESTORE [02:14] ChaosVortex: WHY [02:14] NovaManXP: ... [02:14] NovaManXP: REALLY [02:14] ChaosVortex: YES [02:14] NovaManXP: Okay [02:14] ChaosVortex: HYPNOSIS MISES [02:14] NovaManXP: That's not right [02:14] ChaosVortex: THUNDER WAVE [02:15] ChaosVortex: ITS NOT [02:15] ChaosVortex: THATS MEAN [02:15] NovaManXP: This brings up a question though [02:15] NovaManXP: You have any Ice TM's? [02:15] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis lands [02:15] ChaosVortex: I dunno [02:15] ChaosVortex: Right now [02:15] ChaosVortex: Eating dreams [02:15] NovaManXP: Hm [02:16] NovaManXP: If only you had Nightmare to accompany them [02:16] ChaosVortex: And it used Thunder [02:16] ChaosVortex: it woke up [02:16] ChaosVortex: 4 HP!? [02:16] ChaosVortex: Hypnosis lands... [02:16] ChaosVortex: omg... [02:16] ChaosVortex: omg... [02:16] ChaosVortex: Dream eater... [02:16] ChaosVortex: Please... [02:16] ChaosVortex: dont use a full restore.. [02:16] ChaosVortex: please.. [02:16] NovaManXP: The only way you're gonna win [02:16] ChaosVortex: I beg of you... [02:16] NovaManXP: Is if it's a critical, if he has infinite [02:16] ChaosVortex: Dream eater... [02:17] ChaosVortex: YES [02:17] ChaosVortex: IT DIED [02:17] ChaosVortex: OMG [02:17] ChaosVortex: IT DIED [02:17] NovaManXP: I'd laugh if [02:17] ChaosVortex: :[______________] [02:17] NovaManXP: You're saying Gengar died [02:17] ChaosVortex: I WON [02:17] NovaManXP: YES [02:17] NovaManXP: GENGAR DIED [02:17] ChaosVortex: SO DOWN TO THE WIRE [02:17] NovaManXP: YES [02:17] NovaManXP: I'M SO HAPPY [02:17] NovaManXP: I BROKE THE DS [02:17] NovaManXP: AND THEN TOOK A LEAK ON IT [02:17] ChaosVortex: You have no idea... [02:17] ChaosVortex: how intense that was... [02:18] NovaManXP: >.> [/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 25 March 2010, 05:56:38 Wow, I had a good laugh there.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 March 2010, 09:48:42 I'm currently playing Deadly Premonition. Creepy-ass budget title. The gameplay could be a little tighter, but for $20, I can't really complain too much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 March 2010, 06:22:29 I'm am devastating No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
It is such a fun game! (I have a Wii for the rest of the semester thanks to a friend) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 28 March 2010, 19:23:38 OK Ppl, need help in SoulSilver, need to wake up that Snorlax, I got the expansion from Lavender Town, but yet I still have the same stations as if I was in Johto. Am I doinf something wrong? Advice? Solutions to probly fix the problem? THAAANKS.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 March 2010, 20:09:38 You gotta search for it.
Use the touch screen to move it around. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 March 2010, 21:31:26 I beat No More Heroes 2.
I was very disappointed by the end of the game. Compared to the insane ending of NMH1, this was just stupidly tame. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 28 March 2010, 21:39:17 Alrights, thanks a lots.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 March 2010, 01:40:18 Yeah, I was stuck for a minute until I realized that I should probably search for it rather than hit the station buttons. Try the top part of the radio. The Poke Flute channel should be there.
I'm doing the Kanto gyms in order. Just beat Brock, now heading to Cerulean. But first... homework. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 March 2010, 03:09:14 Daaaaang the Elite Four are a challange this time around O.o .
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 March 2010, 04:23:53 Daaaaang the [size=8]Elite[/size] Four are a challange this time around O.o . Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 March 2010, 04:44:57 Daaaaang the Elite [size=8]Five[/size] are a challange this time around O.o . Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 March 2010, 07:05:21 Daaaaang the Elite Five [size=8]are[/size] a challange this time around O.o . Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 March 2010, 07:12:58 okay guys seriously stop
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 March 2010, 17:08:02 Pokemon Trainer Red's pokemon are all around lvl 80's.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 March 2010, 18:59:13 YOU DON'T SAY?
What's next? Blue is the gym leader in Viridian City? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 March 2010, 19:26:11 Yea, that too.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 March 2010, 21:59:32 Chaos, don't be so mean. :T
In the original G/S Red's Pokemon were all in the Lv. 70's, whereas only his Pikachu broke 80. In this game they're all in the Lv. 80's. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 March 2010, 23:35:38 I crack myself up when he gets mean.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 30 March 2010, 03:41:01 I always just called him Ash.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 March 2010, 04:09:13 BUT HE'S NOT ASH OMG UR DUUUUUUUUUUUUUM MOX
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 30 March 2010, 04:44:28 Chaos, don't be so mean. :T I know. He's just stating the obvious all the time, that's my main point. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 30 March 2010, 05:32:11 What's wrong with "the obvious all the time"? Hmmm?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 31 March 2010, 23:33:20 At the Viridian Gym, suddenly wishing I had an Electric type to deal with that goddamn Gyarados.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 7 April 2010, 18:45:59 Ok, need help once more, I can get a pokemom from Steven after I beat Red, but I already did that like 10x already but still does not appear, are there other things I need to do before that happens? Thanks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 April 2010, 00:22:36 Did you go to Pallet and get the Pokémon from Oak?
Also, did you do the Copycat girl's sidequest? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 8 April 2010, 00:53:06 Ohh, is it the one were you give her a PokeDoll?
EDIT: I was wondering if anyone wants to do a Pokemon battle with me? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 24 April 2010, 17:54:35 I'm currently looking for trades (more info on Facebook in my note).
I need these currently: Mawhile (SS) (Will trade any HeartGold exclusive) Trapinch Cacnea Solrock Lileep (Will trade Anorith for it, or fossil for fossil) Anorith Shuppet Tropius Shieldon (Will trade Cranidos) Shellos (blue) Shellos (pink) Shaymin (event) Arceus (TRU event) I have, practically everything else, legendaries excluded. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 25 April 2010, 19:01:12 I have a Treecko...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 April 2010, 02:18:33 Name your price. I have all starters except for said Treecko, Chimchar, and Turtwig.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 27 April 2010, 02:26:51 Umm,well, is Miloctic a big pain for you?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 27 April 2010, 02:55:35 Currently trying to get one off of the GTS legitimately. I can also cheat to get one, but I need to wait Wednesday morning for it then.
The quickest way would probably be through this Wednesday. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 27 April 2010, 06:06:33 Ok, if you can I would like it at the lowest lvl possible then, with that said, I need to make and hacth an egg and read the manuel about gettin the friend code for SoulSilver.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 April 2010, 04:02:30 Lowest level possible through this method: 60.
Posted on: 28 April 2010, 02:57:03 For your friend code, go to your Bag. Key Items > Pal Pad Mine is 4727 0139 8861 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 April 2010, 05:08:12 Playing Super Street Fighter IV.
This game... the new characters, the new ultras... I love it. Starting to like playing as Juri. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 28 April 2010, 05:53:50 I found it.
Went through the pile and the first n64 game I even saw and turned over... Jet Force Gemini. I'm playing that ##### tomorrow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 28 April 2010, 09:25:12 Milotic (Female)
Lv. 60 Bold nature Quick to flee. Ability: Marvel Scale Item: None. It knows Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Rest, and Sleep Talk Send me your friend code and tell me when you'll be online and we'll trade. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 April 2010, 17:18:30 SoulSilver- 1462 9053 7979
Yellow Umm, most the time I can get online around 7pm or so, I live in CA so I don't know if that makes a differance, but I'll let you know then I hacth the egg. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 29 April 2010, 17:37:00 I'll be online (The basement wifi floor of the pokecenter) tonight then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 April 2010, 18:45:05 Alright then.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 May 2010, 18:18:38 I'm currently playing the Blur beta. It's pretty sweet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 May 2010, 18:26:00 It's Mariokart, really.
Just faster and less silly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 8 May 2010, 18:57:18 Mario Kart + Need For Speed = Blur
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 May 2010, 19:11:53 More like MarioKart +Burnout 3.
Regardless, it's fun, but only until you get lightninged, shunted, shunted, barged, and have a mine dropped on you at the finish line. Just like MarioKart with a blue shell, red shell, red shell, run off the track by bowser, and having a bob-omb dropped on you 1 inch from the finish line. taking you from 1st to 12th. I really like how many people can race in blue though, it's it like 24? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 May 2010, 19:29:11 Whiner.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 8 May 2010, 21:37:44 Blur is terrible, Split Second is a lot better, but still nothing that I'd pay for.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 May 2010, 20:24:54 Whattashock; Mass Effect 2.
Braap brrrraap! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 11 May 2010, 04:05:32 That game was pretty awesome.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 May 2010, 05:21:28 Indeed it was.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 May 2010, 17:06:52 It fixed a lot the issues people had with the first one but I think it streamlined it a bit too much. There's stuff missing that I really liked. Other than that, so far the story of the first one was better, but the second game in a trilogy usually suffers in that department.
I guess I like the first one better so far, though there's neat new stuff in this one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 11 May 2010, 23:30:34 Blur is terrible, Split Second is a lot better, but still nothing that I'd pay for. I watched a video on it. Looks like something I would want to play, but then drop in an hour or so and would regret putting any money in it (assuming I bought it). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 May 2010, 07:24:19 It fixed a lot the issues people had with the first one but I think it streamlined it a bit too much. There's stuff missing that I really liked. Other than that, so far the story of the first one was better, but the second game in a trilogy usually suffers in that department. I agree about the streamline stuff; I wanted to be able to take my helmet on and off whenever I wanted so much that I really just ended up not wearing helmets at all. There's actually more guns in ME2 though since each gun in ME1 was just a recolor with an improvement in stats. For me they took away some of the boring parts I had with RPGs and kept the stuff I liked such as customization and leveling. If you havent finished the game I won't say much, but I liked the character development in this game more so than the first. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2010, 20:32:55 I'm not done but yeah the characters have more to them, still you can't really change their armor/manage them other than they're stats and weapons which is kind of weird.
I agree on the helmet thing. I keep buying new ones but I don't ever use them unless the game makes me, at which point I get mad that it makes me use the N7 helmet when I have better ones. Every time you get a full armor set, whether through DLC or whatever, it's a lump that you can't customize or change in the slightest, which sucks. So even though they might be better I don't use them. I can't stand walking around a city or other DMZ with a helmet on like a jackass. The first game might have had recoloured weapons but it seemed there was actually more of them and their stats were clear. I LIKE that they could be better at some things and worse at others, same for the armor. And I miss the upgrade slots. It was really useful to be able to put a Scram Rail on a weapon on the fly. Anyway, Did you manage to kill the Thresher Maw? You can pass without killing it but using the M-90 Cain made killing it pretty simple. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 May 2010, 20:56:49 If I DID kill the Thresher Maw, it was pretty close. I mean like there were seconds left. Everyone SAID that I killed it so I assumed I did in like the last millisecond. And I figure I wouldn't get that praise if I had only survived it.
You're reminding me how fun that game was. I was a vanguard again for my first run, but infiltrator is also really fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2010, 21:09:15 I've only played an infiltrator in either, really. But yeah, if you killed the Thresher Maw people will talk about how noone's done that since Wrex did the Rite (although I killed tons of them on foot in the first game it took longer!). Using the M-90 Cain, as long you time it right, makes it easy to kill the Thresher Maw with like 3 minutes left on the timer.
But I'm pretty sure that's the only time I've used that weapon without killing myself in the process (it launches something like mini-nukes, for anyone who hasn't played). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 May 2010, 21:19:30 They do have weapon upgrades but the upgrades themselves aren't customizable since they all just stack together. I would've been fine with it if they atleast made the weapon upgrades add some visual difference like changing the color of your bullets or something.
I never used the Cain because I was never able to get enough ammo for that gun. I played infiltrator on my first playthrough and did manage to kill the trasher maw before the timer by cloaking n' sniping and making my team members use their abilities constantly. I'm on my third playthrough with my sentinel and since now there's enough DLC to keep the game feeling fresh I'll be getting back into ME2 again soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 May 2010, 21:20:41 I just beat Just Cause 2.
Put in 22 hours. I'm gonna keep going, it's a fun game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 May 2010, 23:27:46 I had the wrong heavy weapon out, I'm pretty sure I was using the blackstorm singularity projector. The DLC one. Still, I was damaging it very slowly.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 May 2010, 00:11:18 I think I barely beat the Thresher Maw the first time...
I just finished the game as an Engineer.. and started my (possibly last for a long time) playthrough as a Sentinel, the last class I haven't played. First run was a Vanguard, charging is just so much fun. 2nd run was Infiltrator, gotta love having a Sniper so early. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 May 2010, 02:55:46 I don't even use the sniper. I went invisible, came in close, incinerated a Krogan's armor, and then punched him down. That was the coolest thing for me ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 May 2010, 06:39:40 Not enough ammo for the M-90 Cain? I don't understand this. I have never had this issue unless I'd JUST used it.
Anyway I use the sniper rifle a LOT. I'm only just getting into using the tactical cloak now, though. Really helpful when crippling synthetics in a firefight. They do have weapon upgrades but the upgrades themselves aren't customizable since they all just stack together. Not the kind upgrades I'm talking about but yeah. I don't know if I'll play through it again. Not that I don't like the game a ton, but it's not really my thing to replay this kind of game, and I don't totally have the time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 May 2010, 07:17:09 It seems like the best part of it was the dialogue, and I have issues for some reason taking the asshole option in video games. So when I went for a renegade play-through I didn't get very far.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 May 2010, 07:20:08 Yeah I try to keep it real, and usually the paragon stuff is what I would do or say, even if I really don't like the person I'm talking to or whatever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2010, 00:36:14 Red Dead Redemption might be one of my very favorite games ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2010, 00:43:35 I'll be getting it soon.
Gonna make a posse with some buddies online. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 June 2010, 01:09:42 I'm TRYING to get it... I really want it, but alas I'm short on money.
I think I'll rent it... but I know I'm gonna buy it eventually, which makes it feel like a waste of 10 dollars. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 June 2010, 01:35:18 It's a slow-paced game - which I absolutely LOVE it for - and literally everything you can do in the game world is exciting, from hunting to playing poker to sidequests - the fact that not a single thing in the game so far has felt tedious to me is a huge testament to the game, because repetition and boredom is generally what turns me off from open-world games like this.
Hell, even riding a horse from town to town is great. You get to take in the sights and there's plenty to do along the way. You can fast travel, but 99% of the time I choose to ride the long way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 June 2010, 00:02:55 I don't mind slow paced games (y'all know about me and Mass Effect), but I don't know if I like the idea of it being slow paced. I'm gonna play it after I finish ME2, and I'll probably love it like everyone else. Just gotta decide whether to buy or TRY.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 June 2010, 00:21:26 I want to try it before I buy it.
My other monetary priorities are a car and building a PC this summer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 June 2010, 18:13:03 Honestly, Mike: if you like Fallout 3, GTA, and Mass Effect you will LOVE this game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 June 2010, 19:04:32 Sweet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 August 2010, 03:48:25 After much delay, I finally finished Mega Man Legends 2. And now, I'm on my way to playing Tron Bonne.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SB on 12 August 2010, 04:36:31 Been messing around with the newest BlazBlue lately, and trying to get into original Ultima Online on the side. Played BBCS so much in one setting that I got a lump on the joint on one of my fingers when I finished, and that never really went away... Are fighting games with 6 hours of nonstop 100+ matches supposed to do that...?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 12 August 2010, 05:23:14 Let me ask my friend Arnold what he thinks.
(http://i37.tinypic.com/1zlwrd2.png) It's not a tuma! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 12 August 2010, 17:03:28 I have been playing ModNation Racing, it is THE most fun I have ever had with a racing game, you get to make your own kart, make you own character, and go crazy with making your own tracks. What makes the game really nice is that you can share your creations online, so yea. Am going to be playing this game for a loooong time to come.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 August 2010, 17:09:48 I finally built my own computer, single player games abound!
I can run source games at 200fps on max settings, and I'm seeing what my computer can do. Also, Steam is having a sale, I just bought Oblivion for $7. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 13 August 2010, 08:04:57 After much delay, I finally finished Mega Man Legends 2. And now, I'm on my way to playing Tron Bonne. Aaaand that's finished. I love the artwork at the end. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 August 2010, 10:30:56 I just got 200/200 on After Burner: Climax! w00t w00t!
I've also been playing Crackdown 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 15 August 2010, 00:17:37 Hidden Star Collect! Mario's Sextennialfour adventure!
I never did get all the stars... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 18 August 2010, 01:53:44 I downloaded Earthworm Jim HD and Scott Pilgrim VS the World: The Game on my PS3.
Both games are awesome, especially Scott Pilgrim. Holy crap do I love the artwork on that game. Also, the ending is amazing and every MegaMan fan will get the reference. :> Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 18 August 2010, 17:37:36 Earthworm Jim was never good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 18 August 2010, 19:39:58 That's GROOVY, Abe.
A friend of mine says Jim HD has four difficulty levels. Easy, normal, hard and insane. Insane being the original difficulty. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 August 2010, 17:23:07 DJ hero is friggin tough.
Of course I started on expert... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 30 August 2010, 17:36:52 DJ Hero still isn't cheap enough over here for me to invest in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 August 2010, 17:39:07 I got it for $30 off a friend. it's a friggin blast.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 30 August 2010, 18:39:50 I loved DJ Hero, not a lot of other people I know even bothered. Once you play it for a while Expert mode gets pretty easy save for a few extremely nigh-impossible songs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 August 2010, 19:55:00 Yeah, some stuff is pretty difficult right off the bat.
I've only played for an hour or so... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 September 2010, 02:19:36 Playing Dead Rising 2: Case Zero...
...And I just noticed a Proto Man poster in the movie theater. Sweet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 September 2010, 03:10:43 FRIGGIN AWESOME!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 9 September 2010, 03:16:11 Just finished Other M.
It has completely defied my expectations; not only is it a good game, it also feels like Metroid. Thus it is a good Metroid game in the same way Fusion is! Hell, it's better than Fusion. By a long beam. You might be stuck on one path the whole way through, but it is one heck of a path. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 September 2010, 14:33:32 Playing through that right now, generally liking it. One or two serious issues aside, it's not a bad Metroid game in 3D. No where near as good as the 2D games, but much, MUCH better than any of the Primes even with the few serious problems I have with Other M.
Plot is no worse than Fusion (I'd argue it's better myself) and I quite frankly don't see why people are pissing thier pants over it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 September 2010, 19:56:27 You guys, for me, are the first two people to say that they like it with an an actual opinion I'd listen to.
I'm completely on the fence but I've been replaying Fallout 3 right now anyway, so I didn't bother going out to get Other M, at least not yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 10 September 2010, 00:11:46 Decided to play an unfinished game of Command Mission, from the very beginning. I'm up to the desert.
Oh. Right. That's where Botos is. The reason why I stopped playing. Help me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 September 2010, 05:43:29 Oh, yeah, I bought and played Other M. Generally liked it. I REALLY hated the excessive corny cut-scenes and the "search around for this very specific random thing we won't tell you about!" sequences.
However, I loved practically everything else. Really fun game and definitely worth your time if you can stomach the early 20-minutes or so of cut-scenes. Once the game gets rolling you forget about that horrible batch of crap and start having a lot of fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 10 September 2010, 15:13:06 Yeah, the cutscenes and story I don't give a rat's ass about.
I don't remember having to search for anything in the game, though. I was a lot of "Go here, do this" the whole way through... hence more like Fusion than the really excellent Metroid games where you DO have to wander around and find things with no direction. Which I like. Still tons of fun though. I'm not thinking it has any replay value. Not even for hard mode. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 17 September 2010, 01:52:28 Well, my copy of Planescape Torment came in the mail today, so I guess that's what I'm playing. Although, since starting college, I don't have much time for anything, so we'll see how this ends up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: orclev on 29 September 2010, 17:47:02 Between work and school I hardly have time for anything else! But whenever I do get a chance, I've been playing Morrowind for a while. :) My character is Galadriel the Argonian Battlemage, who was raised by Altmer...so she's not "like" the other Argonians.
My boyfriend also made me three houses (one in Balmora, one in Al-druhn, and one in Pelagiad), all of which have a miniature guar version of my cat, Velcro, and the one in Balmora also includes his own Morrowind character (who is, coincidentally, also an Argonian). He also made an object (like the propylon index) that allows me to teleport between my houses, and when my Great House Stronghold is built that will be included on there as well. So I'm kind of spoiled I guess.... :) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 29 September 2010, 18:12:36 Kind of, since it's still Morrowind and not Oblivion (but then I assume you're not particularly bothered by that anyway).
3D Dot Game Heroes. A PS3 game I'm finally having fun with. I love how it parodies pretty much every action RPG I've ever played and a good handful of other things, too. ... but the minigames. Why must minigames be so infuriating? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 October 2010, 22:17:21 Sonic 4. Game is pretty fun.
...and I'm ranked 5th on one of the levels. Pretty sure that won't last too long. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: xXZDeadpoolZXx on 20 October 2010, 09:33:38 Demon Soul's - Since the release date and still can't get enough of it.
Castlevania Lords of Shadow - Liking the Devil May Cry atmosphere. League of Legends (PC) - 3 Months and going on. Best free game i've stumbled upon in a long while. Deadrising 2 - Need I say more? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 20 October 2010, 13:27:35 I've heard that the main character in Lords of Shadow is kind of whiny and emo. I'm curious to have another opinion on that because the game looks cool enough that I could probably just ignore or even enjoy that if that game part of the game is good enough.
As for playing games... I was playing through Metroid Zero Mission. Tried to do a 15% run on normal mode. I did it, but I don't think I want to do the same thing on hard. Nope. And now I have Fallout" New Vegas. It's like Fallout 3, only it plays like the people who made the original Fallout had a hand in it this time, so the atmosphere and gameplay is more geared towards role playing than it is GO KILL BADGUYS SECURE POINT X. You do some of that of course, but you can do it many more ways. Still no idea if it's an awesome game, but so far it's better than FO3 around an equivalent amount of time. So it's looking good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 October 2010, 13:45:00 League of Legends is swell. I play a few games every once in a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 November 2010, 04:45:49 Guys: the new Donkey Kong Country is TOPS. Somehow, against all odds, it turned out just as good as the old games and trust me, if you liked those you NEED to get this one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 November 2010, 07:00:49 is there a bramble level
ACTUALLY DON'T ANSWER THAT Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 23 November 2010, 07:08:48 If there is a bramble level it had better feature a Stickerbrush Symphony remix :O
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 23 November 2010, 15:09:22 There are a LOT of remixed old tunes in here. They used a lot of the old music as templates.
As for a bramble level: [spoiler]Unfortunately, no, but you probably won't even mind.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 24 November 2010, 03:50:14 DKC seems like such old classic themed games, that seeing this new Donkey Kong Country felt a bit out of place, or at least like DKC3.
DKC seemed like a real spin off of Donkey Kong's world and provided a great graphical adventure. DKC2 was SUPERB with it's fantastic soundtrack, enemies, worlds, and darker spin on the whole series. It seems much more action packed and adventure themed when everything just gets a major serious overhaul! And DKC3 just felt like it let that down. We still had a great graphical environment, but everything just felt way beyond "cartoony". The trailer of this game felt like a mix of that and the original DKC. I hope it's much better than what I'm expecting. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 24 November 2010, 04:33:16 I will say that this one wasn't as atmospheric or brilliantly dark as DKC2, but the gameplay is just as tight - maybe tighter, if you don't have a problem with the motion controls.
They sampled a lot of music from the originals, which goes a LONG way in helping this game feel as well-defined and unique as those ones were, and the silhouette levels are on par with some of the most creative stuff you saw in DKC2. Minecart levels are plentiful and great. It IS a bit cartoony - the Tiki enemies in particular seem a bit off-putting at first - but you get over that immediately. Somehow the mood from the originals really carries over here. The biggest (only) complaint I have is the absence of the Kremlings, though I think that might have something to do with the legal ramifications of Rare's departure from Nintendo. This also explains the lack of most other Kongs and animal friends. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 24 November 2010, 10:32:06 The absence of Kremlings while sad, will not deter me from this game.
I think this game is excellent and the level designs are brilliant and sometimes evil. (Looking at you Level 2 - K). I'm loving every minute of this game so far. My only complain, abiet a small one is that it was uneccessary to us waggle controls for some of DK's actions. But even then it's not really that bad. I'd say this is my absolute favorite Donkey Kong Country game. Yes the Nostalgia goggles came off. I love this more than DKC2. Deal with it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 24 November 2010, 16:27:35 Kremlings were never particularly good.
Everything I've seen about DKCR looks decent to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 24 November 2010, 22:58:32 The Kremlings were just a typical bad guy that could take on different shapes and forms. You had the plain type, the buff types, the crawling types, and much more to the gang. Kinda like how Mario had different types of Koopas, only more diverse. It was good.
I don't know if I'll try this game out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 24 November 2010, 23:14:36 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 November 2010, 00:16:05 I just watched stage 1 of a playthrough, and it seems alright. It really feels more like a new Donkey Kong game with just generic enemies than it feels like a branch off of the old DKC though. There are some similarities, but it's pretty different. Diddy doesn't seem to be a real playable character, and now resorts to being a helper like Kazooie is to Banjo. I imagine that means no more two-player team games, but I'm personally okay with that. Especially since Diddy gets a jet-pack and becomes more of an enhancement to gameplay than being just an extra character and piece of health. Besides all that, it still looks pretty fun and maintains that classic DKC gameplay, which really isn't that hard to screw up anyway.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 25 November 2010, 00:39:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc CHILDHOOD TV MODE ACTIVATE Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 November 2010, 01:31:35 Chaos, Diddy is fully playable in 2-player mode, which is like a better version of the multiplayer in NSMBW.
He's only an enhancement when you're playing 1-player, allowing you to use the jetpack - plus give you additional health - when you have him with you. I know it looks different and new and like it's throwing away all the old stuff - that's EXACTLY what I thought and why I was worried. Then I played it. The best moments are when things like bouncy tires show up or when you start a level like one of the Factory ones and the old memories come flooding back, but it really is a polished game that is both its own new thing and a genuine successor to the old games. Trust me. I had apprehension, too, and according to what you're saying... my worries were exactly the same as yours. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 25 November 2010, 02:09:55 I'm not actually worried, I trust Nintendo. The best way I can describe it is... it's not REALLY Donkey Kong Country because a lot of things are missing, but because the gameplay looks just like how it should be and it does look like a genuine Donkey Kong platforming game, that really doesn't matter. Like, at all.
This is all based on looks. I've yet to play it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 25 November 2010, 03:02:06 I played DKCR at a store for a little while a couple of days ago.
Since I only played Donkey Kong Land (well, I've played most of them, but that's the only one I beat), I don't get as much nostalgia from it. I think it's better than the old games. Do I want to buy it? Not really. Maybe if I had a source of income. But not really. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 25 November 2010, 03:18:41 i don't like monkeys ???
will I like this game?? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 November 2010, 03:29:11 Anyway I really don't like the look of the silhouette levels. I mean the style is okay. But I worry about the platforming aspect where I see the actual platforms being obscured.
I had to deal with Commando Man's stage in Mega Man 10 just now and I was not overly impressed. I was using the Proto Coil to keep myself oriented in a hell of sand. (I'm definitely getting the game one way or another. I won't be able to help myself at this point.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 25 November 2010, 12:03:59 WHY ARE YOU EVEN QUESTIONNING DKCR?
GET IT! IT IS THE BEST PLATFORMER I HAVE PLAYED EVER! THIS GAME EASILY BLOWS NSMBWII OUT OF THE WATER! I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MUCH FUN IN A PLATFORMER IN ALL MY LIFE! BUY THE GAME! BUY TWO COPIES OF THE GAME! IT'S THAT GREAT! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 25 November 2010, 13:29:58 But it's monkeys.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 25 November 2010, 17:42:23 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 November 2010, 21:49:32 Xero, stop yelling. You're hurting my feelings.
I'm going to get it. I'm just playing other things right now. I have a lot of games I haven't finished and thus I haven't bought anything for like several months and I'm quite happy with that decision because I'm not spending like a lunatic. I really need to watch my spending. I have a lot of money but it defeats the purpose of saving if I wanna have a home in the near future. On the other hand, there are a lot of stuff for Nintendo coming that I can't not get. Kirby isn't one of them, though I hear it's a great game, just not for me. I might go back and get Kirby's Adventure instead. I'll save money and get what's probably a tougher, more enjoyable experience. Actually, to anyone who knows better, should I get Dream Land 3 or Kirby's Adventure? As for right now I finally beat Final Fantasy IV, and I'm looking forward to 3DS remakes of the next Final Fantasy games. And I'm going back to play my DS Castlevania games. I'm also getting a lot of enjoyment out of Mega Man 10 as Proto Man, which has added length to the game through my sheer inability to learn fast enough to not get several game overs. I'm not sure if using Proto Man will teach me any bad habits for when I'm playing as Mega Man, or if it won't matter because I'll take so much less damage. We'll find out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 November 2010, 23:46:49 I beat Fable 3. It's a really short game, and really easy. I had to TRY to die to actually die in combat, and the death penalty is literally nothing, you just stand up.
It's got some cool and fun side quests though and it's a fun place to explore. Now I'm playing Black Ops, which I'm borrowing from the same friend who let me borrow Fable 3. We've been playing the new Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 game, it's a pretty fun combat game, albeit simple. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ChaosVortex on 26 November 2010, 05:27:41 I'm not actually worried, I trust Nintendo. Well, yeah. For the most part anyway. Most of the time I'm satisfied with their stuff, unlike Capcom for example. WHY ARE YOU EVEN QUESTIONNING DKCR? I would like to note that I was so totally going to buy NSMBW until I played it at Gamestop, didn't like it compared to the DS version, and thus decided against that. Basically, that's not really saying much. I'd probably rather rent this or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 26 November 2010, 14:53:57 I beat Fable 3. It's a really short game, and really easy. I had to TRY to die to actually die in combat, and the death penalty is literally nothing, you just stand up. Even though it was a mediocre game... I'd do anything to bring Walter back... Even if it means... Sacrificing all of ya'll! >:( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 November 2010, 15:35:52 Walter is the man.
I need to have an evil play-through. I made the choice earlier on to kill the chick with bouncy hair. I regret it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 December 2010, 20:23:29 I recently beat the new Medal of Honor game. Definitely a game worth checking out; I wish that they had just given it a little bit more polish before they released it. The comparisons between Modern Warfare 2 and the new Medal of Honor are stupid, and I honestly got more of a reaction out of Medal of Honor. Then again, the biggest reaction I got out of Modern Warfare 2 was "#####ING #####, MY 360 JUST RED-RINGED!"
I'm currently playing Alan Wake when my girlfriend is around because she's been bugging me about it (she doesn't want to play, she just wants to watch). I'm not sure what game I'll play next. Maybe Enslaved. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 December 2010, 23:41:23 Enslaved has shoddy controls.
I've been PC gaming, everything installed I play at least occasionally. Also been playing Modern Warfare 2 online with my brother, who is in the army. He's horrible. Makes for good cannon fodder tho. Look: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7870274&l=cff7573f2a&id=540196030 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 December 2010, 17:58:37 Playing Dead Rising 2. Fun stuff, the co-op is glitchy as hell though, everytime someone saves the guest gets kicked out of the game, it's very annoying and it's making my friend and I hardly save, so then when something goes wrong we have to redo an hour of ##### we did.
The worst part is the game has been out 3 months and this hasn't been fixed... ugh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 December 2010, 20:12:23 Get it on PC, lol.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 31 December 2010, 02:37:48 I've added ya on Steam, John. Didn't realize that you had an account. >_O
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 December 2010, 05:44:48 Yeah, confirmed the request.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 January 2011, 05:30:22 Just beat 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
My brain melted. Play this game. I absolutely loved it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 January 2011, 22:39:39 Just beat 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. THIS. Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors is #####ing GOD TIER. The game's plot is one of the best I've seen in ages and all the bad endings actually serve a purpose to unlock. The dialog is fantastic and the localization in general is amazing. Top notch quality. If you enjoy visual novels or just games with amazing plots and characters this game is a must buy. DO IT NOW! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 11 January 2011, 00:17:49 Too wordy and the words go far too slowly :(
But still good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 February 2011, 09:18:35 Have any of you guys played Amnesia: The Dark Descent?
It looks friggin' terrifying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSzpvq73FY This video is really loud and sweary, but it's hilarious. It's like the perfect ad for the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 7 February 2011, 09:50:42 ##### someone found me an MMO that I actually like. (http://www.worldoftanks.com) This is a problem.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 7 February 2011, 13:54:05 yeah, someone got me back into RO a couple of days ago and that is really a problem
Have any of you guys played Amnesia: The Dark Descent? Hilarious indeed. I'm almost tempted to play it just from this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 February 2011, 22:02:07 I want it.
Posted on: February 07, 2011, 02:19:06 PM I just played the demo. ##### THAT. Scurry ;_; Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 February 2011, 05:26:06 In that case, if you're still interested in the overall experience, you could watch Lanipator from TeamFourStar play it. I saw one or two short segments while trying not to ruin the story for myself, and he's a really funny guy. His complete lack of fear of the game will keep you calm.
I intend to play this game, however. No matter how scared it makes me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 8 February 2011, 12:56:56 Lanipator, eh?
Now I'm torn between watching that and playing the game. But I may as well try out the demo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 February 2011, 13:25:44 It's sickeningly unstable, too.
It crashed 5 times on me in the hour I played it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 February 2011, 19:04:44 Have you determined why it would do that? I mean, that's pretty random and I doubt there's anything wrong with your computer.
It didn't crash at all for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 February 2011, 23:25:38 I donno. I had maxed settings and was holding 45-60fps.
It stopped crashing as often after I turned off SSAO. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 February 2011, 04:13:25 What a bitch PC. "I'm too awesome for even recently developed games."
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 February 2011, 13:43:47 All for $550.
My card isn't strong on shadows and shaders. I need to upgrade it soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Alekta on 14 February 2011, 10:03:23 I play lots of different games, currently...
The Sims (the first one), Samurai Warriors 3 for the Wii (love co-op with Ares), Scribblenauts, Megaman Zero, Oblivion (and the spawn game Nehrim), Chrono Trigger, Spore, Pokemon HeartGold, Okami (love that game), and Animal Crossing Wild World. Go between them often, got most time logged in Oblivion and Okami. Chrono Trigger was my first video game ever, and I don't think I will ever stop playing it for good. Currently own it for every platform it was ever out for. Ares and I beat Fallout New Vegas not long after it came out, was rather disappointed. I don't know why I didn't expect it since Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks games I have played have all been filled with crashes and glitches that needed the moding community to fix. Oh, but I rant. I might try it again once the modding community has somethings that interest me. Dunno, though, with Skyrim in the future I might just wait...I should start replaying Morrowind now that we have a better screen situation. Oblivion spoils me with the voice acting, so I don't have to read anything. Nehrim is cool, though, since ALL the voice acting is in German. Very immersive. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 14 February 2011, 14:06:03 Oh god going back to play Morrowind now is an exercise in self torture without some mod to completely change the leveling system. Same thing for Oblivion and Fallout now that I think about it.
That is the good thing about Bethesda games... there are more mods than you'll ever need, and there's almost always something right for you after a while. I'm still waiting for a Fist of the North Star mod for New Vegas. uh but right now i'm still going through Dragon Quest IX and somebody got me back on Ragnarok Online so I may die of starvation here at some point Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Alekta on 14 February 2011, 20:36:03 Changing the leveling in Oblivion is something I don't even think about, I just always get the mod. I forget which mod I liked, I know there is an exp one I never tried that Nehrim uses. I think the one I use is Kobus Character Advancement System.
Oh Ares and I joke that Bethesda doesn't make games, they make engines. That's why I'll never get a console version. Who will fix all the stuff they messed up? The mod community is awesome, though I was sad the lack of good companion mods in Oblivion verses how many there were for Morrowind. I assume the voice acting made them less interested. Also, used to play RO with Ares. I only have a laptop with a touch pad and I found control... Awkward. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 15 February 2011, 01:36:36 I'm currently playing Serious Sam HD. Tomorrow though - Marvel vs. Capcom 3!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 February 2011, 02:44:10 I want ittttttt but don't have much expendable income for a while.
My girlfriend picked me up Batman: Arkham Asylum for PC today, it was on sale on Steam for $7.50. Can't resist that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 February 2011, 03:29:32 I'm currently playing Dragon Age: Origins off and on at home. It's... way too #####ing slow paced. It's alright, I guess, but it takes too long to micromanage and it's a bit too much like an MMO for not-an-MMO.
Also I can't get Blood Dragon armor because my friend lent it to me. Lametown. At my girlfriend's we started playing Donkey Kong Country Returns, which is pretty good. But 2 players is way easier than 1 player, since Diddy is basically easy mode. Also been playing a bit of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and every once in a while go back to Red Dead Redemption and other stuff you can just play without having to be stuck for 72 hours in item management menus.. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 February 2011, 03:50:54 Dragon Age Origins BLOWS.
Slow as hell, no real connection to any characters, and I played on PC with mods to max EVERYTHING out and it still took better than 18 hours. It was all just tedious boringness. Even when you're over powered, the battles are just lame. Also, nothing even amounted to anything and the ending SUCKS unless you're a chick who bangs Alistair. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 16 February 2011, 05:33:04 A Bioware game is slow-paced?
This... doesn't surprise me. I may have already said this but I'm in the market for a new PC this year (even though I was kinda gonna do it last year I decided to just chill for a bit) and Oblivion and Fallout 3 are on my list of PC games to get along with Starcraft II and Amnesia. Dragon Age never entirely appealed to me, especially when watching my brother and my dad play it. It totally intimidates me on a WoW level. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 February 2011, 21:04:04 Wrapped up Ghost Trick yesterday. I admit I was spoiled by 999, so while Ghost Trick was a superb game, it didn't have the impact it probably would have if I hadn't finished 999 before it. Ghost Trick is definitively on the top 10 best DS games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 February 2011, 04:53:20 My friend got me Ghost Trick. :D
I can't get it until Summer, though, when we're not at separate schools... As a huge Dragon Quest fan, I picked up DQVI. If any of you guys are classic RPG fans (haha) then pick it up! It's good. It's the last DQ game I need to beat before I have all of them beat. That's something big for me, I don't usually beat every game in a series (Games like Mother, the RPG Mario games and Classic MegaMan are some of the few games series I beat all of the games in). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 22 February 2011, 13:30:23 Which reminds me, I just beat Dragon Quest IX yesterday. Fun game.
I've only beaten that and VIII, but there's just something classic about the series that makes them fun to play. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 22 February 2011, 21:19:18 I recently started playing Golden Sun: Dark Dawn again. I hadn't finished it with all the hullabaloo around the wedding and baby stuff, but now that things are mostly in-place, I have more time to focus on it.
Started playing Halo Reach last night with Ray and our friend. I'd forgotten how unobservant I am when playing Halo (to the game, not to my surroundings). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Alekta on 23 February 2011, 20:05:49 I once again love Oblivion... After all this time I started the Shivering Isle expansion and it is wonderful, (though I like a bit of insanity). I guess it didn't really add that much to the game, but it seems to. I like the atmosphere, the personalities of npcs, and of course Sheogorath. It makes me a bit more hopeful for Skyrim.
At the same time they do something right, I still have to get a mod to make a cool companion you can obtain not super die all the time. I guess you can only expect so much from those guys... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 February 2011, 04:48:31 Bulletstorm is pretty damn fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 February 2011, 05:22:14 The demo made it feel like first person arcade gears.
The controls were pretty junky too. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 February 2011, 17:49:57 It pretty much is just like that, although it is a little too easy. I'm playing through it on normal and I've just been breezing right through it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 February 2011, 18:47:19 Apparently very hard is the normal of this game.
Beating it is easy though, getting 3 stars on everything is where it gets hard. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 24 February 2011, 21:55:02 I played the demo, it was pretty fun. I'm playing Marvel v. Capcom 3 and Dead Space 2. Viewtiful Joe and Necromorphs!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 26 February 2011, 07:59:58 I finally beat Bulletstorm's single-player campaign. Holy damn...I never thought the game would end. I love me some FPS, but they really dragged out the story more than they needed to and without a lot of variation.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 4 March 2011, 03:31:43 I loved Dragon Age Origins. The story is a bit cheese but I liked most of the characters and doing the different origins with each race. Only thing I didn't like about it was that the whole game was basically recruiting your party members (and I can think of other recent Bioware games which were similar).
I've been playing Demon's Souls recently and I'm pretty sure I'm playing the game wrong. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 March 2011, 20:43:21 Dragon Age is WAY too #####ing long but it's not terrible. It's just annoying that it can take my night's free time (I don't have much beyond a couple hours here or there) to manage all the stupid item drops.
I wouldn't compare it to "other Bioware games" (Mass Effect) really because those are actually well balanced between story and action to make an interesting universe you can get into. DA doesn't really do that, and I hate mostly everyone who isn't in my party and even THEN completely dislike at least two of my party members (so far). I have to keep cheating on Dragon Age with Lego Batman. Certain days I can't deal with that Fereldan #####. Been playing DA for a while now and I'm NOT far at all, I'm sure. And yeah, I bought Lego Batman for ten bucks and I'm quite proud of that. Am also gonna be playing some Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 with some friends finally. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 8 March 2011, 04:03:44 For sure Mass Effect is a better game than Dragon Age for me, but one thing I did like about DA was that it didn't exactly tell you which dialogue choices are considered good or bad. I liked it when the game left it to me to decide what was morally right. (which unfortunately is becoming more like ME's dialogue system from the DA2 demo I played).
In Mass Effect you are given a visual that tells you which dialogue choices are considered good or bad. That wouldn't be so bad if the game didn't only reward you for being either a saint or an bully; there's no benefit to being in the gray other than fulfilling curiosity. ...I need to go and finish my 3rd playthrough of ME2 now to get ready for ME3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 March 2011, 04:37:32 That's one of the small problems with ME I have. I find myself just picking all the good options just to make sure I have enough good points to do the Charm options in conversations...
The demo for Dragon Age II was pretty damn fun though... and is only reason I bought Origins. To be honest, I don't hate Origins, but I don't think I'm ever going to finish it, especially since the final boss is impossible for my character apparently... I #####ed myself over and I honestly don't feel like redoing the whole last part again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 8 March 2011, 04:57:49 I could understand if you're playing on the 360 or PS3 version. I have it on the PC so micro management is much less frustrating.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 March 2011, 14:40:00 I just used the dev console to have all the best max everything.
I'm glad I did. That game was pretty much a waste, story wise save for a few cool parts, and the combat was very very tiresome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NekoMaru on 8 March 2011, 19:28:49 I'm playing Pokemon White Version right now (Yes I Play Pokemon but I'm not nerdy about it)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 9 March 2011, 00:20:43 Define nerdy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 9 March 2011, 05:58:58 I'm playing Rule of Rose right now. It's a survival horror type game... It's not very well known.
It has very faulty gameplay but I find it hauntingly beautiful at the same time. It's impossible to describe the story accurately because a lot of it is left for interpretation. It's also quite messed up. I WOULD be playing Pokemon right now if my damn order would arrive. >:T Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 March 2011, 02:52:58 Playing Dragon Age II now. It's way better than Origins by a longshot, that's for sure.
Was also playing the new Pokémon but haven't played since I got DA2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 13 March 2011, 07:39:00 I've started on the new pokeymans myself. Amazed that the grass starter isn't totally worthless this time around (although still not front-line material).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 13 March 2011, 13:12:05 Help, I can't stop playing New Vegas! It's buggy as hell and I've beaten it twice, but I want more endings... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 March 2011, 15:56:04 Stop playing New Vegas!
Play Just Cause 2 with Mods. That's an excellent way to burn 20 hours. Flying (literally) around launching nukes at helpless towns is so satisfying. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 14 March 2011, 02:02:13 But I've already spent 175 hours on New Vegas, JC.
20 hours isn't much! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 March 2011, 05:14:05 :-O
I don't even know what to say. I guess, mod the hell out of it? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 March 2011, 23:57:14 For sure Mass Effect is a better game than Dragon Age for me, but one thing I did like about DA was that it didn't exactly tell you which dialogue choices are considered good or bad. I liked it when the game left it to me to decide what was morally right. I agree with this completely. I'm playing Pokemon White Version right now (Yes I Play Pokemon but I'm not nerdy about it) ... You're on a Megaman forum. What constitutes "nerdy" once you get this far? Still on DA:O because I'm rarely home and when I am I'm either reading or kicking the crap out of Lego Batman. Played NBA Jam last night at a friend's and it was great. Also the demo for ilomilo, which I loved. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Jakey on 15 March 2011, 01:22:13 Dude I Jam'd out last night too. That game is still freakin hard.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 March 2011, 01:35:28 Mike, Have you played Arkham Asylum? It's boss.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 15 March 2011, 17:59:41 SO boss.
Looking forward to that sequel 'cause I fully expect it will be even better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 15 March 2011, 21:55:29 I'm playing Rule of Rose right now. It's a survival horror type game... It's not very well known. You just got a 1000 awesome points. Neat if flawed survival horror game. I WOULD be playing Pokemon right now if my damn order would arrive. >:T I'll just take those awesome points back and break you knee caps while I'm at it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 22 March 2011, 03:59:51 Playing Fable II and Disgaea DS at the moment. Levelling up items in Disgaea is a great way to pass three hours at the doctor. :D
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2011, 04:42:29 I'm playing Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
Very simple and fun co-op game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 March 2011, 12:59:35 John, hit me up if you want to do some online co-op with that game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2011, 14:50:37 I have it for PC, do you?
(It's neat to have a PC game that's co-op with keyboard AND controller.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 March 2011, 01:07:36 Oh, no. I have it for the 360.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 March 2011, 04:08:47 Too bad.
I just about beat the game tonight, 2 levels left. Chain-gun and refilling ammo. God tier. I hope there is a relic that has power ammo, scatter shot, and refilling ammo. That with Chain gun, Galactus tier. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 March 2011, 22:41:15 I'm stuck trying to beat the T-Rex that got summoned.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 March 2011, 01:18:27 The first or second one? All ya gotta do is lure it onto spike pits.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 20 April 2011, 07:11:09 I JUST GOT PORTAL 2!
I'm not going to say too much but I'm playing it with a huge smile on my face thanks to the dialogue. Pc version had 360 controller support with rumble which is awesome. I connected my Dualshock 3 via usb cable and used Motioninjoy so Portal 2 thinks it's a 360 controller. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 April 2011, 13:36:29 Optimally, I want a joystick with loads of buttons for my left hand and a mouse in my right. I Like keyboard and mouse, but finite movement with WASD is impossible compared to a controller.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 April 2011, 16:19:35 Portal 2 might be my favorite game of this generation.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 20 April 2011, 23:50:38 Year at least, for me. Hell, maybe the best game I've played in several years.
Just finished the singleplayer twice... once to enjoy everything and the atmosphere/writing, and the second time to go back and get achievements (Pretty sure all of the single player ones are done for me... was nice to see some of the SPOILER stuff). Game makes me wish even more for information on Half Life 3 or Episode 3 or whatever they want to call it now. If they can make Portal 2 this stunningly awesome, I have no idea how they intend to top it... and HL3 must top it. Optimally, I want a joystick with loads of buttons for my left hand and a mouse in my right. I Like keyboard and mouse, but finite movement with WASD is impossible compared to a controller. You aren't doing it right then. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2011, 02:16:30 I like tilting a little to walk and a lot to run. It makes sneaking in games easier, rather than holding ctrl all the time while sneaking.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 21 April 2011, 02:29:52 Walking is not sneaking.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 21 April 2011, 04:01:13 Some PC games have dedicated walking buttons, but it's more intuitive to control movement speed with a joystick. Then again, I usually just tap the WASD keys instead of holding them down if I want to do fine movements.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 21 April 2011, 04:18:41 Optimally, I want a joystick with loads of buttons for my left hand and a mouse in my right. I Like keyboard and mouse, but finite movement with WASD is impossible compared to a controller.(http://www.mike2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/KeyboardJoystick-600x450.jpg) :D :D :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2011, 05:16:48 Not to mention tangling up 2 fingers at once to move.
I've tried mapping a joystick for my left hand only but it's a whore to do in conjunction with a mouse, too few buttons on the left hand. I need a big 'ole flight joystick and a 10+ button mouse and I'll be ALL set if I can get them to cooperate in game. My mouse currently has 3 buttons :( Also, I've tried the tandem 360 controller/mouse thing, great for moving and shooting, but not jumping or anything fancy like that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 21 April 2011, 06:47:42 I'd think that something similar to a Wii Nunchuk but with more buttons on the inside, where your fingers are, would be perfect.
In a heartbeat, you'd be able to tap a key on the keyboard if absolutely necessary (if you run out of buttons). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Chron on 21 April 2011, 14:39:59 WASD is superior to these ideas because of all the buttons on the keyboard in close proximity.
Even if you wanted fine-tuned movements without crouching, and I don't understand why anyone would unless the game required it, or had difficult balancing sections (like the original Half Life, which has a walk button). I have never once in my life encountered a segment in a game where I wished I had a joystick instead of four directional keys. The only reason why it works well on a console controller is because a joystick is incredibly insufficient for aiming, and you have to make up for the loss of fine-tuned mouse movements by slightly increasing your movement accuracy. Even then it's still not as good as WASD + mouse. At least to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2011, 15:57:55 Ever try running to the front left while sprinting into a dive-to-prone and throwing a grenade?
WASD ties up too many fingers, and I'm used to it but it's frustrating while you run out of fingers. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 21 April 2011, 17:40:20 I'm not bothered by usability in any of these situations. I just don't want my hand tied to a keyboard for long periods of time. I've survived carpal tunnel this way and I'm pretty happy about it, but I started getting cramps playing Super Mario Bros. X, and I intend to play more PC games in the future (though I keep putting it off).
My conclusion: Keyboards are not for long-term gaming. It'd be different without my illness, I suspect, which can and sometimes does affect the joints, so keep that in mind. I don't know what it is about controllers, but I've had my hands to them for years and nothing bad ever happened. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2011, 19:00:48 Less tendon movement. Thumb muscles are more located in the hand while finger muscles are in the forearm, connected by tendons. CTS is caused by those tendons getting wear and tear, which causes swelling, and pinches the median nerve running to your hand through the "carpal tunnel" which is normally narrow anyways. Pinching that nerve causes the pains, burning, and occasional numbness.
I have huge arms, and therefore wrists, so my carpal tunnel is bigger with the nerve being the same size which makes it harder to squeeze it. That's why I've never had carpal tunnel syndrome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 21 April 2011, 19:23:03 I just use a controller because I like having rumble in my games. (and because sitting further away from the screen makes aliasing less noticeable)
Also, I've tried the tandem 360 controller/mouse thing, great for moving and shooting, but not jumping or anything fancy like that.You could always just map jump to the D-pad for that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2011, 19:30:06 That might work if I had 2 thumbs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 21 April 2011, 21:26:20 Ever try running to the front left while sprinting into a dive-to-prone and throwing a grenade? Honestly it's not that hard. People have been playing games PROFESSIONALLY on mouse and keyboard for ten to twelve years (I don't exactly know when the first professional Quake tournaments popped up). Mind you a lot of those players use EDSF rather than WSAD (it's less intuitive but gives you more keys around the movement group) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 April 2011, 22:29:37 It's getting to the point that I actually loathe Dragon Age: Origins while I'm playing it. (Yes, STILL. I don't think the game is actually adaptive, since it's common for my whole party to die in every battle.)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 April 2011, 01:09:26 The game is not good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 April 2011, 01:12:25 Dragon Age II is better though.
And the enemies in Origins don't scale to you, something I didn't know until I was at the final boss fighting an impossible battle. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 22 April 2011, 01:49:27 Maybe it's just the PC verison, but I found Origins easy to play even on Hard. You have to pause the game and micromanage a lot. You can't really trust your team mates to do the right move all the time. I personally enjoy this kind of gameplay. (though can be clunky with a controller on the console)
When I played Origins all the enemies scaled to your level. But I always did sidequests and stuff so I could power up my party with new skills and equipment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 April 2011, 22:09:10 Origins is made for PC and it seems like you can actually manage your party successfully during a battle in it. On the console it acts like you're able to tell them were to go, but tactics management is incredibly clunky for me and the whole interface is just... It's just not ergonomic. For instance, the tactics menu has no description of what any talents/spells actually DO, so you're forced to leave it and go to a separate menu to find out, and I don't find the explanations are much help anyway.
It's also just hard because I'm a rogue (newly assassin), which isn't a class that ENDURES battle amazingly well. At least not yet. From what I've heard, the game is supposed to scale in a similar (but less sophisticated, I guess) way to Oblivion. I can power up my armor and such enough that it SHOULD be good, but I find the main problem is in how my teammates are completely retarded in combat. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 24 April 2011, 01:17:42 I heard Origins was easier (enemy stats and number of enemies) on the console as opposed to the PC. And spells that cover an area don't hurt your party members in normal as opposed to PC's normal.
Shame about the interface though. I never played Origins on the console but from the DA II demo I played the interface seemed pretty streamlined. I agree with the stupid party members issue. It's a problem even in Mass Effect, but at least its easier to manage since it's a shooter. Rogues kill really fast especially if you place them behind enemies for repeated back stabs. It's normal for them to be fragile though. I use someone like Alistair to tank and provoke enemies while I try to flank enemies with my rogue. If Origins becomes too frustrating, hopefully you can lower the difficulty or something in the menu. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 April 2011, 23:39:53 Less enemies, and more pick ups on console but there's something broken in the gameplay, at least from my perspective. It says friendly fire is a possibility, and I know Cone of Cold can freeze my whole party so I don't know if friendly fire is actually off on Normal.
In Mass Effect I can at least position each of them, and it seems to work fine for that. They can run into battle like morons sometimes but can at least use cover and effective abilities. Also, Shepherd is the strongest character at any given time in a sense, so it's not too bad. I'm trying to build Alistair into a good tank. A lot of characters I'm fighting tend to try to take me out before the other party members whether Alistair has Threaten on or not, so they turn around at my when I'm getting good backstabs in. I think part of the problem is I'm wearing inappropriate (heavy) armor for my rogue, so I probably have too much fatigue. I'm going to have to play around with it when I finish the Urn Of Sacred Ashes quest. I didn't really understand a lot of the stats at first (it's really had to read the text on my TV). I'm on the mountain top now but I can't beat the guys up there, I want to do it now so I can get a Drake scale, which won't be there later. I already have 9 so it would be great to get this one now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 25 April 2011, 00:43:42 You can't even position your teammates in origins on console? Thats lame. Maybe there's only no friendly fire for damage.
Oh my god, the stats confused me to no end. I actually had to check Gamefaqs for an explanation for the differences between dexterity and strength. Apparently dex is better for daggers, though Rogues get higher damage from cunning because of one of their skills or something. You should definitely equip light armor on your rogue because heavier armor provokes enemies more. Thats why you make your tank wear the heaviest armor you got. But yeah even with Alistair using Threaten, the party member doing the most damage is going to have a greater chance of provoking enemies. You'll need to run away and wait for the cooldown on Threaten. The Urn of Sacred Ashes quest was one of the harder ones in the game because of a boss you fight (who takes forever to kill). I would bring a bunch of healing items n stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2011, 03:15:28 Last time I played I decided to leave the whole place, go back to camp, and stock up on items and a bit of new gear so hopefully it'll be better now. I really need to upgrade stealth enough to where I can use it in combat. I'll definitely get some light armor on my dude, since he's wearing Heavy Chainmail right now.
And maybe I missed if you can move them around, but I don't seem to be able to. I'm playing Earthbound so I can have fun in an RPG again. Posted on: 24 April 2011, 19:46:25 Bam. Messed with a few settings and learned how to play a bit better and I'm actually having some fun with Dragon Age! The story is still lacking for me, something is just not making me CARE too much and I'm thinking of dubiously switching my romance around if it's not too late--which usually isn't my style IN LIFE OR FICTION (/lesson) but at least I'm not losing hair and actually feel like playing. I'm happy about it, because now I have the energy to do side quests, unfortunately I was too late to get any jobs out of Lothering. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 May 2011, 04:04:51 Yeah... I missed out on Lelianna because by the time I realized I missed her Lothering went boom.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 May 2011, 04:55:42 I beat amnesia, Finally. Friggin Choir was so intimidating with an enemy literally around every corner.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 May 2011, 06:00:31 Yeah, lol about the romance.
When I was playing Mass Effect 2 I would go to all the characters just to enjoy the conversations, and all the girls were like "So I have feelings for you because we were flirting," even though just like the first game there was hardly any of that in the dialogue option or in the speech itself. My memory might be a bit vague about this, I could be a bit off about the lack of flirting. But anyway I denied all advances because I was like "You know what, I like Tali the most out of the bunch, (as a person, not as a horny snotface) but I'm LOYAL so it's not HAPPENING." And then even though I told Jack I wasn't interested in her BAM, she comes at me all like "I WANT YOU FOR SEX." And I was gonna say no but then I was like "This is a VIDEO GAME. WHO GIVES A #####." And now Liara's picture on my desk is face down. I just can't bear to have her LOOKING AT ME. I also figured the events in Game 3 would be lolworthy. I'm playing Demon's Souls right now. Well not right now but you know. Let's just say, as a fourth dimensional object, part of me is playing Demon's Souls. I learned that from a video John posted on facebook and my application of the knowledge could still be entirely wrong. It's some semantics that someone's gonna call me on later and I don't feel like checking my phrasing right now or looking it up to make sure. I'm not drunk, just tired. I am quite impressed with Demon's Souls, though my playing and strategizing is tempered by reading a lot of the wiki. I've avoided reading direct walkthroughs and boss strategies, but more about items and upgrading weapons. I think I will inevitably buy Dark Souls and try not to read any guides for the first playthrough of that game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 May 2011, 06:21:32 I had the same ##### happen to me with Jack, all I was doing was being nice and then all of a sudden she's telling me to break up Tali if I really want to get with her... when the hell did I say anything that gave that impression Jack? Seriously.
Guess I'm gonna sell some games so I can get L.A. Noire, Fable 3 and Dragon Age Origins are most likely gonna be the trade-ins. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 May 2011, 14:54:48 I really wanna play L.A. Noire, I wish it was for PC.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 12 May 2011, 18:38:41 Half of Demon's Souls is reading the Wiki. I haven't progressed far because I messed up my character's build and its killing me inside.
If they do release L.A. Noire for the PC, it will probably run the same as the GTA4 port which sucked. The technology is really cool; the motion capture is being used in a smart way for the detective interrogations. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 May 2011, 06:46:07 I don't really think you need to worry about messing up your character build. It seems like all you need is a good shield to get you through the game, and you can get one that blocks 100% damage early on. I actually haven't died as much as I expected. A lot of it just has to do with being very cautious and alert, and studying every enemy you fight so that even if they kill you, they'll never kill you again.
Even the traps that catch you off guard (the traps are usually very obvious) give you plenty of time to react to save your life. Anyway it also doesn't hurt to learn at least one spell, though spells seem to divide the difficulty unless you perhaps go FULL WIZARD. But nobody ever goes full wizard. Tower of Latria, part 2. OH MAN. The swamp area. Chills were going up and down my spine. Those things are the worst creation ever. Surely you know what I mean if you've been there. LA Noire sounds like it's selling entirely for its gimmick. All I hear are people intrigued by the technology involved... but I'm never immediately impressed by that stuff. It has to be properly executed. That's not to say it won't be. I just don't expect much. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 14 May 2011, 16:06:10 I'm more excited for the setting, style, and story of L.A. Noire than I am for the technology, but that certainly isn't hurting. And from what I hear, it's executed phenomenally. Probably will pick it up when I'm not super busy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 14 May 2011, 20:35:44 I started and beat Pikmin on my Wii in two days. I remember it being tons harder when I first played it...
Regardless, I loved it so much I went ahead and ordered Pikmin 2. I can't wait to play that one again too~ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 May 2011, 23:16:10 Yeah, lol about the romance. I did the same except I just didn't get with any of the ME2 people ('cause I was with Liara in the first) but I also never really said I wasn't interested. If that picture of her is down it means you've f'ed up that relationship (we'll see how much that comes into effect in the next game). In the Shadow Broker DLC you can continue a relationship with Liara, and all that relationship stuff carries over to ME3 supposedly (which will also offer actual same-sex relationships for the first time). So I just kept up with that ship since [I put too much thought into this stuff and] story-wise the only one in ME2 I thought would be interesting was Tali, because of her story about having a crush on you since the first game. Also, the Jack thing was kind of cool but just didn't fit with how I imagined my Shepard entirely, but it would've been cool. While I like the actress that voiced and was the model for Miranda, I found that character lacked just that-- And since I'm not actually attracted to these computer generated images her "looks" weren't a factor. Romance in Dragon Age: Origins sucks compared to Mass Effect in a few ways including the fact that I don't find the Dragon Age world immersive enough to care, but the main way is simply because Mass Effect doesn't have the approval system that Dragon Age does. I find the approval thing only adds annoyance to the game, instead of... name a good thing that it could theoretically add. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 May 2011, 04:12:47 If that picture of her is down it means you've f'ed up that relationship (we'll see how much that comes into effect in the next game). I did, and I did so on purpose, is what I meant to imply. I kind of gave in, simply thinking that the end result would be more interesting. I suspect there will be a big fight or something and one of the characters (probably Liara) or maybe both will leave the party and/or die somehow and I don't think it will be much of a big deal given the mass amount of party members there actually are, plus I intend to do another complete playthrough... sometime. And since I'm not actually attracted to these computer generated images her "looks" weren't a factor. Of course. Nor do I really see myself as my character even though I named him after me. I was just thinking, "My Shepard is too 'perfect' anyway." I don't really want to be a customer of EA at all so I might not even get Mass Effect 3, and I haven't gotten Dragon Age. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 17 May 2011, 21:34:02 I don't really want to be a customer of EA at all so I might not even get Mass Effect 3 I'm not really sure what that means unless you're trying to say that ME2 was a disappointment for you. I personally don't care for how EA decides to sell games on the PC for $60 when they've always been $50 for the most part. I thought ME2 had a lot of improvements over the first one especially with the more developed characters (not that they weren't fully developed in the first), though I found ME2's plot to be weaker. I just hope they put in some more RPG elements in ME3 and work on the dialogue system or at least the choices you have to make. I never found any decision to be difficult in ME1-2 unless I was purposely trying to play as an asshole. I mean I understand how much work is put into making the branching dialogue trees but ultimately they all seem to produce the same result. (with the exception of some parts of the game) I bought The Witcher for $5 on Steam about 3 weeks ago and just started playing it. While the writing and production values aren't that great, the way it makes you handle choices is exactly what I would've liked to see in Mass Effect. While you don't get a plethora of dialogue options, each choice you make never seems to have a completely positive outcome; there's a consequence for everything. I preordered and got The Witcher 2. For the first time I ended up buying a sequel without finishing the preceding game. Besides reading a lot about the features n stuff I decided to get it because it was $45 and DRM free thanks to Good Old Games. I'm in no rush to start playing it since I'm enjoying The Witcher 1 quite a bit. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 May 2011, 23:10:56 You just stated my exact opinion of Mass Effect 2.
The thing is, I would love to play Mass Effect 3, but... I don't want to be a customer of EA. Any other means of playing it sends the wrong message. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 May 2011, 00:34:21 Playing L.A. Noire now, it's pretty good. Interrogating people was a pain in the ass at first (I kept #####ing up everything), but now I'm getting the hang of it. Controls feel a bit... clunky though. Other than that I really like it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 19 May 2011, 09:27:24 Regarding Mass Effect: I finished the first part last week. Questions:
Without spoiling anything, what information of my savegame will be passed on to ME2? Class? Level? Or is it just people talking about my paragon ways and how I did that blue chick? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 May 2011, 16:21:37 If anyone died they won't be in the next game. You get bonuses based on what your level was (extra experience points). You get money bonuses for mining a lot. Paragon/Renegade bonuses as well.
You can change anything from your class to your appearance, as the classes level differently and gain different abilities in this game, and they added new features to the face builder. The big decision you make at the end game seems to reflect the atmosphere of the Citadel. The main general plot (there isn't much of one) seems to be pretty much unaffected. It's possible that the compilation of decisions might have a more diverse effect on the third game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 19 May 2011, 19:10:58 That is pretty cool.
Also: Can you do it without deaths? I found it useful to get out of a tricky romance, but if it could be prevented I might actually do another play-through. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 May 2011, 22:25:05 [Spoiler]
If you're talking about the Ashley/Kaidan thing, one of them has to die. Wrex's death can be prevented though.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 20 May 2011, 00:37:28 [Spoiler] Killed Ashley. Wrex lives, but I consider him a rather pointless character.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2011, 02:52:08 Mass Effect 2 takes place mostly in the Terminus systems (i.e. the half of the galaxy you didn't go to in ME1) with few returns to Alliance space, so the decisions made in the first game only slightly effect the second. I underline "second" because there is no telling what Mass Effect 3 will incorporate, or how two decisions might effect each other and so one.
BioWare has stated that since Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter, the story can go pretty much in any direction. One of the strangleholds of Mass Effect 2's story is that it still had to lead somewhere kind of specific, which I think was a factor in the second game having a weaker story than the first. [spoiler]Also I killed Ashley too. She is racialist. And got me out of "tricky romace" as you put it. I also saved Wrex. Both of these only effect the second game for few scenes, but I can see it making an overall difference in the long run.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 May 2011, 03:18:43 [spoiler]I boned Ashley in the first game, killed Kaiden (thought he was boring) and saved everyone else.
Bitched her out when I saw her in ME2. Hooked up with Tali, sticking with her through ME3. Also, I'm VERY displeased that ME2 starts AFTER the events of the ME2 DLC! Like, if you didn't buy the ME2 DLC, (specifically The Arrival) you'll be lost as to why everyone is pissed at Shep.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2011, 03:35:15 John, put some spoiler tags up there. One for the ME1 stuff, and a second ME2 since WS hasn't played it yet.
Anyway the only ME2 DLC I really know about other than Zaeed bull are Kasumi and Lair Of The Shadow Broker, which were great. Kasumi stuff is during ME2 and LotSB was after so it it well for me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 May 2011, 06:01:50 They released the last ME2 DLC some time ago called "Arrival", which was a bit meh... it was alright, but nowhere near as good as Lair of the Shadow Broker. And apparently the intro to ME3 involves the events of Arrival... so if someone didn't get it and gets ME3 they might be confused...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 May 2011, 07:58:50 I'm having a lot of fun with LA Noire. It's a really different type of game for Rockstar, despite having all the familiar aspects. I mentioned to Mike on Facebook that it reminds me a lot of the Pheonix Wright games, which is great. The facial expression technology is absolutely amazing and it's great recognizing actors throughout the game. If you watch Mad Men, you're gonna' really be in for some treats.
I'm not too far yet, but so far I feel I can recommend it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 May 2011, 16:40:04 Yeah I didn't mention it but I think my new thing is gonna be to watch and episode of Game Of Thrones and then immediately play Dragon Age. So I'm wondering if this might work; Watch an episode of Boardwalk Empire and then immediately play L.A. Noire. Not the same timeframe really, and a completely different coast, but I think you see what I'm getting at. I just wish there was a demo for it on XBox so I could try it out. I might rent it, but I'm probably safe just buying it like I did for Red Dead Redemption.
Just a note: Rockstar only published the game, it was actually developed by Team Bondi or whatever. Anyway I'll probably get the "Arrival" download for Mass Effect 2 before I play Mass Effect 3. I'm interested in the DLC that connects the two games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 May 2011, 18:48:50 Ha, I thought I was the only one who did the related TV-show/videogame thing. I switched back and forth from Deadwood to Red Dead Redemption back when that came out, and I was talking cowboy-style for weeks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 28 May 2011, 02:45:34 I beat amnesia, Finally. Friggin Choir was so intimidating with an enemy literally around every corner. Me and my brother played through Amnesia together... So good! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 28 May 2011, 11:45:37 ME2 has really drawn me in and I am only half way through. Most gameplay changes make the whole experience smoother and the graphics improvement and how it still runs very well at decent FPS on my 5 year old machine are impressive.
I imported my Infiltrator from the first game and was surprised; There's actually a lot of decisions carried over and some old faces too. [spoiler]But Liara has become a huge bitch and I am honestly considering to replay the first game only to avoid romancing her and pick up Tali instead. Tali (and maybe Yeoman Kelly) seem to be the only crewmembers who care about Shepherd before he starts flirting (except for Garrus) and I don't want to get ##### from Liara in the third game about Tali. So I guess, I will do that and maybe try another class while I'm at it. Infiltrator is fun, but I keep forgetting my cloak or only use it as a damage boost, so I might aswell play a soldier. I'm also open for suggestions.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 May 2011, 15:25:21 My first time through I went and romanced Ashley (horribly regret that), and then the second time through I ended up avoiding her and Liara, then went for Tali in ME2.
As for what class to play, I suggest Adept or Vanguard... Biotics are pretty fun to use , though in ME2 they're not nearly as broken as the first, but still pretty fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 May 2011, 23:28:45 The tactical cloak is amazing if upgraded fully to the assassination cloak, for use with sniper rifles. I played Infiltrator as well (obviously). What I like most about it, other than it's amazing abilities, is that none of the other characters on your team are that class. So Shepard is rarely superfluous.
Also Lair Of The Shadowbroker cleaned up Liara's attitude for me. I mean she's not really being a bitch she's working on something big. She HAD been searching for Shepard for the two years in between ME and ME2. I think her character's slight shifts were more detailed OUTSIDE the games, in comic minis and such. I'm not interested in replaying any Mass Effect game at all until I'm finished the third one, THEN I might go back and start all over with a different commander, and maybe I'll go the Tali route that time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 May 2011, 05:46:18 Finally finished up L.A. Noire...
Massive Ending spoilers: [spoiler] ... well, Cole dying was a bit... depressing, I guess. Wasn't expecting that to happen. Also Roy Earle is a #####ing dickhole. [/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 29 May 2011, 10:52:35 I've spent the whole of yesterday bombing my ME1 New Game Plus to the end again. The game is much shorter if you stick to the main plot. Hit Level 60 on the way, which made for some more nifty imported goodies too.
Oh yes, and I caved and bought the Aegis DLC, because that bolt-action sniper rifle was really pissing me off and I didn't want to wait for the semi-automatic one from Thane's recruitment mission. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2011, 23:22:21 There's a point in ME2 where you can get one of three upgrades to Shepard;
-Assault Rifle proficiency -Shotgun proficiency -Sniper Rifle proficiency Depending on what glass you are, you might already have some (or all in the case of a soldier) of these, so instead you get to pick a weapon of that type. As an Infiltrator I already had Sniper Rifle proficiency. However, I figured assault rifles would've been a game breaker, and I didn't care enough about shotguns for the way I played so I picked up one of (if not THE) best sniper rifles in the game. WORTH IT, bitch. The thing is basically supposed to have enough kickback to tear off a human arm, so only Shepard and Legion can use it, but it is strong as a brick ##### house. There is, of course, a sniper rifle with a better rate of fire but that's really moot when it still takes at least three shots from it to kill anything. Plus the Assassination Cloak bonuses added made it a must have. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 30 May 2011, 23:41:14 That anti-material rifle -is- fancy. It knocks out most targets in one shot -and- carries more ammo than the bolt-operated Mantis. Only 10 shots, that's nothing considering the size of the enemy squads, unless you want to charge into their lines in the middle of the fire fight to scavenge ammo...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 May 2011, 01:09:49 I rarely NEED it, so while i didn't have a ton of shots it made up for that in raw firepower. Plus Mass Effect 2 is lousy with thermal clips. It's like the bad guys actually have ammo inside them for you to shoot out of them.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 May 2011, 07:27:22 I love that friggin gun. I went Infiltrator on my first playthrough of ME2 and I start every fight from a distance obliterating with that thing.
Second playthrough: Vangaurd. CHARGE! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 June 2011, 01:14:49 It's especially useful near the end of the game when those platforms come in with really strong baddies waiting on them. At one point you can use it to take out two mega strong geth what are clustered, so your party doesn't suffer deaths (as you're probably not even using your strongest people in that section).
Sniping was also really helpful in Kasumi's loyalty mission, which was one of my favourite missions in the game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 2 June 2011, 05:01:13 I chose Assault Rifle proficiency and then I never used it... so bad choice for me. I would always run up to enemies and pulverize them. I was even pretty bold with tactical cloak when I switched over to Infiltrator.
I finished Demon's Souls, by the way. It's jumped up to high on my list of action RPGs. Portal 2 will be a perfect change of pace. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 5 June 2011, 04:08:09 So. Demon's Souls. I beat the first boss and regained my health bar. When I went to the second world I decided to get a blue phantom to help me out but then someone invaded my game and killed both of us. I'm back at half of my maximum health :(.
I heard that each world gets harder when you die; is it noticeable immediately or is it a slow gradual change? edit: I finished The Witcher 2. One of the choices you can make in the game, causes the part of the storyline to go in a completely different direction from the other choice (different quests, location, and even side quests). I just started a second playthrough right after my first. I didn't feel very good about any of the choices I made in the game -- this is exactly how I hope choices are handled in Mass Effect 3. (hope that the paragon renegade system gets tweaked or removed). Most fun I had in an RPG since...well Mass Effect 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 June 2011, 18:05:14 It only really gets harder when die THREE times, and in body form ONLY.
Then you'll notice a change in difficulty. All it really means is enemies take more hits to kill and you take less hits to die. Your health bar will be even smaller and the enemies will be even stronger. I'll tell you what I did, I collected the thief's ring and the cling ring from 1-1. The cling ring makes you gain back some max HP in soul form. The Thief's Ring makes it a lot harder for you to be outnumbered and killed, because you're actually invisible to enemies up to a fairly close distance. Casting Cloak boosts this and helps you to sneak attack some of the tougher enemies. You can get through the game fairly easily with that combo alone. Anyway if you actually kill your body in the Nexus so that it doesn't affect World Tendency elsewhere (dying is -1 and pure black World Tendency is when you get to -4). That way the World Tendency will only keep going up as you kill the bosses, NPC black phantoms, and optional bosses and stuff and the enemies will only get less tough. (They still get a lot tougher with each progression into the area anyway.) The only thing is you miss out on the thrill of being invaded by black phantom players (you can't be invaded in soul form), and some of those fights can be pretty epic (though mostly if you're new to the game, they're pretty one-sided and you get your ass kicked). I think there's only one area where you can be invaded in Soul Form, and it's actually really cool when/if it happens. I don't want to spoil it if it ever happens to you (network was down when I did it so I got nothing) but I was really impressed by the thinking involved there. I've found that when I got used to the feel of the game, I would join other games as a blue phantom just to play it and help kill black phantoms (which raises your CHARACTER tendency, which makes your HP even higher as it stacks on top of world tendency), without worry about losing anything if I died. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 6 June 2011, 19:15:47 Yes I got the Thief Ring and the Cling Ring, which made not having a body much more bearable. However I've only been invaded once, and it was when I invited a Blue Phantom over. Can Black Phantoms join my game as long as I'm alive or only when I invite a Blue Phantom?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 June 2011, 22:16:54 You know, I've heard and watched a lot of that game but I've never heard anyone actually call it "fun" yet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 June 2011, 20:11:11 I won't advocate a game that I do not believe is fun.
There were some not fun parts but those parts were entirely optional. You can break the game by putting points to magic and using Soul Ray the entire time. That is the one big negative I can speak of. There is also SOME farming in this game that you don't have to participate in to succeed. Still, I think it's got superior gameplay to Oblivion in that all weapons have different and more complex animations, some more difficult to master than others. With Oblivion, because you can switch to first person, there's less of feeling like you're fighting with a sword and more like you're lining up a crosshair and hitting R1, and hoping your attack is in range. (If you haven't played Oblivion, think melee weapons in Fallout 3 for my example instead. It's pretty much the same.) It's complex, but not nearly as complex as having to pick and choose so many different things and read a tonne of words just to figure out how to play your character. Demon's Souls just shoves you into the game. All you need to know is that there's four types of physical damage (and some weapons do two different types depending on R1 or R2) and then there's magic damage and fire damage. Status effects are bleeding, poison, and plague. You use your head to figure out which enemies are weak to blunt damage, slashing damage, or piercing damage, or magic or fire damage. PVP can be nasty if you're not prepared to be ambushed by delevelled players who WILL invade your game and kill you if you're not prepared. I didn't like the idea of this so I played offline, but when I got into the game I found myself wanting to play with other people, which is ridiculous because I hate online gaming with a passion. All of the stuff that makes the game difficult makes it unique at the same time. I've never wandered through an action RPG thinking like I could die at any moment, I'd just pause the game and go through my endless supply of potions or stim packs or whatever. Not so in Demon's Souls. You have to always be ready. If you die, you know what you need to prepare for next time. I think it was definitely worth buying. I just wish the story was a LITTLE more prevalent, with maybe slightly more character interaction. Most of what you gather about the world seems to be from rare item descriptions. There were also a few short wordless cutscenes. I could have done with a few more of those. I'd also really like to have known more about the reason for the ending:[spoiler]Why King Allant was such a pussy bitch. He was very vague in his reasoning for wanting the destruction of the world.[/spoiler] I remember hating the music originally, now I think it's perfect. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 June 2011, 22:56:31 I'd watched my girlfriend's brother play it when it was new, and while I can see that all the stuff you said is true I think I'm better off just watching it be played, really. I might try it down the road but I don't have a PS3 right now anyway.
Next one looks cool(er). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 8 June 2011, 23:14:13 Can Black Phantoms join my game as long as I'm alive or only when I invite a Blue Phantom? Sorry didn't notice this question. As long as you're alive, they can invade, but not if you're offline. I'm gonna pre-order Dark Souls. I just started Oblivion, not that into it yet but I'm getting that it's gonna be a lot of what I got out of Fallout 3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 9 June 2011, 06:34:59 Can Black Phantoms join my game as long as I'm alive or only when I invite a Blue Phantom? It's a forum, it's not like I'm setting a timer for replies to my questions! I'm still playing Demon's Souls so I'm not sure about Dark Souls yet but it does look very similar (combat and interface wise) with a dash of more color. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 June 2011, 00:03:44 Just decided to rent L.A. Noire.
I just can't buy it yet because I know I won't be able to really play for a while but at least I can get a taste of the sticky. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 17 June 2011, 03:02:51 Finished Lair of the Shadow Broker today. You guys were right, it does save Liara's character. In the end she genuinely made my smile.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 17 June 2011, 04:45:29 Finished Lair of the Shadow Broker today. You guys were right, it does save Liara's character. In the end she genuinely made my smile. hehe Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 17 June 2011, 09:56:55 Finished Lair of the Shadow Broker today. You guys were right, it does save Liara's character. In the end she genuinely made my smile. No, I didn't romance her. Whatever she says when you don't is actually more smile-worthy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 June 2011, 06:11:02 L.A. Noire was sick.
However I got up to the third disk (XBox 360) during the 3 days I rented it for, which seems pretty quick. Can anyone let me know if the third disk is like a lot longer than the first two or something? If not I could just get away with renting it again and finishing it up. Basically the third disk kicks in after the first Vice case, for anyone playing it on PS3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 June 2011, 06:50:19 I think the game is just shorter than you were expecting - I'm also on the third disc (only did the first case on it so far) and I haven't had a lot of free time lately. Can't wait to finish it, but I've been taking such huge breaks in between game sessions that I'm starting to lose interest.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Slugkid on 18 June 2011, 15:32:05 I hate it when that happens. I end up starting a new game since I forget #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 June 2011, 17:19:01 It's about a 15-20 hour game if I remember right.
And if you just did the first case on disc 3.. you've got about uh... 8 cases left? Maybe less, I can't remember. I started to lose interest right at the end of the Vice desk, and then it took me a few days to finally boot it up again and finish it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 June 2011, 01:31:53 I'm not as into Vice as Homicide, plus as much as your partner on Homicide was an ape, I haven't liked the Vice guy much since he showed up during Traffic. But we'll see.
I know this is really stupid, but I'm at least glad to see some black people in the game finally. OK that's ridiculous, but it's true. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 28 June 2011, 20:01:19 By now, I have pretty much all achievements in Mass Effect 2 except the difficulty-related ones. I usually play on normal, but I could up the ante. I did Haestrom on Hardcore just now for the Geth Pulse Rifle.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 June 2011, 21:17:38 Insanity isn't too bad until Horizon and the Collector Ship... then it's just annoying as #####.
Easiest way to beat it would be using a Soldier or Infiltrator so you can grab the upgraded Sniper Rifle. Made the game so much easier. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 June 2011, 04:26:07 Playing Soldier is easy-little-tiny-baby-mode and I refuse.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 June 2011, 22:55:59 Cave Story on DSi Ware. WHY THE HELL IS BLOOD STAINED SANCTUARY SO #####ING HARD?! More to the point why the ##### is that the ONLY way to finish unlocking the jukebox? Other than that awesome game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 July 2011, 21:16:04 Right.
So this weekend my girlfriend and I were gonna finish L.A. Noire together, so we rented it. The guy at the place said they had sort of rent one get the second half-price thing going on so I rented Brink as the second game. Got in, we played a bit of L.A. Noire and then I decided to check out Brink. I open the case... And Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II is inside. I'm not big into FPSs, regardless of it's hype, so I went back to (I don't want to use it's real name in case they get offended so let's just say it rhymes with:) Schmogers Schmideo and long-annoying-story -I-already-typed-then-decided-to-not-bore-you-with, they didn't have it. They give you the option of a credit to your account or a different game so I rented Homefront. I knew nothing about it so when I saw it was an FPS about Korea taking over the United States I felt I wasted my time and could have just kept CoD: MW2. I had been duped by a really slick cover design and the promise of rebellion. Anyhow the game is fun I guess, but here's the kicker; I finished in the story in less than six to eight hours. I'm sure there's online business but if I can't be arsed to get a Gold account on XBox Live for games I actually loved, why would I for this? I don't know if (or think that) anyone here's played Homefront much, but I wouldn't BUY it at all. It is literally SEVEN It controls exactly like Borderlands (which I tried at my friend's place on Friday) and looks like a weird futür-ISH Call Of Duty 3, but it seems like Borderlands knows it's kind of low-rent and plays it up in a fun way, and Call Of Duty probably doesn't drop you like a fat boyfriend. Do not buy this game full price. Rent or wait or something. Anyone else play it, or can anyone who may have played Brink let me know if it's any good? While at Schmogers the second time I noticed Brink was made by Bethesda, which only made me want to try it more. Thankfully, I have the Arson desk of L.A. Noire to play. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 July 2011, 04:57:42 I heard Brink was disappointing, but that's not really my bag anyway so I'm not the guy to talk to.
Never ever cared for FPS games (save for the rare exception like Half-Life 2 or Metroid Prime) but I can tell you the bulk of their demographic ONLY play the games online. They don't care about single-player campaign modes, and thus the developers don't put any real effort into that stuff. That being said, I think seven hours for a game is... well, worth my money. Maybe I have different values. I beat Portal 2 in one sitting of eight hours (it was right after finals and I was determined to make use of my newly acquired limited free time before starting production on my student film) and I never once felt cheated. Of course, that game was exceptionally well-made and it also had a co-op mode to delve into afterwards. In the same vein, though, most of the games I buy are generally short, and if they last much longer I lose interest. Still never beat Red Dead Redemption and I think I bailed on LA Noire after getting to Vice (still want to finish it, though.) I think you're just saying Homefront wasn't a very good game, length notwithstanding. In which case, sure. Then I'm with you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 4 July 2011, 06:15:04 From a genre fan:
There haven't been many FPS games truly worth playing in a long time (only something like 7-8 in the last ten years, compared to at least 15-20 in the five years before that). The genre's just stagnated. I'll spare you the obnoxiously elitist anti-console-FPS tirade, but in short I blame Halo (there's more to it than that, but it's certainly the biggest target). As for single-player vs. multiplayer in FPS games: that's something that's slowly degenerated over time as well. I think the biggest reason it started that degeneration is horrible enemy AI in the late '90s, right as the genre (as a whole, not just the really big games like Doom) was beginning to see a respectable player count. No challenge in SP -> take it online, find some people around your level -> much more fun, not to mention team modes (my favourite example: Starsiege Tribes CTF) bringing the competitive aspect to a whole new level. It's sort of a shame losing most of the extended campaigns, but it's easy to see how it happened. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 July 2011, 04:25:00 Hold on. It's not that Homefront was sort in HOURS, sorry. It's that the game FEELS short, i.e. I've played shorter games that felt longer and more satisfying. I wouldn't care if it only took TWO hours if the two hours had been properly structured. Looking around online, that seems to the be the generally consensus on this game.
The game is actually pretty fun, and the AI is pretty good. It's unfortunately flawed in story however, since every mission has no climax and just builds up to the NEXT mission, which in turn all build up to the LAST mission, which just sort of ends when it ends and you're left kind of dangling for a purpose. Basically it's problem is was written like a movie instead of a game, which isn't really a surprise when you figure out the plot is basically Red Dawn except with Korea instead of U.S.S.R. and that it was written by the guy what WROTE Red Dawn. I finished L.A. Noire today and not shockingly it was amazing. It's worth getting through the initial skepticism that comes with changing to the Vice desk, Alec. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 July 2011, 04:52:09 Don't worry, I'll power through it. The biggest problem is that I've been insanely busy since buying the game. It's a wonder I've even made it to Vice yet. The free time I have is all on set, which made it easier for me to play Ocarina of Time on my 3DS, snce that's portable and easily playable in short spurts.
Anyway, I believe Homefront is on sale for $25 on Steam. Only saying because it's relevant, but then again you said nobody should really shell out money for it... so... irrelevant? The Steam Summer Sale is killing me, though. On stupid-consumer-impulse, I already bought the entire Rockstar collection for $40 and Just Cause 2 for $5. My computer won't run some of the games, but I knew that going in - I'm expecting to buy a new (more powerful) computer sometime soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 5 July 2011, 07:33:20 You dont even neccesarily need a gaming pc these days w/ how long this current generation lasting. A decent $500 HP or Dell could run most modern games at playable framerates.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 July 2011, 18:55:50 I've got a particularly #####ty graphics card.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 17 July 2011, 22:49:04 Just got Maveric Hunter X for my PSP. Haven't started playing yet, but will be soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 July 2011, 04:20:09 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Majikn/SOON.png)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 July 2011, 21:07:28 I've been playing the ##### out of Torchlight. Great, simple dungeon crawler. Reminds me of Taskmaker from my childhood, except this game doesn't suck amazing amounts of dick.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 July 2011, 22:42:47 Weirdly, I've been playing The Sims 3...
It was on my computer when I bought it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 July 2011, 01:16:02 My best efforts at Cave Story get me to the boss in Hell in about 2:45. I can't even come close to beating the #####er before 4:00. I had to put it down. I don't think I'll ever unlock the rest of the sound test. MOTHER #####ER!!!!
*shakes fist* I picked up Children of Mana, and I have to say, it's not too bad. Certainly the first Mana game after Secret of Mana that isn't total ass that I've seen. I've got about 15 hours in and I'm only on chapter 3. GRINDING FOR THE WIN! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 July 2011, 03:52:15 Literally.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Professor Hazard on 27 July 2011, 18:28:17 I've been neck-deep in Terraria for the past week or so. At first I didn't think I'd like it, but then full-on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder set in, and, well.
c a n ' t s t o p c a n ' t s l e e p Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 28 July 2011, 18:57:45 Once I get my video card back I'll look into picking up Amnesia Dark Decent. Been wanting to give that a go for a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 July 2011, 03:36:36 It's worth it on sale. Not for the full $20, IMHO.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 July 2011, 14:03:06 I'm getting the disc version, because ##### paying for digital versions.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 July 2011, 16:15:43 Even of a PC game?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 31 July 2011, 21:54:17 I beat "Adventure" mode in Peggle last night. ##### all y'all!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 August 2011, 14:13:35 Even of a PC game? What part of ##### DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION didn't you catch son? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 August 2011, 18:06:50 I don't remember what this conversation is about but they have digital distribution on all three major consoles, too, and I really hope that was relevant!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 3 August 2011, 00:13:07 I'm playing a lowish level run on Mario RPG! And I'm balancing Ocarina of Time 3DS, Pokemon Black and a few others here and there.
EDIT- LMAO!! I just jumped on a goomba!! RAAAANDOM LOL :) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 14 August 2011, 08:22:31 I periodically wander on Mabinogi. My problem with MMOs is that there's always an OPTIMAL PATH and if you don't do it you might as well reroll your character because RUINED FOREVER, which eh. Mabi mostly lacks that, but there's a couple of things I "have" to do (like rank up certain skills that are impossible to complete if you get too strong too fast) that are unreasonably grindy, even for an MMO, so I haven't progressed much at all.
Right now, playing Animal Crossing: Wild World, which, while fun, gets a bit out of hand, primarily since I'm getting the feeling I'm caught in a turf war between three gangs, one run by Nook's raccoon mafia, the second a racket between Lyle and Redd, and a mysterious third one headed by Lily the frog who lives in my village and keeps sending me off with enigmatic packages and errands and earlier today she handed me a gift and told me not to think too hard about where it came from. Then I accidentally bullied someone else into giving me their carpet for free. I'm a bit scared. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 August 2011, 14:15:20 That game sounds AWESOME. I'd be such a renegade.
I've been systematically adding time to all the Humble Bundle games, as well as playing Burnout Paradise (got it from the Origin store), Dirt 3 (got it in a trade online), the first 2 STALKER games, and the occasional Just Cause 2 and Portal 2. I have too many games to play.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 August 2011, 21:35:15 I'm not gonna lie - I bought a MS points card the other day and I've blown a good amount of it on stuff for my avatar...who is now wearing a Green Lantern t-shirt and is playing with a Voltron toy.
I'm a little annoyed with myself, because I forgot that Section 8: Prejudice existed, so I'll probably just pick up Ms. Spolsion Man. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 August 2011, 00:50:31 My friend lent me Borderlands.
It's OK. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 August 2011, 03:19:45 Yeah, that's pretty much what I'd say about it too.
Apparently they announced a sequel or something... not really interested in it though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 16 August 2011, 04:08:45 Yeah, I didn't care for Borderlands too much. Everything required ten billion bullets and an hour to kill as your health barely drains. Not too interested in the sequel either.
I've been playing a bunch of older games, mostly because I'm on vacation and only brought my DS with me. Playing Final Fantasy VI right now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 August 2011, 04:00:26 Burnout Paradise is so much fun. Best racing game I've played, methinks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 August 2011, 05:56:09 I got Amnesia and the Penumbra Collection for $33.46 (CAD)!
I'm on Episode II of Penumbra right now. Playing them all up in order. The first game... not so good. It didn't have much in the way of explaining anything, but you could draw some conclusions based on the texts you would find. The combat mechanics sucked (you weren't really supposed to engage anything in combat anyway, so keep that in mind), Some of the puzzles were kind of weird, in the sense that I would give up and use a guide a few times to figure out what to do. (For example I don't understand why you need an ignition key in a remote console to operate a giant moving vehicle...) Also the atmosphere just lost its touch after a while. I'll still maintain that it's a good game to introduce people to the engine, especially for people like me who are entirely new to the adventure/survival horror stuff, but if you've already played Amnesia and feel like playing Penumbra, you won't miss much by starting with Black Plague. The gameplay with Black Plague so far seems just leagues better. There's MUCH more of a sense of danger and a necessity for stealth. The atmosphere is really unnerving. The story is absolutely delightful. Despite that it's completely scientifically implausible, just the concept of what's happening to the main character is so cool to me... I just think it was explained in the wrong way. I Am Legend (the book) described vampires with a compelling science, the same COULD have potentially been done for the Tuurngait, but that's a minor thing anyway. There's also a character in it that I really like. He makes me laugh, despite (and probably because) he's a huge jerk. I'm not too far in it because I'm too freaked out to play, so don't take this as my final word yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 August 2011, 12:46:01 Burnout Paradise is so much fun. Best racing game I've played, methinks. It's one of my favorites. Insane speed, tight control, easy to play and just open. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 August 2011, 22:03:37 Yeah, I didn't care for Borderlands too much. Everything required ten billion bullets and an hour to kill as your health barely drains. Not too interested in the sequel either. I've not encountered that at all, but maybe I'm not far enough in. I have fun playing it, I just recognize it's not amazing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 August 2011, 02:55:07 Mike, are you playing on the 360?
Also, the game is totally designed to be played with friends. Solo, the game is pretty weak. With 3 other people it's awesome because it scales the enemies to be stronger and you need to use each individual's powers to take them down. Unless everyone is a soldier, then you just take turns deploying healing turrets. Or if everyone is Berserker. Thousands of exploding, fire, acid, and electric punches kills anything in the game. Especially if spec'd to heal and have dash punching. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 August 2011, 04:20:50 360. I originally tried it splitscreen with another friend and it sucked real hard so I suppose you mean it's designed to be played with friends online, which I don't have much interest in. I get that though, but it's not an option for me right now.
It's entertaining enough alone for a borrowed game. I'm playing as the Siren. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 August 2011, 12:20:41 She's second best right after soldier, in my opinion, because SMGs are some of the best weapons in the game.
It also works over LAN. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 August 2011, 23:07:20 Yeah. I never play as "soldier" in anything. It's always the most boring route and it's straight easy mode. I really don't see the appeal.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 August 2011, 02:22:40 Eh, I used Soldier, since my friends were already using the other guys and apparently nobody wanted the same people running around. Soldier is a great support/medic though.. although of course if you're playing solo there's no point to it.
I went and started a 2nd file solo as a Siren like a year ago and had a blast... up until around the halfway point of the game. Then I got bored and stopped playing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 August 2011, 02:45:58 The soldier comment was in general, not specific to Borderlands, yeah. I have a friend who only plays soldier in anything (including Mass Effect) and I just can't wrap my head around it. I mean I GET that it's probably because he's in the military but it still seems like an incredibly boring modality.
I'm currently doing bull##### for Crazy Earl, not sure how far along that is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 22 August 2011, 06:31:09 Currently playing Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Played as both Aqua and Terra so far. I collected all the items and did everything for Aqua and am now going back and getting all the same things for Terra before I play as Ventus.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 August 2011, 03:36:04 Thanks to Hurricane Irene, my apartment didn't have power for two days. My girlfriend, roommate, and I played The Game of Life by candle and flashlight.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 30 August 2011, 08:17:14 I think I've been on the internet too long. The first thing I thought was 'wow, that would take forever without a computer' - but then I remembered you're talking about the actual boardgame Game of Life, not Conway's Game of Life.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 September 2011, 04:15:11 I got and finished Portal while it was free recently. I'd say hit me up on my new Steam account but I can't add friends yet.
Also got Team Fortress 2, which is lovely. Been playing the first Phoenix Wright off and on. And my girlfriend and I started playing Pokémon together--I'm playing Fire Red and she's playing Leaf Green. We started watching the old cartoon too for laughs but we'll probably quit that soon as it's not really good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 10 October 2011, 16:52:59 Dark Souls is here, and I am playing it. And it is fully amazing so far. A lot of things were improved from Demon's Souls, even.
I just wish you could invite specific players to your world. I also finally got a chance to buy Ico/Shadow of the Colossus, the PS3 remake. I tested the disc to make sure it was alright, but I'll get back to it... later. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 October 2011, 21:00:14 Oh man that's gotta be awesome.
I just played through the new Portal 2 DLC with Majikn last night. Interesting puzzles. Also been playing Darksiders and the Battlefield 3 beta, which closed today. And Dirt 3. And Trackmania 2: Canyon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 10 October 2011, 21:11:38 Trackmania 2 is so awesome.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 October 2011, 03:05:55 I've been trying out this game called APB Reloaded. It's in "beta" still but it's basically like GTA mixed with TF2, in a sense... Massively multiplayer Red vs. Blue GTA/Saints Row style 3rd person shooter, basically. Red team is criminals and Blue team is cops. Mega customizable and pretty cool and Free To Play with few limits that you can pay to remove.
I'm hoping this'll keep me until Saints Row The Third comes out next month, but I might keep playing beyond that if all goes well. Now, I'm still trying to find a way to make the game NOT lag so much I get plugged by everyone during missions and SUCK, but if anyone's been playing this or is interested I'd roll with youz; My character is an Enforcer (cops) named Collymore, my account is mccollymore. Also I forgot to mention that my Steam account is mcCOLLYMORE, if anyone wants to play TF2. Though I know I'm late to that party, and I'm not sure if I'll lag there as well or not because I've only been playing bots so far. Still can't add friends because I haven't BOUGHT anything on Steam yet, so I don't know if it'll even work. Aaannd I've been playing Pokemon FireRed "with" my girlfriend (she's been playing LeafGreen) and naming my Pokemon after Shakespearean characters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 11 October 2011, 14:23:40 I picked up Tony Hawk: Shread for myself and DJ Hero 2 for my girlfriend, as there was a sale the other day over at Big Lots. Scored both games for $16 each - I've wanted to try the latest Tony Hawk games, but there was no way in hell I was going to pay full price for something everyone said was mediocre at best.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 October 2011, 05:07:30 I love DJ Hero.
ASR, I'm johncarllos on Trackmania 2. That game is absurdly fun and good challenge. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 October 2011, 15:27:57 I beat Gears of War 3 last night. Excellent ending to a great trilogy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 12 October 2011, 17:00:35 I thought the ending was a'ight.
Still just typical GEARS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 October 2011, 17:48:42 Aliens Infestation for DS. It's not quite the Metroid style adventure I'd read it was, but its not bad, and it's hard. You can't just shoot and win. Controls aren't quite what I'd like them to be (specifically not being able to pause to change weapons) but it's still quite playable. One thing I don't like is the fact you don't have lives persey so much as each team member is kind of like your supply of 1ups. If you die, another squad member takes over where you dropped dead. You can "recruit" more marines to fill up you team of 4 but unless you die and lose one, they don't actually join you. I would have liked to have seen you be able to collect them all and swap your party out. Also on that note, all the marines play exactly the same and have the same skills and weapons. It would have been really cool to have some have more health, move faster, be able to use certain weapons etc etc. I think it would have added a TON of depth.
But all that aside, I think I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Aliens or a good Metroidish type game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 28 October 2011, 16:22:42 I just Platinum Trophy'd Dark Souls and am now moving onto Kirby's Return to Dreamland, which is absolutely fantastic.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 October 2011, 16:37:45 BATTLEFIELD 3 UP IN THIS BITCH.
Gorgeous game. Been running it maxed out and holding 40fps. Gonna have to tone it down a bit in bigger levels, but hoooo dog it's nice. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 29 October 2011, 02:24:18 Kirby's Return to Dreamland. HOLY ##### BEST KIRBY GAME I EVER PLAYED.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 October 2011, 05:04:46 You and your hype.
I'm pretty much done with Kirby. It's not for me. I think I should have realized that sooner than I did, but I'm glad I didn't buy Epic Yarn and I won't be buying this one. I don't think that they're BAD, I'm just saying. If you said Mario and Zelda are for kids I would slap you, but Kirby IS for kids. I don't know how you can argue around that. I think Sakurai himself would tell you the exact same thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 October 2011, 08:55:04 Kirby is a blast but it's also a breeze.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 October 2011, 16:22:12 Real Steel. Very meh.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 October 2011, 16:31:11 @ASR
Exactly. When I'm weighing my options about which games I want to buy, I simply can't justify getting every single game that looks interesting, and I'm definitely going to prioritize an actual challenge. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 1 November 2011, 10:00:48 You and your hype. I won't argue with you there, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a blast to play. Plus Whip ability is awesome. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 2 November 2011, 01:43:25 Playing Sonic Generations... fun game for the most part.
By far the one part of the game that just almost ruins it for me is the final boss. #####ing tedious ass final boss. Everything else is more or less fantastic though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 2 November 2011, 17:24:42 Lots of Sonic bosses are horrifically long winded battles...
I might get the 3DS version of Sonic if it gets good reviews... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 2 November 2011, 18:27:50 Sonic Generations is great. Tons of fun, it has its flaws but it's definitely the best Sonic game since Sonic Adventure 2 and it's also the first 3D Sonic that's felt like one of the old-school games.
If the 3DS one is different enough, I might even buy that one too when the price goes down. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 November 2011, 15:44:34 Is it better than Sonic Adventure 2? I liked that, but didn't like it as much as Sonic Adventure DX and I feel like if it doesn't APPROACH that game I shouldn't buy it outright.
Playing APB Reloaded, Batman: Arkham City, and Pokemon Fire Red. No substantial complaints. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 November 2011, 16:08:14 Sonic Adventure 2 has more of an grandiose scale to it - it had that "next-gen platformer" feel at the time. This one just feels like the natural next step from 2D Sonic to 3D Sonic, even if that took them over a decade to finally get right.
Basically, story is at the bare minimum and super cheesy, but kind of enjoyable. The main focus is just on the levels and gameplay, plus the visuals are gorgeous. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 6 November 2011, 11:48:42 Is it better than Sonic Adventure 2? I liked that, but didn't like it as much as Sonic Adventure DX and I feel like if it doesn't APPROACH that game I shouldn't buy it outright. Nothing will be better than Sonic Adventure 2 because they don't have chao gardens. :P Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 November 2011, 21:19:02 Hm.
You say that, yet you also saaayyyy... Mega Man 9 is the bestest game evar!!11 WHICH IS IT, XERO?!!!?! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 7 November 2011, 04:51:59 Laaaaaawyeeeeeeered.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 7 November 2011, 10:50:45 I really need to change my sig.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 November 2011, 15:34:10 As a reminder, Outrun Arcade for the Xbox 360 will be taken off XBL sometime in December (most likely the end). Get it while you still can.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 November 2011, 04:54:50 Arkham City: Sorted. It was pretty good, I still have some of the extras to do.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 November 2011, 15:41:14 Super Mario THREE DEE LAND Wa Haaaaa!!!
Loving it so far. The levels are short and sweet and a blast to play. My only gripe is the usual 3D fare for platforming of it just being hard here and there to figure out where you are or need to jump. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 November 2011, 18:23:31 Super Mario 3D Land is awesome, but it doesn't hold a candle at all to Rayman #####ing Origins.
Talk about a gorgeous surprise out of left field. The artwork and animations are incredible, and it's a joy to play. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 November 2011, 09:03:01 Agh, you're making me want games I have no intention of buying for quite a while.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 November 2011, 16:23:54 Soooo a friend of mine came into my room last night at 1:30AM with a proposition.
He had purchased the collector's edition of Skyrim for PC, with the dragon statue and artbook, soundtrack and all that hullabaloo, but the DVD drive of his PC broke, and due to his impatience, purchased the 360 version of the game. The only reason he would replace his DVD drive is to play Skyrim, which would cost him about $20+ S+H. He figured he could part with the disc, the unactivated code, and even the soundtrack disc for $40. Since he kind of owed me a favor, he dropped the price for me to $30. $30 for the Skyrim disc, an unactivated game code, the soundtrack, and the sweet map that comes with it. I could not refuse. Add Skyrim to the list of games I am currently playing. Along with DC Universe online, Dirt 3, Sonic Adventure DX for PC, Burnout Paradise PC, Trackmania 2:Canyon, Battlefield 3, and more. So many games. So little free time. My thanksgiving break will involve a LOT of catching up :) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 20 November 2011, 05:02:57 For $30, you'll DEFINITELY not be disappointed. Doubly so once the good mods come out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 November 2011, 08:11:45 Goddamnit. This game is addicting. Only 3 hours in, but It's infinitely more fun than Oblivion.
I'm not just a fetch quest little bitch now! and gameplay is FUN! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 20 November 2011, 22:16:34 I just bought it today myself, got it for 35 orso trading in crap I never play anymore.
And hell yes, it is freaking sweet. Only played about an hour though. Definitely gonna play more later. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 20 November 2011, 23:57:20 zeldaaaaaaaaaa
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 November 2011, 23:58:37 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Not nearly as bad as you'd expect, but it's a Gears of War clone that isn't particularly difficult.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 November 2011, 03:48:10 ZELDAAAAAAAA
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 November 2011, 06:59:37 Played Skyrim for 7 hours today.
Holy cow. The game is beautiful and FUN. It fixes everything I hated about Oblivion and Shouts are a blast. It is my crack. Wish I was playing Zelda, though. Also, I'm level 9 in Skyrim and have over 8000 gold. It's swell. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 November 2011, 16:33:36 There's a big Sega sale on PSN and XBLA this week. If you have a 360, get Outrun Live Arcade for 400 points before it disappears off XBLA in December FOREVER.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SacredFireman on 28 November 2011, 05:09:51 I'm playing Chrono Cross now. Yep, Chrono Cross. Not as fun as Chrono Trigger was but it seems neat overall. First time I'm playing it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 November 2011, 06:21:00 Skyrim.
Level 18. 35 hours. Had the game 8 days now. Over 30,000 gold and 10+ dragon kills. Beat the Mage College quests. Got the +30 to all Amulet from sidequesting. Side quests all over the place. Worth it. I have been to Morthal, Whiterun, Windhelm, Winterhold, and JUST got to Riften. Gotta find that dude for the chick from river wood about the dragons. Addicting. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 November 2011, 17:38:01 I beat all the Mage College quests as well, I think I'm level 25... Either way, this game is ridiculously addicting... doing the Thieves' Guild questline now. Fun, except for the fact that I messed up one tiny thing during a quest and the guy had to chew me out for it and NOT pay me my cut for it. #####ing asshole.
But aside from that its been great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 28 November 2011, 18:42:38 Playing Super Mario 3D Land. I like it quite a bit. It's definitely a mix between 3 and 64, but works. The game is pretty easy so far, but I've heard it picks up after world 8. The levels are short and sweet and have a few tricky areas, though the movement in a 3D space is STILL causing unnecessary deaths (as they always have since platformers went from 2D to 3D). I'm digging it.
Also playing Skyward Sword. I think it's probably the best 3D Zelda, but it still has a TON of little issues that bug me. I don't have any major problems with it though, it's literally just a lot of little ones, but they all add up to detract from what could have been pure magic. I'm in the desert facility right now and about 24 hours of game time under my belt so I think I can safely say I've seen what the game has to offer. Not a bad effort for the end of the year from Nintendo. Now if we could just get a non FPS or battered woman fantasy Metroid game and a new rail shooter Starfox and F-Zero and we'd be set. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 28 November 2011, 18:53:21 I'm playing the same games as you, Rez, and I think the only thing I don't like about SS so far is that Skyloft is boring. Love everything else.
Can't believe how well 3D Land has blended the elements of 2D and 3D Mario, but now I want 3D World!! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 November 2011, 02:25:28 I'm playing Skyward Sword too, and I only just got a 3DS now because of the Zelda limited edition bundle.
How can I not admit that I love this game? Then again, though, I'm now at the part where I have to return to the three different areas I've been to so far. I hope this is not as bad as I expect. The only gripe from me is, coming out of Dark Souls with a seamless world, the loading transition that occurred when I first jumped off of Skyloft made me frown a bit. But that's not really a big deal is it? It's just that... it was played up to be such an exhilarating thing but it's not. It gets better once you're actually traveling the overworld, though. I'm pretty happy and even if this game doesn't end up being everything I hoped, it's clearly got so much going for it and with the direction Nintendo's been going in I can only continue to have great expectations for what future consoles and the 3DS could do for new Zelda titles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 November 2011, 03:00:22 Skyward Sword topped Wind Waker as my favorite Zelda. (Ocarina still has the biggest place in my heart... and I think it's the best. I just always preferred Wind Waker.) That being said, we'll see how I feel in a few years when my opinions have had time to settle.
Revisiting the areas in Skyward Sword was awesome - they totally eschewed the whole stigma involved with doing that sort of thing and instead it made the whole game that much more memorable and engaging. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 November 2011, 03:43:01 I downloaded Beyond Good & Evil HD today. Holy crap this game is cool!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 November 2011, 06:25:23 Spectacular game. I used to be one of the top in the leaderboards of that game on the gamecube, when you had to take the endgame code and put it in online.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 29 November 2011, 09:08:22 Revisiting the areas in Skyward Sword was awesome - they totally eschewed the whole stigma involved with doing that sort of thing and instead it made the whole game that much more memorable and engaging. Honestly, having just started the next "dungeon", I already retract my statement. That felt like... [spoiler]An awesome mix between the twilight realm and... the big dungeons in Phantom/Spirit Tracks.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 December 2011, 22:56:09 Guys... Saints Row: The Third was great. My only issue is I blew through it because it was so much fun.
I'll catch up to you guys with Skyward Sword later in the year (I want a break from some games right now), but I wanted to mention that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 4 December 2011, 09:03:42 Been playing Skyrim a LOT. Got 60 hours down and I'm not even close to being half done.
Also just got Super Mario 3D Land and it is hella fun. I won't lie if I say I prefer it to the Galaxy games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 December 2011, 01:55:53 The first Mario Galaxy really failed to capture my interest, I'm sorry to say, so I can see why 3D Land would be better.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 December 2011, 22:35:02 Playing Ghost Trick... only done the first two chapters but MAN this game is actually really fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 22 December 2011, 02:13:41 Playing Metroid Fusion thanks to the Ambassador Program.
Holy #####, why didn't I get this game in the first place!? It's great! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 22 December 2011, 06:21:37 Metroid Fusion is a really great game. I haven't played it since it first came out and my copy has long since disappeared so I'm really looking forward to giving it another shot on the 3DS. For now, though... I'm replaying Wario Land 4. That's another lost gem.
Mario VS Donkey Kong really surprised me, too. I didn't realize it was a spiritual sequel to the old Game Boy Donkey Kong game. The graphical style is really awkward, but the gameplay is solid. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 24 December 2011, 11:50:43 Well I beat Metroid Fusion. It wasn't too hard, but some of the bosses were frustrating (##### YOU NIGHTMARE! AND ##### YOU TOO YAKUZA!) My interest in Metroid has been re-ignited. I think I'll play the original Metroid and Return of Samus followed by the Prime games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 December 2011, 03:16:07 That's actually interesting about Mario VS Donkey Kong. I saw Mario VS Donkey Kong 2 and the gameplay is different from the first, yet I assumed it was probably the same, and unlike the Game Boy Donkey Kong.
So... Mario Kart 7 anyone? At over 2000 coins I've finally unlocked a kart that really suits my playstyle. It's amazing how drastic the difference in my skill level went when the stats on the kart I changed from are apparently only slightly different, and in 150CC I'm starting to get 3 star rankings all across the board. My win rate against Chaos is 27.5% but I suspect that may change more in my favour soon. I am somehow rubbing my hands as I type this. 3DS Friend code: 4296 - 3332 - 8662 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: hurithake on 28 December 2011, 02:45:48 DOTA
i like that game so much :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 December 2011, 09:26:55 I'm playing Skyrim, Sonic Generations, Super Meat Boy, Psychonauts, Bulletstorm, Cave Story+, and a cool free indie racing game called Nitronic Rush.
I didn't finish Darksiders, nor Dirt 3, nor VVVVVV, and DC Universe Online is on hold. Damned Steam Holiday Sales. I've also been getting lots of Coal in my Steam Stocking. If anybody wants to trade for %50 off Oddworld: Abe's Exodus (making it like 32 cents) or a %50 off all Valve games coupon, even for coal, I'm cool with that. That's %50 off Left 4 Dead 2 and Counterstrike stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 28 December 2011, 19:02:10 John, we can do some Steam trade stuffarooni. I'm heavy into this Christmas sale thing, and I've got a bunch of prizes and coupons, too. Won Rock of Ages for free and that game turned out to be awesome. Also won Borderlands, but I already had it... so I'll trade that with somebody unless I give it to a friend for free.
Can't play any of the games I bought (Skyrim, Saint's Row 3) until I get back from vacation and thus regain access of my Superlaptop. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 December 2011, 20:08:41 You won't regret Skyrim at all.
I just wanna do a trade for the achievey thing. I also need to cook and eat both a squirrel and a bird with pyrokinesis for that achieve thing, but it's night time in game, therefor no pigeons. I'm stuck in the guard's/milkman's head right now, too. Blah. Fun game though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 January 2012, 01:06:14 You won't regret Saint Row: The Third.
I'm playing Fallout 3. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 January 2012, 09:43:40 I saw L.A. Noire for $12.50 and couldn't refuse. My wallet is hurting. Bad.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 January 2012, 03:53:46 I forgot to mention that SOME time ago, not long after posting that Saints Row: The Third was great, I 100%'d it. And I don't mean the 100% counter the game has, as it doesn't count ambient challenges or achievements (only missions and activities); I literally did everything there is to do in the game, to the point I can't do anything but drive around causing mayhem and jumping off high stuff to no end.
It's not like I'm bragging, it's not hard to do in that game. I'm just simultaneously a bit chuffed and sad that it's FULLY complete. Definitely felt shorter than Saints Row 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 January 2012, 04:16:17 I'm excited to play Saint's Row 3, but for some reason I'm saving it. I tried a bit of Skyrim (so goddamn BIG, it's intimidating... but interesting so far) and DiRT 3 (holy hell this game is awesome) and I think it might be time to boot up Saint's Row.
Some other cheap games I splurged for on the sale were stuff like Fallout 3 and Assassin's Creed, basically just a bunch of older games I'd skipped out on. I'm set for a long time here. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 3 January 2012, 07:10:49 DiRT is pretty good, but gets boring after less than 10 hours.
Skyrim has 90 hours of my life so far, no regrets. Just started Bulletstorm, pretty fun. silly. I expect to finish my games by about April. I have tooooo much to play. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 11 January 2012, 21:51:52 I actually sent Nintendo a pretty large rant about Skyward Sword via Club Nintendo's survey thing. I was a little overly negative towards the game, sort of like "Okay, that was pretty good, but you can do a lot better."
*evil smile* Moved onto Arkham City now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 January 2012, 19:25:37 I've been playing Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3. Honestly, this might be the best Dynasty Warriors game yet. Either that, or my brain started using this thing called "strategy" to make the missions easier.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 17 January 2012, 18:12:22 Wait. Wait.
I know Dynasty Warriors. I know Gundam (somewhat). And now there is a crossover? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 January 2012, 03:39:10 There's 3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 January 2012, 15:06:42 I just went to link you to the Wikipedia article.
Blackout.... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 18 January 2012, 20:31:53 Yeah, there's three Gundam DW games, they released a Fist of the North Star one last year, and there's going to be a One Piece DW coming out eventually.
And if that didn't blow your mind enough, there's also going to be Nobunaga's Ambition x Pokemon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SOMArai on 21 January 2012, 17:27:46 Currently, I'm playing several Zelda games. Mostly Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.
I like how Twilight Princess sort of captures the essence of exploration like the original NES game did. There isn't that many side-quests, so most of the "replay value" comes from exploring Hyrule field, finding different caves, or finding other things around the map, rather than doing side-quests for different NPC's. Sure, it's not the best Zelda game (definitely not as good as Wind Waker or Ocarina of Time, which are my favorites) but I still think it's a great game despite it's shortcomings (like the brain-numbingly simple bosses). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: orclev on 22 January 2012, 00:21:24 Been playing Skyrim since 11/11, with a lot of breaks in late November/early December so I could pass my classes. :p I am the Guildmaster of the Thieves' Guild! Feel like I'm getting close to finishing the main quest, too, but not sure. Also part of the Dark Brotherhood, and I've done a few things for the College of Winterhold. Still need to join the Bards' College and the Companions! I think I'm around level 30 or so, I forget.
Just got a Wii Fit Plus yesterday (since we got a Wii for Christmas! Finally!!), so I think I'll be entertaining myself with that for a good while. It turns out I have been standing improperly for my entire life. No wonder my feet hurt so much! XD Hopefully this will help me correct my bad habits. :) I got 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for the DS for Christmas, and basically did absolutely nothing but play that game for three days straight starting on Christmas Day, beat it multiple times, got all of the endings + the final ending. Been a while since I got quite so absorbed by a game like that! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 January 2012, 01:40:55 They announced Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition the other day - may pick that up soon, along with Ultimate Editions of Fallout 3 and Oblivion.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 26 January 2012, 10:38:47 I love Bethesda's games, but their difficulty curve feels all backwards usually. Hard in the beginning and way too easy towards the end.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 January 2012, 16:37:38 I got 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for the DS for Christmas, and basically did absolutely nothing but play that game for three days straight starting on Christmas Day, beat it multiple times, got all of the endings + the final ending. Been a while since I got quite so absorbed by a game like that! Good stuff huh? One of the best DS games hands down! I loved it. The squeal for it is coming out on both Vita and 3DS, but sadly Aksys has announced they have no current plans to localize it. I had an even bigger aneurism than when I found out we'd never get Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 February 2012, 21:49:08 Been playing Mirror's Edge finally, a friend gave it to me. I like it even though it's exactly what people said when it first came out. I just wish you could explore more, since combat isn't at all the fun part and sometimes I like to go fast and jump around in a non-linear fashion, but the game really only lets you go where you're "supposed" to go.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 February 2012, 20:46:54 I'm trying very hard to finish Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, but my god it's difficult to keep slogging though it. I've gotten pretty fed up with the game. I like the art, the voice acting, the setting and characters, but the gameplay itself is terrible in so many places.
But I'm going to finish it before I start up Resident Evil Revelations and the inevitable disappointment it will bring. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 February 2012, 15:45:58 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is AMAZING. I'm addicted to this game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 February 2012, 19:06:30 I've been playing just a smidgeon of Battlefield 3.
Check out my soldier: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Johncarllos/stats/330154970/ Also, kills are not all that matter in Battlefield. I love play support roles, either offering health and reviving team mates (for mad points, yo), spotting vehicles for homing rockets, or giving ammo and suppressing with mortars. With good team work, the game never gets boring. When everyone is trying to be a 1337 sniper, we get steamrolled. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 March 2012, 17:07:27 Your camo is bright...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 March 2012, 17:51:06 That dude's just an icon, I'm talking more about the stats.
Now I've been playing Saints Row the Third like crazy. Some of the most fun I've had in a game since Just Cause 2. It's sale on Steam this weekend for $25. You'd be a fool to not buy it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 March 2012, 23:20:58 It was too short but much fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 March 2012, 03:09:35 I'm 10 hours in and at 50%.
I'm spending a LOT of time screwing around. If the game lasts me 25 hours, I got my money's worth. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 March 2012, 03:37:04 It was too short but much fun. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. 26 more hours until Mass Effect 3 is mine. ALL MINE. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 March 2012, 06:06:12 So hyped up for ME3.
Played the demo and it was just sweet. Posted on: March 04, 2012, 10:42:36 PM Annnd Mass Effect 3 is now in my possession... let's do this #####. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 March 2012, 08:26:44 I've now played Mass Effect 3 for 16 hours.
I don't think my right wrist has hurt this badly since I first learned how to, um... Shoot baskets. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 March 2012, 15:59:56 ::)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 March 2012, 22:58:01 ME3...
It's... It's #####ing good. Just play it, it's good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 March 2012, 07:31:39 There's really only three things I don't like about it.
1) Micro-managing my health bar. It's a pain in the dick to deal with that ##### during combat. 2) The game no longer tells you what to do next with any side-missions, which is also a pain in the dick. 3) The switching of discs is ridiculous, especially if you bought the CE. I thought I was going to break Disc 2 and starting getting upset at the idea that I didn't buy a plan from Gamestop for this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 8 March 2012, 07:56:03 I put my CE discs in a different case because I was #####ing terrified of breaking them.
Also, MASS EFFECT 3 IS THE #####ING #####. The journal in it is #####ty though, but all the goodness in this game is enough for me to overlook the minor flaws. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 8 March 2012, 12:12:33 I really want to play ME3, but I lost my old ME2 savegames, so I'm going back and getting a perfect save ready first.
Also: SWTOR is pretty nice. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 March 2012, 05:16:08 Managing the health is like exactly the same as in ME2, it only looks different...
Some missions tell you what to do next, but side-missions are often like "go find some scans about that" with no info. But that's always been present in the series, because you're supposed to just happen upon those scans and such while doing another mission. Journal could be better. I miss the separation between Assignments and Missions. I hate switching disks. It was fine in like the PSX days but it's crazy now. I did the side mission in that school today, and that was all on Disc 2, when I haven't even come CLOSE to completing the story in Disc 1. I don't understand how that works or why it works that way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 March 2012, 10:33:17 The health bars that only fill up to a certain level? That's new, and it's complete bull#####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 March 2012, 10:54:55 Maybe you should play easy mode.
(I'm sorry...) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 March 2012, 11:30:58 I've been playing it on Normal just fine. I just don't like to have to stop in the middle of a battle and use some medi-gel because my health only decided to fill up so much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 March 2012, 12:43:34 It's realy not bull#####, man. Well, I guess it's just opinion obviously but I don't get why it bothers you. Basically the health bar only refills AUTOMATICALLY up the section it's currently in, so if you lost a section earlier that piece of health won't just return by you waiting around mid-level doing nowt. Which makes sense, you're not Wolverine. It makes medi-gel useful again since you almost didn't need it at all in ME2. Otherwise you'd just be at full health all the time and the game wouldn't be challenging.
If you manage your shields and cover properly you should barely notice the difference anyway. At least that's how it's been with my Infiltrator. I actually think it's a good way to keep from being overpowered all the time. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Laucorn on 11 March 2012, 22:01:42 I'll participate in this thread. Game I've been playing mostly is Streets of Rage Remake.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 11 March 2012, 22:15:34 The ending to Mass Effect 3 was complete ass. For comparison, [spoiler]think about The Architect from the Matrix series, only even more sloppily written[/spoiler], and you just invested 200+ hours into the series for it to all get flushed down the crapper in the last five minutes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 March 2012, 02:55:34 That, and because it's owned by EA now, you can probably expect a Mass Effect 4.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 March 2012, 04:35:15 *sigh*
I honestly can't believe they somehow destroyed how awesome ME3 was in the LAST 5 MINUTES somehow. I was getting chills until then. Then I was just thinking "Okay what?"... Then [spoiler]IT ENDS WITHOUT ANY CLOSURE AT ALL[/spoiler] Ignoring the #####ty ending, ME3 was great. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 March 2012, 04:59:06 It's because you got the bad ending,
and the only way to get the good ending is to unlock the secret DLC. (I haven't played this game; I'm just being an asshole.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 12 March 2012, 11:59:52 That, and because it's owned by EA now, you can probably expect a Mass Effect 4. There most likely will be; they've said that there will be more Mass Effect titles - but Shepard's story is effectively over. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 March 2012, 21:45:11 I wish you guys kept even you FEELINGS on the ending in spoiler tags. I don't get to play often and you guys are seriously harshing my playthrough by putting your clouds all over it. I'm not half done and I've already got expectations.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 March 2012, 04:54:06 Sorry man, if it somehow helps, I was overreacting a tad bit.
ME3 still ended up being my favorite out of the trilogy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: MOX on 15 March 2012, 04:25:50 I only have two words to say about the ending:
[spoiler]space jesus[/spoiler] Even after beating ME3 i'm still trying to avoid spoilers for my next Renegade playthrough. I've been playing Mass Effect 3 A LOT recently. I just finished it earlier today, and it's definitely the best ME game in the series IMO so far thanks to all the references to the previous games. Took me [spoiler]57[/spoiler] hours to finish with all the side quests done and planets explored, but the game felt longer than the previous games (in a good way) because the majority of the missions are AMAZING. I thought ME3 did well in making the fight against the Reapers seem hopeless (as it should be). I personally didn't expect the multiplayer to be that good was wasn't planning on playing it until after I finished the game, but I actually liked it a lot. It worked well in making you feel like you're fighting against the Reapers on the front lines and didn't feel very disjointed from the single player experience. The MP is also a good alternative to some of the repetitive fetch side quests (although I ended up doing them all anyway). By the way, did you guys have any trouble with the custom face import glitch (if your shepard's face has been the same since ME1, ME3 reads it as an error which forces you to remake it). Fortunately using the fan-made fix tool I was able to make my Shepard look exactly the same as he was in ME1. My shepard in ME3: (http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2264/me3shep.jpg) My shepard in ME2: (http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6991/me2shep.jpg) I also took a bunch of screenshots as I was playing, SPOILERS obviously: http://steamcommunity.com/id/robertlieu/screenshots/?tab=&showdate=1&filter=shortcut_76 btw i bet my Shepard can beat up all your shepards Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: CharlesTaylor on 16 March 2012, 06:56:30 Hey, For any of you with pre orders with Game or Game station, they won't be supplying ME 3 so re do your orders now. Amazon & Play are taking orders amongst others.
My offspring have taken a week off to play this so I know getting it is important. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 16 March 2012, 20:40:09 I don't know why I laughed at "my offspring".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 18 March 2012, 07:39:31 I beat Dead Space this evening. Creepy-ass game from start to finish. It may have #####ed with my mind while playing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 21 March 2012, 20:45:27 ME3's Ending...
[spoiler]... is apparently being changed. Woo.[/spoiler] Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 26 March 2012, 02:03:11 Kid Icarus: Uprising
This game guys. THIS GAME. Easily the best 3DS game out there. The controls, while awkward at first are fully customizeable to suit your needs. But holy #####. This game is so much fun and enjoyable. THE DIALOG DAT PLATUNA DAT MEDUSA The game mechanics DEM CLAWS/BOWS/ORBITARS. If you have a 3DS, get this game. Sakurai is a #####ing genius. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 26 March 2012, 05:14:30 Is it really that good? I was excited about it when it was first announced, but then I was really turned off by the trailer. It looked so loud and messy and clumsy. This was the first of the big-name 3DS games I felt like skipping. I guess now I should probably check it out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 26 March 2012, 10:19:15 The only thing you may find "clumsy" is the default control scheme. But again it is fully customizable to whatever preference you like.
The can also be piss easy or balls to the wall difficult since you can adjust the stage difficulty before you start a level. Each stage is split into 2 parts. The air battle which plays similar to Star Fox, then the land battle which plays similar to Sin and Punishment. Each stage also has a boss and each boss is different. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 March 2012, 05:25:33 OK. I'm done Mass Effect 3. Like, just now, ten seconds ago.
I did EVERYTHING. Seriously. 73, maybe 74 hours. And as I look now the reason for that is I did every single side mission. I scanned everything in every system to get everything to 100%. I went into the final push with 100% Galactic Readiness and just over 7300 in War Assets, so you can guess where I fell on the ending bracket. As for the specific ending I got: !! MAJOR REAL DEAL spoilers in these tags. You are warned. !! [spoiler]I had an incredibly tough time deciding between destroying all synthetics, and synthesizing with them. Controlling the Reapers/synthetics was never an option. I'm not the Illusive Man, I know better and I always did. I'm pretty sure it's not a Paragon thing either; I'm willing to best most players discarded that option as quickly as I did. Destroying the Reapers is what I wanted to do most, but losing the Geth (after I'd just created a world wherein the Geth and the Quarians live on Rannoch in peace) seemed like a dealbreaker. And I worried over EDI's fate in that option. But then synthesizing... As much as the child/citadel/catalyst claimed it was the best option for both it seemed to be working against the ideal I set out with since I first landed on Eden Prime in 2184; Diversity. The entirety of my run in Mass Effect has been about preserving and pushing multiculturalism in the galaxy. I assure you that it was a conscious, succinct thought. From the beginning. I knew I would do whatever I could to cure the Genophage, and I did. I knew I had to restore the Quarians, and I did. I even knew, eventually, that I wanted to save to Geth. And I did. I spared the Rachni twice because it was the right thing to do. And I promised myself to do it without sacrificing my characters morals. That's not to say I went Paragon on everything, most things, but not everything. My Shepard has enough edge for a 4D cube. Part of what attracted to me to the game was the depth involved, a big part of which was the imaginative in which ways the races related. Turning everyone part machine might be the "next stage of evolution in this cycle" or whatever, but there's a part of me that finds it extremely hollow. Also it just... Did something about this option seem almost like an indoctrinated suggestion? Shepard has spent enough time with Reaper tech and since ME2 I have wondering if there hasn't been a bit of backdoor indoctrination going on, the dreams in ME3 were-to me-a symbol of that. Why WOULDN'T the Reapers be attempting to turn Shepard since the loss of Sovereign? I've been writing this part of the post while I sit here trying to make the decision. It's cleared my thoughts out, so in the end I went with; Destruction. I couldn't shake a feeling about synthesis, and it would have left a taste in my mouth that I wasn't about. Maybe synthesis was the more altruistic route, I think that's really opinion based on incredibly vague information, but it didn't seem right. Though 10% of me wanted to pick it if only because it doesn't show up for some people, which in a sense made me feel like I earned something. I'm not kidding around, I even flipped a coin on this (To see what I wanted more, not to randomly pick. It turned out the same). I first accidentally picked to control the Reapers and had to reload actually. Joker go out of the Normandy with Liara and Garrus. Shepard lived. tl;dr, I know. It was extremely conflicting. I'm extremely conflicted. [/spoiler] As for my thoughts on the way they did the ending: [spoiler]It literally rocked until you were faced with that choice. Three blanket choices that make all the little ones seem a bit in vain. It's a bit lazy, so I get what people were on about. I'm not sure I can say it "sucks" but gimme a day or two and we'll see. More or less, it's just queerly disappointing. [/spoiler] The first one is still better, but this was pretty great. I'm with MOX that our Shepards could beat up the rest, but I'm not with him on the tip that this game felt longer. The longest and most enriching of the series for me was the first, by FAR. I think my first run through Noveria took like four hours. Also the game was more of a roller coaster, there was NO idea where anything was going. The second, you sort of knew what you were doing. And the third was laser focused on a single goal for the whole game, there wasn't really a mystery going on, just events. Anyway all said and done, I #####ing love Mass Effect. There's a reason it's my favourite modern game series. And multiplayer is something like a phenomenon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 28 March 2012, 21:12:49 The Voltron game is way more entertaining than I thought it would be, although I'd still recommend picking it up only when it's on sale.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 April 2012, 19:53:09 So, new free DLC for ME3's multiplayer comes out next week.
Geth Engineer and Infiltrator, Batarian Soldier and Sentinel, Krogan Battlemaster (Vanguard) and Asari Justicar (Another Asari Adept). Plus two new maps, new weapons and some new equipment. ...did I mention it's free? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 April 2012, 20:30:46 Awesome, can't wait for that.
Also, they're coming out with an extended cut DLC in hopes to placate people who have problems with the ending. [spoiler] I went back and did the synthesis ending, so now I've done all three. I guess synthesis is the best but none of them are any good really since they're all the same. The ending gets worse the more I think about it.[/spoiler] I think the "Extended Cut" DLC sets a precedent that I don't really like, but I'll definitely be getting it, heheh. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: White Shadow on 7 April 2012, 02:05:20 I think I'll just refuse to play ME3 until I know my crew gets the ending it deserves.
Personally, I think the whole damn Normandy should just keep cruisin' the galaxy Star Trek style with Captain Commander Jean-Luc Shepard. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 April 2012, 04:29:31 Xbox Live is having a crazy SNK sale - it's nice when they have a sale featuring NOTHING that I currently own. I actually picked up everything:
King of Fighters '98 King of Fighters 2002 King of Fighters: Sky Stage Metal Slug 3 Metal Slug XX Trouble Witches Neo Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 April 2012, 14:39:24 I think the "Extended Cut" DLC sets a precedent that I don't really like Exactly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 April 2012, 02:12:12 ME3 multiplayer: Well fun, but Xbox Live is full of knob'eads.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 April 2012, 06:26:53 That's why you play with friends.
LIKE ME. :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 April 2012, 22:47:59 If I have you, I never see you online!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 April 2012, 23:48:00 I'm online quite a bit. Look for the sexy mother#####er in the John Carter t-shirt.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 April 2012, 15:10:49 I'm Johncar11.
Someone come play Trials Evolution against me and even TRY to win. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 April 2012, 15:44:42 Picked up Giana Sisters DS. It's not what I was expecting. Soooo easy, but kind of fun. Not awful, but I think the original one was a lot harder. Now I just need to find a copy of Secret Files 2 on DS and I'm about done with that Platform (at about 110 games for it).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 21 April 2012, 02:40:06 Fez is awesome. And it's filled to the brim with ridiculously tough puzzles.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 May 2012, 10:22:18 Finally got Batman: Arkham City. Its really good.
And Portal 2, too. Going to get Diablo III soon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 18 September 2012, 12:31:05 Does anyone have Kirby's Dream Collection? It came out recently, and despite my recent disdain for Kirby games, I might actually get it.
It contains (pasted from GameStop): 6 Classic Kirby games included in one package: Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy, April 1992 release) Kirby's Adventure (NES, May 1993 release) Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy, March 1995 release) Kirby Super Star (Super NES, Sept. 1996 release) Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Super NES, Nov. 1997release) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64, June 2000 release) Also includes: Brand-new Challenge Stages like the ones in Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii) Kirby 20th Anniversary Soundtrack CD (Featuring 45 Kirby songs) Immersive and Interactive Timeline to see footage and box art of all Kirby's game releases. 48-page booklet featuring various information about Kirby's star-studded career Some of the classic games include multiplayer modes. I'm wondering if this might be worth 40 dollars, and it seems like it is. Just interested in a second opinion if anyone has one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 September 2012, 21:30:28 Borderlands 2 is my life until Halo 4 comes out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 October 2012, 22:22:32 So I started playing a little Minecraft. Eh.
I played and beat Dishonored. Definitely not a $60 title, but worth maybe 25-30. Dishonored is a game that is better for having achievements, because they force you to experience the game in new and cool ways. Playing on PC felt kind of boring and repetitive without those fun little side thingers to do. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 26 October 2012, 19:46:42 In my quest to beat every Final Fantasy, I have 2 left: FFX-2 and FFXIII-2.
So, in FFX-2 and... ugh. It's a huge slog. Also been playing Donkey Kong Country for an LP. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 November 2012, 02:38:54 So I just finished Virtue's Last Reward this morning.
Just... damn. Amazing game, aside from some issues (Don't save in escape sequences, there's some strange save corruption bug involving that.) If you played 999, you have to play VLR. If you haven't played 999... why haven't you?! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 13 November 2012, 07:40:55 In my quest to beat every Final Fantasy, I have 2 left: FFX-2 and FFXIII-2. And FFXI... and FFXIV... You'll never beat them. Ever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 21 November 2012, 22:33:27 And FFXI... and FFXIV... You'll never beat them. Ever. XI? XIV?? What games are those ??? ??? 8) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 December 2012, 19:42:52 I'm trying to finish Shifting World on 3DS before I start Adventure Time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2012, 20:10:15 I've been playing a lot of APB: Reloaded on Steam and I suggest it anyone who likes madly competitive games, sandbox games, and third-person shooters. It's like... You can pick from Criminals (which are basically anarchists) and Enforcers (citizen police force) in a city called San Paro and you do missions against each other. It's got more customization than any Saint's Row or GTA game and it's almost 100% skill-based, instead of "who's got the better gear".
It's free to play, with optional premium accounts you gotta pay for. If anyone wants to try it out lemme know and we can ride together, I have a crim and an enf but mostly I play with the Enforcer character. Other games I have on the go right now; 3DS Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor: Overclocked Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! Harvest Moon: Tale Of Two Towns DS Chrono Trigger Ghost Trick Sim City Creator GBA Metroid Zero Mission Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 January 2013, 20:16:30 Ah, the Adventure Time game is pretty fun. I'm not done yet but it looks like I'm flying through it pretty quickly. Love the title screen music.
Oh, and Zero Mission is my favorite Metroid game. I should replay that. Just finished the Walking Dead Telltale games. Fantastic. More like interactive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books than point-and-click games, but fantastic for exactly that reason. If you play the first episode and like it, you'll be on board for the whole trip. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 January 2013, 02:51:07 The first episode was a little bit eh.
My motivation to continue is moderate. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 2 January 2013, 22:17:00 #####... Games I'm playing.
I've gotten both humble bundles, Dark souls, and a small assortment of games recommended or gifted to me throughout the season. So I'm still playing darksouls. Amazing game. Plenty of 'feels.' One of those feels being RAGE. Playing Saint's Row 3. It's #####ing saint's row. Play it. Games on the "To-Do list:" Awesomenauts, Closure, Offspring Fling, and maybe Just Cause 2, Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 3 January 2013, 06:49:39 Nintendo Land is insane fun, especially with friends. Managed to get a Star on each Attraction but damn, there's still a ton more content to go through.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 January 2013, 14:16:26 I want to try the Metroid attraction, but I don't have f'ing Wii Motion+ controllers. Otherwise I think Nintendo Land is mad fun. Minor gripes like more maps for Luigi's Mansion and some tweeking to Mario Chase, but the rest are pretty cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 January 2013, 21:29:12 If you play Luigi's Mansion a certain amount of time, it unlocks two more maps (one of which is extremely similar to the second one, unfortunately.) That's by far my favorite game on there. Such a blast to play with a group.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 January 2013, 06:43:35 Still playing Borderlands 2. Halo 4 sits there on my shelf, unloved. I feel slightly bad.
Also addicted to Dust: An Elysian Tail. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 6 January 2013, 18:23:31 No one loves Halo 4.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 January 2013, 15:34:49 No one should.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 January 2013, 00:41:24 Downloaded Star Trek Online. It crashed immediately. One of these days I'll get to be the captain of an Akira-class ship. :'(
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 January 2013, 16:35:18 Just started playing Shank. Been playing Blur, beat Max Payne 3, and beat Spec Ops the Line last week. I also bought and beat all the Saints Row the Third DLC on PC.
I'm johncarllos on steam if you haven't added me yet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 January 2013, 00:06:16 HENRY HATSWORTH.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 January 2013, 14:14:47 GOTYAY!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 January 2013, 14:23:17 I saw this happen in Dark Souls shortly before going after Gravelord Nito, and I knew then and there that the world had to see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oGik-SUW8 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 January 2013, 04:06:53 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 January 2013, 16:45:54 The sad part is I see it for about 5 bucks when it shows up. It's one of the top NDS games and it goes for next to nothing. Maybe it's the fact it has EA on the cover. I could see where people would think it's a POS when they see that, but it's worthy of the Electronic Arts of old back in the early/mid 80s when they weren't crap.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 3 February 2013, 23:40:56 Henry Hatsworth is just the best. It gets really hard at the end - almost unplayable - but it's a goddamn blast.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 February 2013, 14:59:51 I can't remember the last end boss who had a OHKO move, but #####, that was tricky to get out of. It was the only part of the last boss I felt was a bit unfair.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 March 2013, 23:56:46 Far Cry 3 is pretty fun.
I know between nothing and little about the previous games, so when my friend dumped this in my hands and said "borrow this" I didn't expect to like it. But it plays like a sweet mix of Fallout 3 and Red Dead Redemption, and I'm all-bout-it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 March 2013, 01:47:37 I really want to get Far Cry 3. It looks fun and friggin amazing.
I've been playing the 'girlfriend broke up with me and I just started a 55 hour week between working and my commute' game. About 2.5 hours of commuting per day on top of a 40 hrs per week job, with half hour for lunch every day. Good thing I like driving. Also played and beat Max Payne 3. That was a swell game, very well optimized too. It was fun and satisfying. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 March 2013, 02:28:27 I like Far Cry 3 so far, haven't gotten too far into it yet though...
Also playing Fire Emblem: Awakening, pretty fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 March 2013, 19:45:21 Just bought Far Cry 3. Half off on Steam, worth it. Without a girlfriend any more, I need the distraction.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 March 2013, 22:32:42 I've been playing the 'girlfriend broke up with me and I just started a 55 hour week between working and my commute' game. About 2.5 hours of commuting per day on top of a 40 hrs per week job, with half hour for lunch every day. Man, I'm really sorry to hear that. I don't know the specifics but clearly you're feeling really #####ty right now. Unfortunately there's no cure but time and at least you have an equally annoying work week to distract you all the time. You'll get through it all though, you're a huge lumberjack man after all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 March 2013, 21:54:13 Thanks man. I appreciate it. I've been sacrificing sleep, most of all. Only 4-5 hours a night, it lets me get my internetting and gaming in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 March 2013, 20:43:23 Put down Shifting World, skipped Adventure Time, and started Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 March 2013, 21:27:45 Still finding a little bit of time for Far Cry 3, only gotten in 10 hours in the last 2 weeks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 March 2013, 16:26:07 Got to play a bit of Bioshock Infinite over at my buddy's house. I haven't even fought anyone yet and it seems pretty incredible.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 3 April 2013, 19:39:20 Been playing Digimon Masters Online for PC. Digimon fanboy here.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 April 2013, 06:55:25 I've been playing Super Mario Bros. X, the one that Abominator posted in a thread a while back.
If you check with the SMBX community, people are still making stuff using the level editor. I'm in the middle of playing a very good completed episode by one of the more well-known level designers. People can really go wild with their creativity with that engine, because it's so easy to learn and use. Example: I used a fire Yoshi to spit fire through the walls and hit otherwise untouchable enemies. Killing them all resulted in a collectible secret. You'd almost NEVER see an area that asks something like that of a player in a typical 2D Mario game these days. (Haven't played NSMBU or NSMB2, though. I could be wrong about those.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 April 2013, 13:45:30 I'm at that point in Far Cry 3 that I've heard about, where you don't feel you need to do the other half of the game. It's very weird, it's like I'm starting Far Cry 3-2, really. I'm still interested in playing but I get why some people tapped out at like ~50% completion.
SMBX sounds amazeballs. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 9 April 2013, 23:29:44 I think I just hit the halfway point. The game is fun, but it's missing something :-/
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 12 April 2013, 01:57:16 I'm playing OFF (http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Games/OFF-by-Mortis-Ghost/page/3#post1907821) at the moment -- odd, odd little french RPG (english translation in the link) made by someone called Mortis Ghost.
It's gotten a lot of praise for its atmosphere and story. Right now (I've just started Zone 2) I can definitely say that the atmosphere part is right, and the music is fantastic. In terms of the story I've... given up trying to decipher what's going on and focus on the puzzles. The puzzles are pretty OK, actually, for an RPG (usually for these little horror games made in RPGmaker, the puzzles are along the lines of "find object and use it on a thing"). You actually have to pay attention and write your own notes and so on, instead of relying on trial and error and pressing buttons at random. EDIT: I finished the game. I can still hear the purified zone music. I'll never sleep again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 April 2013, 01:06:36 I think I just hit the halfway point. The game is fun, but it's missing something :-/ YEP. It's still gum but the flavour is gone. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 April 2013, 14:42:49 Finished Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. Good game, but the end was the most predictable one of the series. Still enjoyed it a lot though.
Now on to Secret Files 2 for the DS. I had to import it since we never got it in NA. The funny thing is, I thought all European versions were the same multi language version, but NOPE. I got a pink triangle "French" version. The case is in French, the manual is all French. The game... is entirely in English. Dubbing. English. Subtitles. English. Game text. English. So I guess I'll still need to track down a Green Triangle "Queen's English" version, but at least I can play the game! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 27 April 2013, 13:26:44 I think I just hit the halfway point. The game is fun, but it's missing something :-/ I'll still buy the blood dragon DLC. That looks goofy and fun. I get the most enjoyment out of the missions in the game. All the sandbox stuff is pretty boring :( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2013, 05:40:36 I finished it. It was fine. A hard fine. A solid B.
I actually liked the sandbox stuff. Hunting animals and stuff. At least when there was a reason to do it, and when you're weak enough that getting seen at all is big trouble, it was some nerve-racking fun. Especially when an animal you had no idea was even in the game just bites you out of nowhere while you're trying to sneak up on a radio tower. But as Edge (or Delta) once said "I could spend all day going around looking at rocks". That was more the meat of it to me, as Jason Brody and all his friends are rich little pukes that give me douche-chills. I still liked over half the missions though, just for exciting gameplay alone. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 May 2013, 15:01:34 I still haven't finished it. Probably will today.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 May 2013, 16:26:09 I tried Notch's latest game, Drop, yesterday. It's okay. Probably won't bother with it again.
http://drop.notch.net/ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 May 2013, 00:18:15 I put 4 hours into Far Cry 3 today. 3 bases left on the second island, not sure how much of the story is left.
The privateers are much harder to go rambo knife assault on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 May 2013, 03:39:29 Well you really don't need to do the outposts. I did so many undetected that I maxed out the tau tau pretty quickly. Kind of a game breaker, in a sense, because the only progression left was the actual story and by that point you're kind of in "I don't care" territory.
I have like 5 outposts left, all on the southern island. I intend to finish them off, as well as getting collectibles, but I left them active so I could farm the enemies for different challenges (such as "kill 50 enemies with the flamethrower") and so that it wasn't just animals and I left. The Handbook in the start menu should tell you how much of ANYTHING is left. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 May 2013, 14:22:36 I don't have any achievements I can get from the game, playing on PC, so I'm just trying to max my character out and finish the game without leaving anything important incomplete.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 May 2013, 21:34:26 I don't really care about achievements in the first place either, but I mentioned them just as an example of ambient stuff you might want to keep some outposts active for. Especially if you manage to finish the story before maxing out, but that seems pretty difficult.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 May 2013, 02:22:24 I played about 10 minutes of DAAAAAAAAYTOOOOOONAAAAAA the other day. It felt wonderful.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 May 2013, 06:38:17 I have been playing A Link To The Past.
Bit easy. Breath Of Fire after that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: saldite on 28 May 2013, 11:46:20 Finally played through Batman: Arkham City after owning it for the better part of a year. I liked it well enough, but I think I preferred the more tight-nit layout of the first game over the sprawling city of this one. My favorite part was the Museum mostly because it reminded me of AA. I wouldn't necessarily get rid of the larger city idea, but I'd like larger "levels", so to speak, where the action takes place, as opposed to having the major areas of progression being small buildings with only three or four rooms before having to go to the next. All in all, though, I thought it was a really good game.
Now I just have to collect all the Riddler's ##### and finish up the two or three sidequests I have left. After this, I think I'm going to be going through Lunar - Silver Star Story; either the PS1 or PSP version. I've had copies of both since high school, but I usually stop sometime after making little progress because I end up getting unexpectedly busy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 May 2013, 06:15:37 I like the open concept but the game mechanics didn't adapt. Batman lumbers around like a Mary Shelly character so much in those games that the second you land anywhere in Arkham City you feel nearly as claustrophobic as in Arkham Asylum except you usually have an easy way to run off.
It was really odd in that regard. I liked the free roam a lot, but it pointed out the flaws in the series' motion that I was able to ignore in the first game. Admittedly the first game IS clunkier, but it didn't seem to matter as much. It's possible that if the actual levels where you ACCOMPLISH stuff were larger it would fix it. But the scope that Arkham City brought kinda made up for it for me. They could have gone farther with it but it was great that you could stumble upon things, especially villains that were just doing their own thing, unrelated to the main plot line. Catwoman looked good. After this, I think I'm going to be going through Lunar - Silver Star Story; either the PS1 or PSP version. I've had copies of both since high school, but I usually stop sometime after making little progress because I end up getting unexpectedly busy. All-time great. I dot know much about the PSP version but PS version is fly as hell. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 June 2013, 17:04:32 I'm currently working on Borderlands 2.
I'm spending 4 days on the road next week though, staying in a hotel each night. Should get about 70 hours of work in. I wish I had more time to game but hell, I'm content with making crazy money and getting fit while doing it. Don't know if I told you guys, I work for a moving company for this summer. 12 hour days of lugging boxes and furniture is great for my health. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Yubi Shines on 4 June 2013, 14:42:48 I started Dragon Age: Origins (played a lady/warrior/dwarf commoner) a few months ago, then picked it up again and blitzed through it in the last couple of weeks.
I tell you what, marathoning it like that makes you really tired of the robotic NPC body language, really fast. Once I finish the Awakening DLC I guess I'll get to Dragon Age 2, though I'm not looking forward to it -- for some bizarre reason DA2's faces aren't as good as DA:O's, particularly in the eyebrows. On the other hand, DA:O had Leliana's awful, awful mouth animations. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 June 2013, 21:39:07 Origins was boring as all #####, I beat it in a week or so. I wouldn't ever want to play it again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 5 June 2013, 01:19:31 First time I played through it, I hated it.
2nd time I loved it, I must've been doing something wrong. It does have some pretty bland parts though (The Fade, and some parts of Orzammar). Dragon Age II is a lot more fun combat wise, but the story is pretty meh at the end. I'm actually playing through Origins again, started a mage playthrough earlier this year and have been slowly playing through it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 June 2013, 00:43:08 I'm playing X-men: Destiny, which is a very "meh" game. I think it would've been passable on original Xbox...it feels like a budget title on the 360.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 9 June 2013, 19:37:40 animal crossing on 3ds!!! friend code me 5284-1403-9393
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 June 2013, 22:56:41 I am also playing this crossing of the animals.
3DS Code: 3480-2635-0827 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 June 2013, 04:02:53 Animal Crossing on 3DS looks TOO #####ing good, but they've burned me twice with that property and I shant get caught again, I say!
.. Well maybe. Anyway yeah, Dragon Age sucked. I recently started listening to an audio version of the first Wheel of Time novel and it looks like BioWare copied some concepts from it for Dragon Age. I haven't gone back to the book in a while. I've been playing the first InFamous because we got a second hand PS3 with it on. It's pretty #####ing bland so far and in the future I must remember what Flavor Flav told us; "Don't believe the hype." Also playing A Link To The Past, and I expect to start Breath Of Fire and some replays of Lunar (found out the other day it works on this PS3) and San Andreas soon. I have a couple 3DS games on the go too, but it's my girlfriends 3DS so I haven't been playing much. I've not been excited about new games lately. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 June 2013, 05:17:27 When you say they burned you twice, what are you referring to? Just by how much it sucks you in?
Just curious. I haven't even played an Animal Crossing game myself but almost all of the 3DS Nintendo games have been pretty enticing for me. I'm not excited either, but I'm impressed as to the sheer quantity of actual viable releases. My PS3 has InFamous, because it was a free download from when Sony got hacked. I STILL haven't touched it and I have never had any intention of doing so, but I got it for free and left it out for other people to play. I'm thinking of starting up Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. I've had it for a while now, but I've wanted to eschew gaming in favour of other things. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 June 2013, 16:08:24 I got inFamous 2 because of PS Plus, played it for about an hour or two.. it's really nothing special at all.
The first boss fight is incredibly tedious as well, even after switching it to easy it just drags on and the boss still manages to insta-kill you with no effort. The new one they're releasing on PS4 doesn't even look any less bland either... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 June 2013, 17:56:04 When you say they burned you twice, what are you referring to? Just by how much it sucks you in? It is an interpolation of that with the way it becomes a job. Like it's awesome for the first bit, I love it, but you get to a point rather quickly where you play it only because you have to. And when you start designing your own gear you lose any desire to get the premade stuff and half the game's drive flies out the window. And also there's just a problem I have with most games that have an internalized clock; I don't like that the game is playing without me, and is actively #####ing me over because it's jealous of my actual career and life. In Animal Crossing games characters will actually get pissed off at you if you don't go see them at specific times, some of which are like 7AM. This can lead your favourite characters to leaving and being replaced by some ugly chicken or something, and you have to start whole new relationships. It's a good system while you can keep up the day to day play, but if you ever take time off then you are penalized so you can never really be casual with it. That said, I love Animal Crossing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 July 2013, 23:41:48 Guys, the Steam Summer sale is going on now. Three days in (and it runs for another week or so), and I picked up:
The Dig Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Just Cause Just Cause 2 The Last Remnant Loom To The Moon Tomb Raider Tomb Raider II Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation Tomb Raider V: Chronicles Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness Tomb Raider: Anniversary Tomb Raider: Legend Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 July 2013, 01:04:10 JUST CAUSE 2 IS AMAZING.
I just realized that I missed the multiplayer beta test this weekend :( I've purchased Tomb Raider, so far. Recently beat Bioshock Infinite. Currently playing Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 July 2013, 20:46:55 Anybody need the Tomb Raider card? I'm looking to trade it for the Football Manager 2013, Bioshock Infinite, or Prison Architect cards.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 16 July 2013, 23:11:18 I have the bioshock infinite card.
I'm Johncarllos on Steam. I don't even know what the cards are for, I'll just give it to you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 17 July 2013, 02:42:50 Sell them for 15 cents or so, That way you can curb some of the costs of the games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 July 2013, 03:00:25 sillyness.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 July 2013, 05:43:55 Hefty steam prices getting me down.
I'm playing MegaMan Unlimited, which is hard. It's a hard game. I can't even tell if it's broken because I can't even get equipped with any reverse-engineered dead robot parts. Really, so far it's not nearly as awful as Street Fighter x MegaMan. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is fantastic. I don't even need to say any more words. Also, I was enticed by the 30 dollar eShop credit where you get it from registering Shin Megami Tensei 4 and Fire Emblem Awakening. This made me reconsider my choice not to get those games. I'm still not sold on SMTIV, it's probably alright but ultimately not my thing. However, I'm willing to give Fire Emblem a chance, so... if someone has SMTIV and doesn't want to get Fire Emblem, I'll send them my code for 10 dollars. You'll get 30 dollars in credit for registering them both by a certain time and that's basically a 20 dollar rebate on your one game. I'll save ten on mine. But who am I kidding, you all probably already have Fire Emblem anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 July 2013, 21:30:54 Deus Ex Human Revolution is pretty orange but also pretty cool.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 17 July 2013, 23:56:03 I've been quite reserved on the sale this time, I've got a crazy amount of unplayed PC games already so I'm only getting things that are 75% off or more...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 July 2013, 01:00:12 Deux Ex is a good game to play through once. I had an okay time with it, the bosses were tough, and it was about a 20 hour game.
I was evenly split between stealth and murdertime funtime. Easy stealth, I did. Tough stealth, like the endgame stuff? Easier to murder everyone. I loved all the upgrades though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 18 July 2013, 09:57:35 Just finished Bioshock Infinite... man, that game was great.
Also slowly playing through The Last of Us, almost done with the game (71% completion), and it's pretty good so far. Over-hyped, obviously, but still good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 18 July 2013, 21:17:01 in retrospect, i like bioshock infinite a whole lot less than i did while playing it. most of it just story stuff that i can't stand now that i have some distance from it, but some of it is just the fact that it's a FPS when it probably didn't have to be, and the way certain gameplay mechanics just don't make sense or even need to be there.
on the other end of the spectrum, i beat The Last Of Us about a week ago and THAT'S how you perfectly meld a wonderful story with great gameplay. i'm only comparing them because nova just made a post about them both, but i feel like The Last Of Us is an entirely different league from Bioshock Infinite, just in terms of story and gameplay. also holy hell i suck at any game that requires shooting. for a while there i thought i would just never be able to finish The Last Of Us. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 July 2013, 00:29:51 I'm disappointed that quite a few games I've downloaded, including some modern ones, don't seem to support controllers.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 July 2013, 05:58:54 I'm not going to try to have an authoritative opinion on The Last of Us, but I have difficulty with the idea that its gameplay is great, especially when the only moderately complex puzzle is right at the end of the game, and everything else is straightforward. The combat is cool though, I guess.
I had a major "UGH" moment when the game actually froze itself in the middle of a very tense moment to tell you that you can go into detective mode and see through walls with your ears. Also, the "clickers" didn't make any sense. When they explained how clickers use echolocation, I was like "Okay, so don't make noise in general or be visible when they make clicking sounds." But you can go right in front of one, have it bombard you with its sonar, and it will not detect you at all if you're not moving. What the hell? If a bat couldn't detect a non-moving object in the dark, wouldn't it just eventually die in a collision with a wall? The game sets its acts in seasons and Winter was probably the first season in which the game became interesting and engaging. Despite that I'd seen that particular trope (and many others in the game) carried out before, it was still a cool "Oh #####!" moment for me. EDIT: [spoiler]The part I'm referring to was when we realized she was trading with the cannibals that they had been fighting/killing before.[/spoiler] Overall I just can't be compelled by hype to regard it highly, when all it really was for me was fuel for a story that had nothing new for anyone who's already read/seen some of the best the "zombie" stories had to offer. I mean, if you're gonna put all your effort into character building and story progression, why not make the story actually new and inventive? At the same time, though, I felt that the voice acting sold it pretty well. So... yeah. I'm pretty mixed about this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 21 July 2013, 18:47:06 I'm pretty sure that I'm done buying ##### during this Steam Summer Sale. Ugh.
It's like those werewolf movies where the guy wakes up naked in the middle of a field, covered in blood and he like "SWEET RAPTOR JESUS IT HAPPENED AGAIN!" That's me, except I wake up on my couch. So here's the list: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome Anomaly Warzone Earth (picked it up for free from a promotion during the sale) Audiosurf DarkStar One The Dig Fallout 3 - GOTY Fallout: New Vegas GOTY Far Cry Fary Cry 2 FTL: Faster Than Light The Great Art Race Half-Life series (complete) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Just Cause Just Cause 2 The Last Remnant Loom Manhole (Did I own this one before? Who knows? Not I.) Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Organ Trail: Director's Cut Patrician III Risen Section 8 Serious Sam series (complete) Super Hexagon System Shock 2 To The Moon Tomb Raider (everything except for the latest game and that Guardian of Light one) Universe Sandbox (best thing ever) The Wonderful End of the World The only things left that I'm still thinking about are the Grand Theft Auto and Strike Suit series, which I think I may just pick up at Christmas, or maybe next summer. Unless there's some crazy-ass deal, I doubt there's anything else that I want to pick up. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 23 July 2013, 20:19:30 I got mostly DLC in this sale...
I was hoping Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon would have been cheaper... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 July 2013, 00:19:14 I figured that they wouldn't be, just because of their release date.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 9 August 2013, 14:56:24 I ended up getting them on uPlay instead of Steam, but it's not the same :(
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 9 August 2013, 20:41:18 Eh, You would be running them through uPlay anyway, since that's how Ubisoft works these days.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 August 2013, 05:00:12 I hate all that #####.
I'm playing a lot of Street Fighter III: Third Strike. And Donkey Kong Country. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TriggerUNIT on 26 August 2013, 02:35:32 I generally stay a generation behind these days for the massive price drops. I've already indulged in ps3 and Xbox 360 long ago, and was not impressed. Fps anyone? So I decided to get a wii a little bit before the drop of the wii u, and picked up a game I've been dying to play.
I just got done with a play through of Metroid: Other M. The only thing that baffles me is the name, it's stupid, but other than that, I have a hard time seeing why the popular consensus is that it's bad. Complaint 1: "Missiles in first person? CAN'T MOVE WTF!?!?" I generally had no problems with this. The option to switch to a first person view was fantasticly implemented for exploration of the 3D environment and puzzle solving. I understand that this complaint is chiefly in regards to combat scenarios. But even then, I didn't find this at all as excruciating as it was described. I feel it adds a sense of strategy where you can't just rely on blasting everything in sight and have to plan your moves and execute them swiftly. I was also pleased that the curser didn't go ape ##### all over the screen and was actually generally intuitive. What's more, time was slowed almost to a screaching halt for a split second after the visual switch, giving you generous time to line up your shot assuming YOU didn't screw up and end up facing the wrong direction. Really, the boss fights were just generally tough, and you had no one to blame but yourself for getting hit or losing. I can only assume that the gripe is because people cannot stand to blame themselves. Complaint 2: "Samus is stupid! Dialog sucks! And she needs man to tell her what to do, omg wtf!?" Well, yes. Samus wasn't at all portrayed like YOU might have though she should have been. Tough luck. It's not your decision to make. We have to take to account some realistic facts that make a character more realistic. People have mentors and others they would follow. Adam happened to be that person, hell, a father figure even. It has nothing to do with the "sexist perception of the female role," because this is synonymous with almost every human being, gender regardless. Yes, Adam was a man, but lets be rational here, most people in the military are. I see many people have griped about her encounter with Ridley. Let us be rational once more. Ridley is a gigantic dragon, not to mention that he looked absolutely brutal in this particular game, and he is also somewhat of a rival for Samus... Who she has repeatedly killed. There is no reason why any person SHOULDN'T have a mental break down before being faced with this. Anyone that is inclined to disagree has no concept of combat, and the obsessive and fearful emotions it involkes. There are times when Samus' deductive skills are shown off, but she isn't a genius, nor is she supposed to be. She's a bounty hunter, not a poet or a feminist activist. What do you honestly expect from someone that has gone through 6 star cruisers and loses every one of her upgrades before every mission? Complaint 3: "Spending hours in first person mode looking for something to progress! BAWWWW!" I agree with this. It was unnecessary. A cut scene could have summed it up nicely, but instead I found myself searching around the screen often for a few minutes, not knowing what exactly I was supposed to be looking at. It only happened four times though, if I recall. Not really a cause for alarm. Complaint 4: "Auto aim? Too easy! Wtf melee!?" C'mon... I seriously do not remember a Metroid game where I was challenged by every creature that exhumes itself from the ground. In every game, your greatest enemies were the bosses and the environment. And Other M delivers this in spades. Watching run of the mill enemies expload into a fine mist is satisfying, and the boss fights are a welcomed vacation from the otherwise addictive, mindless slaughter. And taking out tougher enemies with an up close and personal wollup is ever so appealing to me. I think the more brutal approach was a nice touch. I think I've touched on most of it. All and all, loved it. In fact, I really want to see more of it. I think it trumps all of the primes and I'd call it the only true successor to Super Metroid to date. It's also my second favorite out of the whole series. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 August 2013, 03:11:07 I've been playing the living hell out of Saints Row IV.
LOVE it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 26 August 2013, 05:32:35 Been playing of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, as it's in early access... however like most early accesses and betas, it's riddled with errors, emergency maintenance, and assorted downtimes.
Still, I dig this game, So much better than XI. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 August 2013, 13:59:14 Samus' portrayal as a character is not logical to me at all because it contrasts with her history. A person who survived the destruction of a her family and an entire planet as a child before eventually causing the destruction of planets herself has psychological trauma to deal with for sure, but it's clear that she must deal with this trauma in a decisive and violent fashion because that's the only way she could survive it repeatedly when there's no one else who can save her.
People think Samus' portrayal is realistic because they're trying to project how a blank character would describe a particular Rorschach test, but that's not really an accurate way to measure realism. They're like "Well that's how I'd react to that kind of #####ed up situation, so it must be realistic." The problem is that people are different, and cope with things in different ways. Even if one were to prove that her reaction to Ridley was completely realistic, which would be difficult without scientifically observing multiple case studies of orphaned girls who have been through her exact situation, there's still the issue of probability versus actuality (a 90% likelihood of reacting a certain way is not 100%), and there's still the issue of realism getting in the way of consistency and good writing. The idea that she would only ever have a mental breakdown in the one situation when someone else can step in and save her is terrible writing. It implies that she could easily have had similar breakdowns in the past and if she had, she would have died a long time ago. The environments she puts herself in constantly would be too much for her to cope with, and too violent for her to survive without constant access to excellent reflexes and emotional control. Justifying her reaction is like trying to justify how the force was explained in The Phantom Menace, except for some reason people are okay with changing things that shouldn't be changed when it involves a female character that is disempowered and gets sexually exploited with camera angles at every conceivable opportunity, including those that were deliberately and jarringly crafted in order to do so. This isn't to say that Samus should have been emotionless. What I AM saying is that the ability for warriors to survive relies on their knowing how to compartmentalize those feelings and release them in situations where it isn't astronomically important for them to pay attention to their surroundings and react appropriately to danger. An example of GOOD writing for this is in the character of Joe Ledger (re: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry). He's an action hero and a killer, and his best friend is his psychologist, and he killed a terrorist who shortly came back as a zombie, so there's your parallel right there. He had to fight this zombie with his bare hands in an event that was very traumatic for him, but if he had frozen up like Samus had, then he would have been bitten and he would have died within the first pages of the first book. There would have been no story to write whatsoever. If he had been bailed out by deus ex machina as Samus had, there would also be no story because he wouldn't have demonstrated that he's emotionally strong enough to confront the horrors that he was going to face. He only has his moments of anxiety and/or depression when it's safe for those barriers in his mind to come down, which makes far more sense for a person who has survived deadly violence for as long as he has. I won't attack Other M for its gameplay, though. I think it's a bit at odds with other Metroid games, but I think it was intuitively designed around its gameplay ideas. I just wish the story justifications for certain restrictions and challenges in the game weren't completely repellent, and while I much prefer that the story be butchered than the gameplay, I still feel that they put too much effort into crafting cutscenes that were SO weird and not interesting or engaging at all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TriggerUNIT on 26 August 2013, 19:38:40 Gee, I had no idea that you were either a warrior or a psychiatrist that has absolute understanding of how a warrior would react to combat and related external stimuli.
The fact is I rather greatly take offense as, in this regard, I absolutely know what I'm talking about. Realism has nothing to do with your concept of how a warriors mind SHOULD opperate. Sometimes it just doesn't happen that way, and it doesn't matter how many people you kill or how many dangerous missions you've underwent in the past. One could be enough, maybe six is more your threshold. Maybe it wasn't even a combat related event that causes the mental break down. In fact, warriors can go for many months after a combat scenario, hell, some even years, and then finally crack, sometimes over very little pressure from unrelated problems. It's volatile, it varies in many different ways, and I've seen it. So I'll say it again. Sorry samus' reaction or attitude was not how YOU would have imagined, but it IS plausible. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 August 2013, 23:38:48 Gee, I had no idea that you were either a warrior or a psychiatrist that has absolute understanding of how a warrior would react to combat and related external stimuli. Did I say I was? Well, I guess I implied it maybe. Sort of. However, put that part of my post in the context of the whole post and I figured you'd get the sense that I was talking about characters in writing, not real people. As I said, "There's still the issue of realism getting in the way of consistency and good writing," and that was a very crucial part of my reasoning that informed what went on to be a majority of my post. Perhaps only having one sentence that would inform or change the entire meaning of most of what I was trying to say was a bad choice, but it was there nonetheless. I suppose I might have a tendency to express myself redundantly in some ways and overly concisely in others, so I can see where a misunderstanding would get across. I do believe that there should be a difference between complete realism and good writing, and that may be where we don't agree. The fact is I rather greatly take offense as, in this regard, I absolutely know what I'm talking about. Realism has nothing to do with your concept of how a warriors mind SHOULD opperate. I'd like to point out that you were the one to take the opposing side and put it into terms of your knowledge vs. their subjectivity when you said "Samus wasn't at all portrayed like YOU might have thought she should have been," and I think it's fair to say that that kind of assumption without the possibility of insight as to how I think and feel is a poor one. I am not imagining Samus in a specific way, I am simply pointing out that her portrayal was still far from the best choice. I was a tad offended by this remark, but I chose not to take it personally and instead decided to subtly point out that people on my side of the argument can be rational by demonstrating it. Secondly I wasn't challenging your knowledge of realism with regards to real situations, I was challenging all arguments on a basis of realism with regards to a fake character in a fantastic situation that has never happened and thus can't be observed in a scientific fashion. I think it's bad writing because it's problematic to write a weakness into a character that has not ever shown that weakness and probably conveniently won't ever show that weakness again unless she's got characters nearby who can bail her out. Characters like Samus are survivors already way beyond the boundaries of realism, because that's part of the very point of their existence as video game protagonists. We both know it would have been counter-intuitive to make Samus' sprite freeze up and start shaking in Super Metroid even though it might arguably be just as "plausible" it wouldn't make sense as to how the game functions. People would get annoyed and think the game is broken. THAT, in writing terms, is pretty much how I feel about it happening in any other Metroid game, because I think the writing should complement the player's choices and abilities and it should complement the type of game that it actually is. Even in Other M's story approach I think it should have used design factors from other games to influence her portrayal, rather than simply acting as if she was a blank slate upon which to write whatever they wanted. They may not have had all that much to go by for her character in specific terms but there are conclusions about her character that they could have logically derived from the game design itself. They may or may not have been the same conclusions I'd have made—that's not the point. My argument would be that they didn't even consider those factors. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TriggerUNIT on 27 August 2013, 00:48:05 My apologies, I reacted a little too personally. To be more logical, I should say that her portrayal is appealing because it is quite relatable. Which bring me to another point of disagreement, because of the fact that samus, save for fusion, was a silent protagonist. As far as many people outside of Japan know, her personality was akin to that of the person controlling her. Whether she was a cautious or aggressive hunter, whether she was a skilled killer or preferred to open up a barrage of missiles like a crazed pyro were all factors defined by the person playing. For all intensive purposes, she WAS a blank slate. Fusion offered some dialog, but very little in regards to interacting with others to define actual personality traits as oppose to just stating past events or narrating the volume of the situation at hand. If personality traits were made prevalent throughout the series, then I would be inclined to agree with you, but being the silent protagonist she was immersed the player into the field to react as only they would and explore the world in the order and manner in which they saw fit. For however offensive it may sound, there was a lot of room for her to be personified, and the only real reason to be Unsatisfied with this personification is because it didn't match up to how people felt while playing her silent self in subsequent games. Which is understandable, however it just doesn't justify the amount of instant hatred.
I also understand that it takes place in universe built on fantasy, and that it is not necessarily bound by realism, however, I'll argue that her character development was logical based on the grounds that if you wish to develope a character to the extent Nintendo wanted to develope samus, then there should be traits that people can relate to. A silent protagonist is easy to relate to because your thoughts are exactly what you perceive the protagonist to be thinking, and you self personify. Here, they had a chance to enforce the personality they intended. And I understand that the concept of "having someone to bail her out" isn't an ideal trait, but it is a relatable one, and samus needed the characters involved in this game to show how she interacted with other people. There wouldn't be a need for a personality without interaction. I honestly do not see how people can be angry with the development of a character that has not yet been developed unless it didn't jive with their personal thoughts. And that isn't at all logical. No, it isn't logical to "stop everything and make samus shake to show fear" in a 16 bit game, or in any game where the player defines the emotions felt. But for the situation provided in Other M, it's entirely logical. Besides, Nintendo has stated that if people outside of Japan had read the manga while playing through the game, their perception of samus' character would probably diverse greatly from what is currently expected. Making a mute in a game talk is usually hard to accept. But Nintendo went for what they intended for. I don't see a lapse in logic in that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 28 August 2013, 01:16:05 I got to play Saint's Row IV over at a friend's house the other day. That was pretty damn fun. If I wasn't broke as #####, I'd be playing it right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 August 2013, 04:13:10 I'm waiting on Saints Row IV. It looks just like the last one (because it is) and that had no substance. The story took an ultimately disappointing turn from what the first two games established.
Majikn rules. I fully admit I don't have time right now to read all that but he's always pretty damn on point or at least incredibly fair. I like TriggerUNIT too, so let's all be cool guys together. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 August 2013, 04:39:35 Mike, this game is a series of constant throwbacks to SR1 and 2. It's more like a super glorified expansion because literally all they did was reskin the last game, but that's all I wanted. It's Saints Row 3, but better.
I would at least rent it and blast through the main story. I just like that it's Tron, Prototype, Infamous, SR3, SR2, SR1, and side scroller beat-em-up. I've been grinding the side missions, but they're kind of nice. It takes all of the activities on the map and makes them parts of quests which have specific rewards. Also, #####ING SUPER POWERS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 August 2013, 16:41:42 I WISH I could rent games still.
I'll get to it eventually, but I think the spirit was lost after 2. I liked that it was more about cleaning up your city from all the other gangs. I know in 2 you kind of become just another one of those gangs, and it is mentioned WITHIN that game's epilogue, but I thought that meant 3 would have you going back to that kind of role. But 3 just kept going into the ridiculousness (which I still like, in moderation like SR2) and just kind of had no bottom. SR4 seems to only amp that up with super powers and stuff, which is something I'd look for in a different type of game. It's more an issue I have with where they're going with the series than the game itself. Also at least one friend of mine was completely disappointed with 4, apparently it's very glitchy? Might just be his system. I'm more excited for GTAV, even after the abysmal time I had with GTAIV. But this new some seems to have it all. Might look too good to be true but it's at least enticing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Eyeswide on 1 September 2013, 20:45:18 I bought Black Rock Shooter: The Game a couple of years ago. I've only now started playing through it because I've been bored and too lazy to make time to go to the mall and get new games. I like it, it's an action rpg and its relatively fun. It gets a bit repetitive, with every action sequence revolving around moronically mashing the x button. But, I guess I find appeal because it simply is BRS, of which I'm a huge fan. A novelty like I suppose.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 4 September 2013, 22:43:38 [spoiler]My apologies, I reacted a little too personally. To be more logical, I should say that her portrayal is appealing because it is quite relatable. Which bring me to another point of disagreement, because of the fact that samus, save for fusion, was a silent protagonist. As far as many people outside of Japan know, her personality was akin to that of the person controlling her. Whether she was a cautious or aggressive hunter, whether she was a skilled killer or preferred to open up a barrage of missiles like a crazed pyro were all factors defined by the person playing. For all intensive purposes, she WAS a blank slate. Fusion offered some dialog, but very little in regards to interacting with others to define actual personality traits as oppose to just stating past events or narrating the volume of the situation at hand. If personality traits were made prevalent throughout the series, then I would be inclined to agree with you, but being the silent protagonist she was immersed the player into the field to react as only they would and explore the world in the order and manner in which they saw fit. For however offensive it may sound, there was a lot of room for her to be personified, and the only real reason to be Unsatisfied with this personification is because it didn't match up to how people felt while playing her silent self in subsequent games. Which is understandable, however it just doesn't justify the amount of instant hatred. I was offering the idea that game design is a window into a character. Being silent is not the only factor with which we can determine a character's personality. Many enemies are designed to be obstacles, some of which are subtly meant to reveal secret pathways, and Samus is designed (and often rewarded) for getting rid of them by firing weapons, and when dodging or hiding from your enemies is actually more inconvenient than killing them, you get the idea which direction you're being nudged in. You would want to portray the character the way a vast majority of people would play as her in a game. The game was far from limitless, and players often reached those limitations when they wouldn't play the game as it was intended to be played, in the form of an artificially self-imposed difficulty. And it's not "having someone to bail her out" that I took issue with, it's the underlying weakness that required a bailout in order for her to survive. My problem with it is that in a good story, characters don't suddenly develop weaknesses just to have them be written back out of the equation with a little bit of deus ex machina. While Samus would naturally have flaws to make her relatable, my argument was that they could have kept to revealing flaws that pertained to what made Other M different from other games while also being consistent with where she previously lacked certain limitations (i.e. her ability to survive vast amounts of combat scenarios). Of course I'm giving a lot of flak for that, but really that was the only part I remember that struck me as being way off. I mean I do recall being mostly put off by the plot of the game. Maybe it doesn't deserve outright hate but I'm still far from convinced of it being a good story. If what you're getting from this argument is that it's Japan's full-access perspective vs. everyone else's, I suppose that's a bit different. It doesn't make other viewpoints invalid, however. The manga could be horrible for all I know, and drawing inspiration from it could still be a objectively bad decision. And as a matter of fact, sometimes the details in the "extended universe" just aren't consistent with why most people should actually love a thing. Again, Star Wars is an excellent example of this. I got Saints Row the Third from a Humble Bundle, as well as Saints Row 2 more recently. I guess I'll give the 2nd a shot eventually, but that means I have no incentive to play the fourth at all. It's full price versus multiple extremely cheaper titles. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Eyeswide on 6 September 2013, 14:01:54 I don't think this argument has any resolution. It's too opinionated. :3 you could both agree to disagree, though.
Oh and by the way. SCP Foundation. Yup. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 7 September 2013, 00:34:12 Yeah, I'm not really searching for an agreement but merely a point of understanding. I agree that an argument can't really take someone's previous enjoyment of a game and make that not valid.
I'm actually a bit inclined to give Other M another shot for what has been said, really. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 October 2013, 23:21:04 GTA V. Loving it so far.
Posted on: September 19, 2013, 03:38:23 PM Pokémon X, woo. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 16 October 2013, 17:19:37 GTA V. Loving it so far. For Pokemon X, whats your friend code? For Friend Safari. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 17 October 2013, 03:04:03 let's play pokemon together
i have y Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 18 October 2013, 17:02:42 I got Y but I'm barely started.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 18 October 2013, 19:08:52 We should all trade up friend codes for Friend Saffari post game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 October 2013, 04:23:38 I just got Pokemon X yesterday so I'm also barely started.
Friend codes? I'm 4313.1074.8642 and I'll be down to clown after I get into it more. I chose Froakie. Desperate for a Growlithe if anyone has tips/trades. Edit--So Pokexcited I forgot to mention the rest: I'm loving GTAV, hardcore. I never played Other M but the whole crying thing never bothered me and seems like it makes a lot of sense. I think it's kind of ridiculous to expect her to be constantly ruff... Although she is basically Ellen Ripley. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 22 October 2013, 07:03:23 X
4570 7195 1799 (Abra / Sigilyph / Xatu) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 October 2013, 10:35:50 Well, thinking about the whole issue, I can decidely justify it by the possibility that the situation in Other M was affecting her psychologically in a way that was different from previous games. With the presence of people from her past, and the nature of the story, it's possible I guess. I just wasn't receptive to the idea for a lack of that kind of thinking.
It's not that I was expecting her to be inhumanly emotionless, though. The idea of Samus crying was never the problem. It's just how it was done that I couldn't circumstantially explain, which took me out of it at the time. I can better understand it by comparing it somewhat to Batman's behaviour in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. And, ALL of you guys have the new Pokemon? ##### it. I'm getting it. Peer pressured. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 October 2013, 23:08:40 Ahh ok, that makes sense. Having not played the game, I'm not sure how it was presented so I'm just going off the concept alone.
Added you, WW. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 24 October 2013, 00:15:47 For Pokemon X, whats your friend code? For Friend Safari. Friend code is: 3480 - 2635 - 0827 Added Mike and WW. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 24 October 2013, 06:03:41 Got both mike and Nova.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 25 October 2013, 02:00:41 add me 5284-1403-9393
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 25 October 2013, 09:55:19 0044-2806-1059
add me 5284-1403-9393 bitch already got you I got Y... and I already beat it... and done all of the post game content... i'm a filthy whore Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 October 2013, 06:47:31 4296 - 3332 - 8662
Added everyone on this page who posted numbers. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 27 October 2013, 01:57:44 X Updated my friend safari prizes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 October 2013, 20:35:39 Added y'alls in. I've been swamped so I'm taking my time with this game.
But yes, I have a Greninja who shoots some water shuriken. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 29 October 2013, 04:21:24 can one of you guys please help me evolve this haunter into a gengar
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 29 October 2013, 04:27:07 I'm on right now. My character's name is Arin.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 29 October 2013, 19:58:00 My code is 2723-9447-5390
Also added everyone who recently posted codes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 31 October 2013, 18:30:30 Alright guys. I got tired of busting up my wrists EV training my Eevee team.
I've decided to give some info on your friend safaris, and share this following link http://vivixcore.zapto.org:8069/PKMN/safarifinder.php (http://vivixcore.zapto.org:8069/PKMN/safarifinder.php) If you enter your information and use the service there in, you'll find yourself with some classy ass safaris to build yourself some awesome post-game teams. or atleast fill up your dex some. The rules of the safari is as such: Each friend code gets 3 pokemons in the safari. To get any of them you have to both be friends with each other. Two outright, and one rarer one that others can get once you beat the elite four, as long as they've seen you online afterwards. As such, some of you I don't have access to your third pokeman. Mikero: (Poison Type) Sviper, Ariados Eddy: (Normal type) Dunsparce, Loudred, Ditto ASR: (I don't have access to your mans, man.) Majikn: (Ice) Beartic, Snorunt TheOnly: (Dragon) Shelgon, Gabite Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 31 October 2013, 19:33:57 Vin is Ice and has Snorunt, Bergmite and Piloswine.
ASR is Ground and has Sandshrew and Camerupt. Don't have access to his third as I've yet to see him online in-game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 1 November 2013, 01:31:44 somebody i'm friends with was Fire and i caught a charmeleon in their safari.
i guess it wasn't one of you guys? why the hell am i ground-type Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 1 November 2013, 01:42:42 Alright guys. I got tired of busting up my wrists EV training my Eevee team. TIL everybody wants to make an EV trained Eevee team. I'm addicted to breeding... I just keep trying to make perfect Pokes... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 November 2013, 01:57:31 Your Friend Safari type has to do with your friend code apparently, so it's pretty much random.
Maybe later I'll try breeding better Pokemon and such but I don't really have too much time for it... and I'm happy with my team at the moment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 1 November 2013, 03:28:45 So I hear getting Dragon type is rare. And just passed the game so the 3rd Pokemon should be up by now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 November 2013, 21:40:01 I hate that I give crappy poison.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 4 November 2013, 05:22:37 i whooped mike's ass in a pokemon battle just fyi everybody
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: AlexThePenguin on 4 November 2013, 07:34:32 Hey! Hey guys! I... I have some pokeymans, too!
... Guys? Oh, well. My numbers are 0877-0476-5053 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 4 November 2013, 19:11:07 The Only's third is Sluggoo
Opal (Ground) has Nincada and Trapinch Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 November 2013, 04:26:02 it's important for you guys to know that mike sucks at pokemon
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 November 2013, 11:31:55 I battled CV and our levels were set to 50 and I was only as far as route 7 with a team of level 20~s whereas he's post-game. I was kind of lucky; I managed to defeat his Mega Gengar with a Lucario with Foresight and Force Palm. I wouldn't have even thought of doing that if he hadn't trapped me into using a fighting type against his ghost type. I paralyzed his Pokemon three separate times (not even realizing that I could paralyze with Force Palm, and I also had Thunder Wave and Pikachu's Static ability).
Even though he Garchomped my remaining three pokemon after that and still had a Mawile and a Kabutops ready to go, I felt pretty accomplished for a brief moment. I'm progressing very slowly as you peoples can see so it'll probably be a while before you see my third Pokemon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheOnly on 5 November 2013, 17:55:23 Guys, so I have the Pokerus thing going on, whos wants an infected pokemon? xD
Added Alex. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 6 November 2013, 03:10:41 Playing Pokemon black so that i can move my Soul Silver mans into it, and onto X once the pokebank opens. Feels bad man.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 November 2013, 02:36:25 it's important for you guys to know that mike sucks at pokemon Woah woah what-tha-what-tha-#####? Late to THAT party... Uhmm, starting the faux-feud engines NOW! EER UHM ACTUALLY it's important for just you to know I went in with 5 Pokemon lesser trained than yours, prickhead. Ya set that fight at level 50, sure, but most of my mon's weren't even there yet, scabiesbum. So it's not like you truly had the skills to make the kills, know what I mean, knockkneelicker? Nah forreal forreal you has some moves but they were bitchmade and I'm workin' on that next level ##### now, son! HAWHAW hard body ##### my ##### YEH TRIFLIN'. AIGHT? YOu'ze a bugga, you'ze was buggin', and yeh BE buggin' i' yu' THINK ye' stoppin' me wh'n dis owlll be ova' an' dat's ovvvious--word is bond da kanto kid comin' atcha frank castle n' ##### blastin' ya dome ya done kno I make jay-z look like lay-z nahmean mega trife and yo i killd you inna past life, word is bond. YEH SLEEPn ALEC, YEH SLEEPn n' I'm BOUT to creep 'n n' murk erry trainer on eart n' dat's awwwwwvvvious. But on a for-real note I am behind on playing, but catching up. Adding you soon Opal. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 30 November 2013, 10:55:23 So there's this unique move called Happy Hour which is available in Japan only and it is on a special Inkay at a distribution place in Tokyo. I don't care about the Inkay, but I would like to sketch that move or get a Smeargle that has it. I'll let you all know if I manage to do so because I'll be able to redistribute it very easily. Its worth as a move is neglible unless you want a way to earn lots of money faster than usual, but it's still something cool to have since you can't get it by conventional means.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 December 2013, 18:08:33 I'd be in for that.
I finished the main story so y'all can look for my 3rd FS 'mon now, Spoilers: It's a Toxicroak. I bought Gunman Clive for 3DS finally and I love it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 20 December 2013, 07:00:29 I have 30+ Happy Hour Smeargles and I've occasionally been idly wonder trading them off (and trading back the results until I get something I like) while doing other things, so if you see me on and offer a trade I'll give you one.
I wanted to get a shiny Greninja named Mikero and a shiny Amoonguss named Jake. A team of Matrician-like Pokemon would actually be fun to clone/trade off to everyone, though it's brutal to actually get the shiny ones for the fitting colours. I didn't know Gunman Clive was that cheap, so I might buy it the next time I get a gift card. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 31 December 2013, 13:57:27 I wanted to get a shiny Greninja named Mikero and a shiny Amoonguss named Jake. A team of Matrician-like Pokemon would actually be fun to clone/trade off to everyone, though it's brutal to actually get the shiny ones for the fitting colours. Totally. Eventually I'll start breeding my Greninja, for that sick Protean, so hopefully that'll help? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 February 2014, 16:05:26 I got to play Assassin's Creed IV last week, which was awesome. I'll be picking that up when I get an Xbox One...years from now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Lunchebox on 5 February 2014, 16:30:39 They're making a cheaper version of the XBox One and lowering the price of the regular one later this year, so it's probably a good idea to wait.
I played Episode 2 of The Wolf Among Us and started Bioshock Infinite, even though everyone played it like a year ago. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 February 2014, 17:33:58 Bravely Default's pretty fun, even though I usually don't go in for this kind of thing since Y2K.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 February 2014, 14:58:04 Playing Bravely Default. It has some issues, to be sure, but it's still a good RPG, the best Final Fantasy since 6 and has a God Tier soundtrack. Seriously, the music is probably the best RPG soundtrack since Chrono Cross. It has melted my bitter, icy heart, if only a little.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 1 March 2014, 11:45:11 Dangit Rez, I don't need your opinion prompting me to buy games right now. I have way too many games sitting unplayed.
And here I was thinking that game would be terribly stagnant. Really though it seems like a good move for Square Enix. It seems like they need to get back to the core, and work their way back up from there. The main thing that actually turned me away from it was the sleep mode mechanic, but I do recall wanting to look up the OST. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 March 2014, 01:27:14 To the surprise of no one Rez is right on. I have all my characters abilinked up already but I'd gladly switch over to anyone from here who's willing.
The sleep mode mechanic isn't a problem at all. It's actually rare I pay attention to it, and if you really need to you can always just put the thing to sleep overnight while you sleep. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 March 2014, 20:09:49 The sleep mechanic is pretty non intrusive. It only affects your time stop power and makes the village rebuilding go faster. Though it was rough when I ate up the 3 SP I had then went into debt 3 more as you can with BP. Took 5 days get back to a full 3 stocked.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 April 2014, 15:40:53 Yo, I hate dragons.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 April 2014, 16:16:41 Finished South Park the Stick of Truth. It was a great game all in all. The combat was a bit slow, and the summons were so crippled they were useless (but insane tier cool). The game actually had a few bugs, with extremely choppy loading and lagging as you moved at times, and dropped music frequently during battle. The music overall was generally a let down, with not a lot of it, and what it had was kind of lame.
Still, the experience was amazing, and I laughed my ass off a number of times. Even with some flaws, the game is one of the best licensed games ever made. If you like South Park, you will love this game. It has a ton of side quests and just about everyone makes an appearance. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 May 2014, 02:44:51 I'm going to be selling off a bulk of my Xbox 360 games, so I'm going through the ones I never got around to playing to see whether I'd want to keep them around or just go ahead and sell them. Currently switching between Kameo and Singularity. Probably going to be selling both of them, but I'd like to finish Singularity before I sell it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 24 June 2014, 11:41:42 Mario Kart, of course.
My Nintendo Network ID is exactly what you think it would be. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 24 June 2014, 19:31:06 I've acquired a nasty habit of ordering in SNES and SFC carts, including replacements for some games I lost a couple years ago. This is mostly in service of my other nasty habit of obsessive speedrunning.
It's amazing how much money you can save by getting a SFC cart vs. a SNES one sometimes. For the amount of money I saved on Chrono Trigger alone, I could acquire all the tools I'd need to open up the cartridge, flash a new chip with the US version, and swap them out. X3 tends to hover around $150-200 these days and I got the JP cart for $30 (still a bit much, maybe, but not excessive). It helps that I am explicitly NOT a collector - I don't really care about the condition, region or rarity of the games, as long as they are playable. That said, there IS a certain degree of satisfaction to being able to play some of these games on original hardware for the first time. The one I've been playing the most recently is X1. I've got a 32:51 in the fastest-completion category and am shooting for 32:30 or lower (for reference, the WR is 31:27). After that, I'm moving back to a game nobody else runs, Front Mission: Gun Hazard. A few months ago I developed the route and came up with a half-optimized 3h7m time, but I'm confident in my ability to bring that below 3 hours given some more thought and practice. EDIT: Oh yeah and I'm playing Mario Kart too. It's a blast - I hadn't really sunk my teeth into a Mario Kart game since MK64, so I was pleasantly surprised by how technical the game can be once you start pushing yourself. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 June 2014, 23:00:04 Just finished Ace Attorney Investigations 2 and Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is a bang up amazing game. It's one of the top Ace Attorney games easily, and even more tragic Capcom flipped us the bird and didn't localize it. The International Translation Team did an amazing job. It's not just translated, it's fully localized from names to jokes to graphics. There is not a scrap of Japanese in the game. If you didn't know it was a fan translation, you'd never know it wasn't official. I can't recommend people give it a play either via emulation of flash card.
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy was great for 3/4 of the game, and the last 1/4 it fell apart in one of the most spectacular failures and disappointments ever. An extremely disappointing end to the last Layton game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 June 2014, 01:38:00 One of these days I'll have to finish AAI2... only played through the first case a couple months ago so far but it was pretty good.
Also been playing Mario Kart 8 and Diablo III lately. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 July 2014, 23:06:31 Shovel Knight and Portal 2.
Having a whale of a time. Also Batman Arkham Origins. Bo-ring. Edit: On the mentions of Mario Kart. I haven't like a single one I've played since the SNES game (which I devoured)... Until now. I've only played Mario Kart 8 for one session with friends but it easily and effortlessly blew the hype-train out of MK64 station to me. 64 always fell slow and clunky to me, especially when compared with 1) the original game and 2) Diddy Kong Racing, which was pound for pound the better 64 go-kart racer in my eyes. I even liked Crash Team Racing more than MK64. I thought Double-Dash was either a horrid mess the result of some Nintendo Corp. nepotism hire OR the extended covert lampoon of the world's most secret and greatest comedian/ienne. But Mario Kart 8 is fantastic. It brought the whole back to what was good about it in the first place, but without sacrificing a bit. You can jump right into the fun, it never feels too slow-Even when you're new and you don't have the drift dynamics down. And you can now really change up your play style to keep the fun going. I love being able to say "Good job, Nintendo" without any sarcasm again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 20 July 2014, 08:49:24 I like the additions to Mario Kart 8, but to say that it sacrificed nothing feels wrong to me. Ever since Mario Kart Wii, the battle mode was changed to be suitable for online play, without allowing the option to play local multiplayer the old way. Mario Kart 8 goes further with this by stripping the game down to bare bones racing and time trials. The battle mode acts as if it was a half-assed new idea tacked on rather than something that was actually a core part of the game in previous titles, and actually fun to play in quite a few of them. It doesn't even have dedicated arenas anymore—I don't understand how levels designed for racing in would be considered balanced for free roaming?
This game just feels like it was rushed. What's in the game is great, but I would have waited longer for what is absent. It's Mario Kart, not Mario Kart Racing, and I feel like every game should have as many options as Smash Bros. does for both battle and racing. And... does anyone care about Mario Kart TV? I certainly don't. It doesn't surprise me that Origins is boring and that's why I skipped it. I just don't see what that series can really do to grow, except to literally keep making the map bigger. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 July 2014, 18:13:21 I've been playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out on my iPhone. It's a free-to-play game...pretty much just SimCity but with the Simpsons. It's fun, and doesn't require much effort or time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 August 2014, 01:10:56 I have that too, Speed's on my list. But I haven't played in a while. My phone got too full.
I like the additions to Mario Kart 8, but to say that it sacrificed nothing feels wrong to me. Ever since Mario Kart Wii, the battle mode was changed to be suitable for online play, without allowing the option to play local multiplayer the old way. Mario Kart 8 goes further with this by stripping the game down to bare bones racing and time trials. The battle mode acts as if it was a half-assed new idea tacked on rather than something that was actually a core part of the game in previous titles, and actually fun to play in quite a few of them. It doesn't even have dedicated arenas anymore—I don't understand how levels designed for racing in would be considered balanced for free roaming? Fair point. Really my focus in that statement was about jumping into the action and not really needing a bunch of tutorials or pictures of controls. That was something past Mario Karts didn't have for me. Admittedly I don't own Mario Kart 8, and I've actually played only a few of the series, but I clocked so many hours into the original that it's hard for any other MK game to compare. Since posting that, I've had a chance to try out the battle mode. Indeed, it's not very good. It would a fine battle mode of the regular style one still existed along with it, but on it's own it's just kind of stupid. Especially for people that don't own the game, so they don't know when a particular turn in a particular track has a big hole in it waiting to eat up one of their balloons. It doesn't surprise me that Origins is boring and that's why I skipped it. I just don't see what that series can really do to grow, except to literally keep making the map bigger. I'm almost done now. It's more than boring, it's uninspired. It's badly programmed. It's poorly written. Also, making the map bigger only served to make you fast travel more, instead of having fun roaming the city. They added a long ass bridge in the middle of everything that's a chore to get across. Over half of the city is lifted straight out of the Arkham City. That makes sense, right? Wrong. This is meant to happen way before the other games yet everything is so samey and so completely unedited that the same style of EVENTS will happen in certain buildings, with barely any cosmetic changes even. For example, near the very beginning of Arkham City you enter the courthouse and fight a bunch of Two-Face's cronies. At one point in Arkham Origins you enter that same courthouse and have the same fight except this time they are Anarky's men. But every element is the same, they use the same tactics, throw the same conveniently places milk crates (which are in a courthouse?). 90% of the game is just that kind of rehash. Gadget-wise there's mostly everything from the other games, or slightly edited versions of them. In lieu of freeze bombs there's glue grenades, that type of "edit". Same exact function. BUT there is one thing that is new: At one point Bruce (shh!) gets some new gloves, and those gloves are insanely powerful and let you cheap out some of the tougher thugs. But that creates a whole other problem of "Why would Batman ever get rid of these, then?" The whole thing is unpolished too. Most of the time (and I mean MOST of the time) before you even get a look at a puzzle, Batman actually says the solution out loud. Moreover, the dialogue will be like "Haha Batman I've got Vicki Vale tied up at the bridge!" and then Batman will think to himself (you) "I've got to get to that bridge" and then ALFRED will talk about it over a mic telling you not to go, and Batman will reaffirm he has to get there, and then the HUD will tell you to go the bridge. It holds your hand so damn hard that even when you "investigate" a crime scene you scan a dead body or whatever, then Batman out loud says "I should look for signs of <maguffin>" and then instead of you looking around and scanning stuff trying to figure it out, there's a marker right over the next thing to scan. Everything's so lit up for you it might as well be a cutscene. The programming is random. Sometime when you're gliding around the game freezes to load mid-flight. SOMEtimes enemies will just spot you even though you shouldn't be able to be spotted.You're completely away from everyone in the room they suddenly switch the music and the game has registered that you've been seen. And so the game acts like it, and changes your exp bonus accordingly. So sometimes you get a real "what's the point" vibe when sneaking. Another time (today) I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out where to jump to. Here's the scenario: Bamman walks out of a door and there's a ledge, it's the only thing you can grapple on to. I grapple to that thing and walk around on the ledge. I try to jump to the next one and fall to into the water, which Batman is allergic to in this game as well. So I try other jumps, same result. I try every gadget there is. Nothing. Turns out there was some script that apparently hinged on me not even going to the ledge, but just jumping in the air and gliding around to my death. That was the only way to trigger forward motion in the game, after that some off-screen SFX and dialogue happened and I was able to leap up onto that ledge again but actually progress and jump where I ATTEMPTED TO JUMP THE FIRST TIME. Also, and this makes me laugh everytime, sometimes when you're outside Batman's breath (because it's Christmas Eve) will backwards through his neck and costume instead of forward out of his mouth. It's really just terrible and I'm a fan of the other two. EDIT: And under an hour after that post I finished the game. Nothing was rectified, obviously. Also I forgot to mention this game is still in the winter, so they didn't have to refresh any of the buildings for a different season, and they could still use the same animations for random thugs being cold. Lazy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 August 2015, 06:17:37 Currently going through my Xbox 360 games, deciding what I want to keep and what to sell. Replaying Wet and Hitman: Absolution, loving the hell out of both.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 August 2015, 16:01:47 Sell? SELL?! Are you INSANE?! You don't sell stuff. What if you want to play it again later? It will cost you out the tits to buy it back. Plus emulation is crap. And, AND, digital re-releases are often hit or miss with cut content (copyright #####) or up or down (copyright #####).
No, you NEVER sell your games stuff. NEVER. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 August 2015, 04:55:47 Have to. Bills to pay and a son who has the longest damn baby legs of all time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 August 2015, 21:44:27 Well, I can see that, but you get virtually nothing for them it just seems awful to sell them, since they'll cost you 10x what you get out of them to get them back later.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 October 2015, 16:42:16 Sorry to hear that Speed. Though honestly, I think a lot of 3D era games don't age too well so I'm sure a lot of 360 library is binnable anyway. Keep the greats, though.
Posted on: 27 August 2015, 12:31:34 Hey hey, anyone playing Splatoon or Mario Maker right now? Absolutely addicted to both. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 30 October 2015, 10:40:33 I was all over the hype for Mario Maker when it came out. It clearly does look amazing. I don't have either game. I know I should get them; I really want to, but it's a matter of cost + me not feeling the need to play them immediately. All the creativity I had invested in Mario Maker at the moment, I've channeled into SMBX instead and you can do a lot more in SMBX than in Mario Maker. Mario Maker is obviously a much easier tool and has its own pros, like all the different interactive enemy/powerup/environment combinations you can have. I guess I just already have a means of scratching that itch.
I dunno if any of you saw Chaos' level. He shared it with me on facebook. We watched someone on twitch try to figure out how to beat it for 3 hours, so that was fun. You had to do some pretty esoteric things to beat it, which stumped a lot of people. I also saw Alec's level featured on YouTube though I didn't even know it was his level until he posted about it. I love the Mario Paint nostalgia and theming around that, and it feels almost like we haven't seen that kind of Nintendo quirkiness since Game Boy Camera. As for Splatoon, I'm just not sure how effective my wireless connection would be for a competitive game like that. I imagine it's a lot more interactive than Mario Kart, where you can get away with some connectivity issues. I would have more incentive to give it a try if I had people to play with though. The thing is, I'm just not a very competitive person and I'd rather just play for fun so I don't know how well that'll fit in with the crowd there. I'm absolutely going to get both of these games, but it's more just a matter of when I guess. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2015, 20:20:02 I don't know much about SMBX, honestly. But I was kind of attracted to Mario Maker because it was official. There's been fan-made level editors for ages and stuff, and I don't know if they all work well/seamlessly. Sounds like SMBX doesn't have many issues, I've just noticed in the past that stuff like that accomplishes everything except game feel.
Haven't seen any of Chaos' levels yet (if it's Mario Maker, I've only played it a bit). Alec has some great levels. I have a lot to learn, the ones I have up now are just garbage but people have a tough time beating them-Which doesn't mean they're any good. For Splatoon, I bought a LAN adaptor and a long ethernet cable. It didn't end up being as cheap as I'd have liked but at least I'd gotten the game as a gift. That fixed 95% of my issues (and gaming on wireless is almost always crappy I hear), with my theory being that the other 5% is a combo of other users and Nintendo. Disconnects are the main issue. It's not a big deal in turf war but for ranked it's a problem - Disconnects count as a loss. Lag happens either way, especially since it seems to be all one big server and having a game of North Americans and Japanese players can be a bit laggy. Lag is fairly annoying since the game can be very accuracy based, and you can ending up killing someone and then dying after because they shot you a ton of times and it didn't register til later. But when it's going good it's insanely fun. You don't have to be super competitive. In the normal turf war stuff it's basically meaningless whether you win or lose, you just get a little more cash and xp. The competitive stuff is in ranked mode, which has a bunch of different game modes (tower control, etc.). Either way, you can't actually talk to anybody in a match except for 2 phrases: "Booyah!" and "C'mon!". That's it, and it only seems to actually go out to people in your region, so you don't really have to worry about it feeling like usual online play. If I were you I'd go with Splatoon first since you have a decent Mario Maker facsimile, and I'll jump in and play with ya anytime if you want. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 November 2015, 11:53:55 Yeah, Nathan's level was/is in Mario Maker. He made a bunch apparently. I'd post a code for it but he's probably going to change it to add checkpoints to all his levels soon anyway.
I wouldn't have liked SMBX if it didn't feel and play as much like a Mario game should as it actually does. For example Super Mario 63 and Super Mario Flash didn't do it for me at all. But when I played and downloaded SMBX, it very quickly felt like a real Mario game. When you play the episode it's packaged with, The Invasion 2, it feels almost like it could have been Super Mario World's core successor (except for the occasional Super Metroid and Zelda II-based level). Luigi, Toad, Peach, and Link are playable and all have different playstyles and each match exactly how I would expect them to feel. Its issues are mainly how the sound works and how audio looping is impossible in the engine, and a few complexities in figuring out stuff that isn't already hard-coded into the engine (like unique bosses or gameplay gimmicks) without having to deal with weird errors (which are still pretty rare). I'll let you know when I get either. I'm just sticking with SMBX for the moment because I actually feel like I've been doing something creative with it, with my time, and while it's not necessarily the best use of my time it's more than just browsing the internet/playing games and that's very motivating. Actually finishing something in it seems daunting but rewarding in the sense of knowing I can actually get something done that isn't a part of the daily grind of my work life, which might or might not translate into other more worthy endeavours. I'm happy with what I've made so far and definitely want to finish it, which is more than I can say for a lot of things I've started. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 November 2015, 14:23:30 I've been playing a lot of Super Mario Maker. It has a lot of missing pieces and I'd like more control on screen movement (freezing vertical scrolling of fixing screen position for single screen "rooms"), and adding some boss options like Boom Boom or Reznor or the Koopa Kids would be awesome. Also, straight up vertical levels would be awesome, and the ability to mix/match horizontal/vertical sub areas.
I'm excited for the addition of check points and conditional power ups though. I'll have to post some of my level codes up here for folks. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 4 November 2015, 07:35:45 Oh man, yes to all of those.
It's unfortunate when you realize Super Mario World has so much more camera functionality than Mario Maker. I wonder how they'd implement that to make easy for designers to use, without causing people to troll the player by giving them terrible viewpoints the whole way through. Perhaps player-side camera options between "use default" and "use level settings" that can be switched back and forth. But then the meta could have people forcing players to use that setting back and forth in order to figure out what they need to do, as like a gimmick probably. I dunno. I guess people will find ways to troll players no matter what, so maybe I'm overthinking this. I've seen a lot of gameplay instances where players would screw something up, and they'd survive, but they wouldn't be able to continue the level and Mario just sort of stares off into the distance blankly before committing suicide. I don't know if I find that more amusing than I should. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2015, 12:39:35 Yeah I agree with Rez. I'm still hoping that they'll add more of that kind of functionality in the future but they very well could just wait for Mario Maker 2 and get my cash again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 25 December 2015, 22:32:17 I got to play Star Wars: Battlefront at my friend's house. Fun, but there's no way in hell I'm paying more than $30 for this thing (and I'm talking the complete version with all DLC) brand-new.
Deadpool was fun. Got through the first chapter or two. Rocket Narwhal is a #####load of fun if you've got 3 other people playing with you. Fast, frantic action that is very simple and easy to pick up. Definitely recommend it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 31 October 2017, 01:27:57 DOOM 2016 for PS4 & Super Mario Odyssey for Switch.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 October 2017, 13:28:16 I actually just finished the Sexy Brutale on PS4. Damn fine game. I hope Limited Run games does a retail on Switch, as I'd love to own in there as well.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 31 October 2017, 21:30:03 Played and beat Breath of the Wild, amazing game.
Played and beat Hollow Knight, spectacular experience. Playing Destiny 2 because my friend wanted to play it with me so badly that he paid for half of my copy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 November 2017, 20:43:59 We really need to bring back the Pokemon troll effect for this new Nintendo era. Like, "Guys I just found the 901st Korok and unlocked the Loftwing!"
Gah, maybe people are too cynical. I can't be bothered to buy Super Mario Odyssey even though I really want it because I'm still trudging through Master Mode in Breath of the Wild. It's taken so long partly because I put it down for a while to continue Bloodborne and finish the DLC. There's an orphan who wields his placenta that works halfway between a club and a Yo-Yo that hits me extremely hard and is annoying to predict and I keep trying to beat this orphan to death with my Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 November 2017, 21:35:39 Yeah, Mario Odyssey sounds leagues better than that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 November 2017, 04:43:10 I bought COD: MW 1 and 3 and Halo anniversary edition at a flea market for $10 all together.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 November 2017, 17:23:03 If nothing else, it's a good price.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 November 2017, 06:37:57 Playing the anniversary edition of Halo is bizarre, as I have to keep switching between the original and new graphics because I keep getting lost. Once I find my way, I switch back to the new graphics.
I also have Game Dev Tycoon and Catan Stories to review for my friend's podcast. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 November 2017, 15:38:33 Mario Odyssey was fantastic. I'm working on the post-story stuff, they give a good amount of incentive to continue.
I did all the shrines in BOTW and then just haven't finished the actual story for whatever reason. I'll get to it soon, I just wanted to upgrade my gear even though there's likely very little point considering how buff Link is now. I have to keep switching between the original and new graphics because I keep getting lost. Once I find my way, I switch back to the new graphics. INCREDIBLE game design! What a mechanic! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 17 November 2017, 01:05:55 There's no way in Toad's hell I can currently afford a Switch but I feel like I'm missing out on something awesome with Odyssey.
I started playing this new game outside called tag. It's okay but the playing field had a slight incline which made my legs hurt and forced me to really push my lung capacity. Needless to say after 38 seconds of this grueling sport I got really dizzy and passed out. I woke up in a hospital and the nice nurse lady gave me an orange sucker and pushed me around on a wheelchair I give it a C+ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 November 2017, 19:11:25 Is this some kind of VR game?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 17 November 2017, 23:54:00 I think so but I was told the headset was optional. I kept it on because it made me feel like a police cop
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 November 2017, 02:26:25 You're playing Second Life, Snare.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 November 2017, 07:53:55 Started playing COD4: MW because I never actually finished the game after first starting it back in 2008. 9 years later, earned an achievement. Not really a fan of the game, so I'm pretty sure I'll be trading it in at some point.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 November 2017, 14:51:13 Was the achievement actually playing that POS? Ah ha ha ha! I kid, I kid. But seriously, at least it didn't have loot crates.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 November 2017, 17:40:44 Killed five people at once in a helicopter mission. I beat the game. The airplane mission after the game is done is more fun than most of the game. I don't see any reason to return to this unless a friend wants to do co-op. Is there a co-op mode? Back into the box this goes.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 December 2017, 18:26:28 I did all the shrines in BOTW and then just haven't finished the actual story for whatever reason. I'll get to it soon, I just wanted to upgrade my gear even though there's likely very little point considering how buff Link is now. I'm having a similar problem. Well not really a "problem" that I enjoy a game so much that I don't want to finish it. I switched to Master Mode so I have more of a reason to use Wolf Link and I redid a lot of stuff. I still haven't finished the game and I most just want to keep roaming and collecting. And yeah I'm also playing Odyssey now. I'm not far in and it's pretty much matching my expectations after playing Zelda which is a hard act to follow for me. It almost makes Odyssey seem underwhelming even though it's so far beyond what I ever expected the next Mario game to be before seeing the trailer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 December 2017, 18:34:12 ^^^
YUP. It's been a good year. Kinda spoiled by the Nintendo polish. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 December 2017, 19:00:57 Breath of the Wild has a LOT of stuff I'm not fond of and I still love it. I'm hoping to get Odyssey this month.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 December 2017, 15:30:00 I think Mighty Gunvolt Burst is pretty fun, I like how you customize the guns on the fly.
I really love Floor Kids as a hip hop guy and animator. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 December 2017, 11:43:46 Played the crap out of Doki Doki Literature Club. Free game on steam. Looks like a typical visual novel/dating sim but is actually a horror game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 20 December 2017, 06:39:24 I started that, but I haven't gotten far in it. I do want to keep playing at some point though, just need to find some free time...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 21 December 2017, 14:36:07 Some guy at my work who is almost assuredly a racist keeps watching Pewdiepie (wonder what they have in common) play that so the visuals make me sick.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 December 2017, 16:06:40 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is actually pretty damn fun. And has an amazing soundtrack.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 December 2017, 21:42:22 I started that, but I haven't gotten far in it. I do want to keep playing at some point though, just need to find some free time... It gets really hard to put down at about the 90-120 minute mark, it also helps that I played with my girlfriend and we narrated the characters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 December 2017, 04:01:06 Some guy at my work who is almost assuredly a racist keeps watching Pewdiepie (wonder what they have in common) play that so the visuals make me sick. Murder is being legalized in Canada in April I think. Throwing that out there. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 December 2017, 06:56:19 When in April? Is it a one day thing like The Purge? Should I wear hockey pads?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 December 2017, 07:43:59 Once this law is in place it's permanent. The piece of paper I left for Mr. Trudeau detailing the whole act just says April. No specifics. Anyway, if you are a good person and have few enemies you should be safe. If you're a nozzle then you're really toying with fate.
Those loonies up in that fancy parliament hut might smudge it up by vetoing the whole thing but they have yet to say anything against it soooooo Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2017, 17:59:59 The problem with loonies up in parliament is that they have a lot of loonies, and loonies make the world go round. And toonies... are even better.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 23 December 2017, 03:22:34 I'm playing that open source remake of Star Control II. I'm really bad at the combat aspect. I like the giant octogonal space probes. They look like big red gushers.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 January 2018, 19:46:09 So after Christmas, Target had a crazy-ass deal on 500 GB Xbox Ones - after all of the discounts it came to $160. I've been trying to get one for a while, and my wife told me that she'd be willing to put some of our anniversary money towards getting one because my copy of Mass Effect: Andromeda has been sitting there since it arrived and I got super excited about Mega Man 11. Like, tears in my eyes excited because my son will be old enough to try the game with me when it arrives later this year.
ANYWAY, I went with the Minecraft one because that's all that they had left. I've already filled up the harddrive with my games that I've received through the Games with Gold program, plus a couple of other things. Right now I've been mostly playing Mass Effect: Andromeda, but I also dabbled in Disney Infinity because my buddy and I scored a ton of this ##### for dirt cheap right as it was being announced that the game was going under. Mass Effect: Andromeda is pretty fun, but you can tell where development just grinded to a halt with the game. The dialogue is fairly crappy at points and occasionally the animation sucks, but I'm enjoying it. Disney Infinity 3.0 isn't that bad (I like the sculpt for the Han Solo figurine btw), but with the online servers being off there isn't a lot to do. Thankfully I got my hands on some of the Star Wars packs, but the Battle of Hoth section is killing me so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 January 2018, 19:53:21 Even I might have picked up an XB1 new for $160, that's a hell of a deal. I keep hoping we'll hear something about a retail version of Cuphead.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 January 2018, 21:04:32 I didn't finish it (yet) but I thought Mass Effect: Andromeda was pretty unfairly lambasted. Yooka-Laylee too. People have their reasons but they're still both a lot of fun.
I'm playing way too much NBA2K18 lately considering how frustrating it is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 16 January 2018, 23:06:48 I'm actually somewhat interested in Mass Effect Andromeda. This is coming from someone who gave up on the series after Mass Effect 2 not because I didn't overall like Mass Effect 2, but at the time I had more of a chip on my shoulder about EA's takeover and all the DLC and gaming controversies so I had no interest in 3.
I will definitely get Yooka-Laylee at SOME point and I'll probably enjoy it. I think right now I'm mostly just looking for something action RPG-ish that isn't a Souls game. I may get Skyrim for Switch because I still haven't really played that. Or Minecraft again despite that I was Anti-Minecraft for a long time. Turns out I enjoy making stuff. I've beaten and am taking a break from Zelda. I dunno if I'm ever going to get everything in that game but I might try some sort of challenge run... sometime this year. I got super excited about Mega Man 11. Like, tears in my eyes excited because my son will be old enough to try the game with me when it arrives later this year. This made me smile. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 17 January 2018, 00:34:37 I found Mass Effect Andromeda to be fun, but it definitely has some flaws. A lot of the sidequests are really pointless fetch quests (even worse than ME3's nonsense), but the main quests for each planet are handled better.
It definitely was rushed, most likely because of EA. It reminds me a lot of Dragon Age II, rushed and obviously not as good as the last game, but still enjoyable. But I'm also a sucker for Bioware games... I do want to try Yooka-Laylee as well, but I just have so many games on my backlog already. I'll probably get to it sometime this year. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 January 2018, 07:41:43 I totally forgot to talk about one aspect of me finally getting an Xbox One. Wife told me to see what stuff in the basement I'd be willing to sell to get the Xbox One. Put together a bunch of limited/collector's editions that I didn't really care about anymore and the Virtual Boy headset that I'd found in the trash when my old neighbors moved out. Took everything to the local independent video game store, and all said and done, the offered me $120 for what they were willing to buy, a bulk of it coming from the Virtual Boy headset (they'd use it for parts). Honestly, I expected to get $50, tops, and that's if they were generous. Plus a friend of mine from elementary school offered to buy some of the other CE/LE stuff for another $50. So we didn't even have to dip into the anniversary money, the Xbox One was paid for just on me selling video game ##### that I didn't want anymore!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 January 2018, 22:34:26 Awesome! An Xbone for that cheap is a helluva deal. If I were selling my 2 year old one I'd sell it for more than that.
I think right now I'm mostly just looking for something action RPG-ish that isn't a Souls game. I may get Skyrim for Switch because I still haven't really played that. You might want to check out Hollow Knight. (https://youtu.be/P6ODTQKhaXk?t=4m29s) It's an excellent game in it's own right, but it definitely has some dark-souls esque bosses and the rest of it is melee metroidvania. I put like 30 hours into it, loved it. And all DLC is free and there's still more to come. One of my games of the year, 2017, easy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 January 2018, 21:36:11 Finished Mario Odyssey. It ALMOST edged out 64 as my favorite 3D Mario. So close! But amazing game. Playing South Park The Fractured But Whole now. Loving it. It's an excellent follow up to Stick of Truth.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 26 March 2018, 04:00:57 I plan on getting that when I'm gainfully employed again.
Posted on: January 18, 2018, 03:48:53 PM SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 March 2018, 14:29:58 You misspelled
RIP. AND. TEAR. RIP. AND. TEAR. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 March 2018, 22:40:43 I'm just after the elevator level.
SUPER. HOT. Really good. Free if you have amazon prime, because that gives you twitch prime, which gives you free games in the twitch desktop app. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 March 2018, 00:17:59 I'm just after the elevator level. Also free right now if you have Xbox Live Gold. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 27 March 2018, 22:50:40 SUPER HOT
SUPER HOT SUPER HOT (I like fallout 4 a lot) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 28 March 2018, 00:14:35 Finally got Dragon Ball FighterZ and I'm having a blast with it so far.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 28 March 2018, 03:38:10 Well, you certainly wouldn't be having a Raging Blast with it...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 March 2018, 22:24:02 New characters just came out for it, gonna play them tonight.
Brolly and Bardock. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 March 2018, 14:21:44 I'll give them a try if there's ever a release that has them all on disc/cart. I don't do DLC.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 2 April 2018, 00:32:19 DID SOMEONE SAY RAGING BLAST?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 April 2018, 23:36:34 I'm being forced to review the Xbox One and iOS versions of RBI Baseball '18. Haha holy ##### what a dumpster fire.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 April 2018, 14:39:41 A sports game? A dumpster fire? NO!
Posted on: 3 April 2018, 00:39:55 Also, I just noticed, congrats on making Metall LCrazy11. I think you're our first one in like 6 years. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 April 2018, 19:17:53 I like older sports games though. Who can deny the fun of Super Tennis, Mario Golf, Blades of Steel, or NBA Jam?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 April 2018, 20:29:24 *raises hand*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 12 April 2018, 01:23:39 Now I'm currently playing Bayonetta 1, once that's done. I'll start Bayonetta 2.
Also have been playing Celeste, Kirby Star Allies, DOOM (still). Celeste is #####ing great Most fun I've had in a platformer in years next to Donkey Kong Country games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 April 2018, 18:38:08 I SHOULD start Bayonetta 1 since I went to the cost/trouble to import the retail version of it for Switch...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 April 2018, 18:10:54 *raises hand* Ridiculous. Those are notorious classics loved by non-sports fans. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 13 April 2018, 20:02:36 OBVIOUSLY NOT.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 14 April 2018, 01:56:04 I'm thinking of getting God of War. From what I've heard the game is excellent. What are your thoughts?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 April 2018, 03:59:13 I think I'm stuck on Rocket League at the moment.
I'm getting good at simple aerials and it's the line between casual and pretty good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 April 2018, 06:37:51 I am completely terrible at Rocket League but it is pretty fun to play with other people.
And I have the God of War Collection for PS3 and only really played a bit of the first one so... not sure if the new one is good or not. It seems alright. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 April 2018, 16:34:03 Keep talking about Rocket League because it is a sports game, made of two sports, and I know Rez is furious.
Also convince me to get it on Switch. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 April 2018, 18:33:14 I'm always furious?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 19 April 2018, 22:10:47 Being in control of a customizable rocket car is great.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 April 2018, 15:19:04 It sure is!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 April 2018, 03:28:18 I get to review Shantae: Half Genie Hero Ultimate Edition for my friend's podcast. It's pretty great so far.
Also, that RBI Baseball '18 got a HUGE overhaul just in time for the first day of baseball. It's not great, but it's much better than what initially shipped. I love playing the Home Run Derby mode. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 1 May 2018, 13:47:39 Playing God of War now.
I really like the combat and it feels satisfying. As someone who has never played the original trilogy, should I play them as well. I know the games are different from the recent one, but I hear the game is very DMC/Bayonetta ish. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 May 2018, 19:39:35 They're VERY different games. They're good though, for the most part. I'd give em a try.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 1 May 2018, 21:08:26 Probably won't be picking up the PS4 again until Spider-Man comes out but man GoW looks really fun, and I wasn't into the past ones (changed gameplay style helps).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 3 May 2018, 20:16:56 I threw away most of my weekend playing the new Battletech game. As a guy who generally likes the idea of tabletop wargames but not the idea of collecting armies, setting up boards or rolling 30,000 dice for 3 hours, this game ticks all the right boxes for me. Games that would be an hour or two on a tabletop are resolved in a neat 20 minutes or so, and the campaign system, while it starts out slow, is rich in content and never grows stale. Definite recommend for anyone who likes stompy robots and tactics games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 3 May 2018, 20:40:08 I kinda wish BOTW was like the new God Of War.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 May 2018, 14:07:19 Awful?
Ah ha haha! But no, BotW is fine as it is, save for the MOTHER #####ING WEAPON DURIBILITY HORSE#####. It really could have used real dungeons. The shrines didn't really scratch that itch (and the "beasts" are just a few shrines stapled together, not an actual dungeon). GoW's style would NOT fit Zelda very well at all. I like my games to be games not cinematic experiences. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 4 May 2018, 14:52:10 Don't get the wrong Idea. I loved BOTW, but after playing GOD OF WAR, it makes you realize that Nintendo could have done more as far as exploration goes. Go into caves and dense forests fighting enemies. Dungeons that are actually outside and you don't even realize your in a dungeon. BOTW didn't even have any real caves!
Really dungeons with more variety. They got the overworld right for the most part. Combat wise it should stay as Zelda. Sorry, should have been more specific. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 May 2018, 16:43:44 ...I'm confused, because God of War is literally just an on rails walk down the predetermined path on each stage type of game. There is no exploration at all in it. Breath of the Wild, as it stands, is one of best "just explore" games I've ever played. People who whine that you don't get a #####ing reward ever 2 seconds for walking somewhere are literally retarded. Just seeing what it what and where everything is is the essence of exploring. And in that, BotW is #####ing golden.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 4 May 2018, 17:11:50 Basically make it open world, but give us more content to explore within the open world.
That was what I was trying to convey. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 4 May 2018, 18:37:01 I agree on the whole weapon durability horse #####
any game that still uses that is #####ing stupid because a sword won't shatter into pieces after one hit too many Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 May 2018, 19:28:38 Basically make it open world, but give us more content to explore within the open world. ... Breath of the Wild is as open world as you get though. God of War is the exact opposite of open world. BotW was fine on content. People who expect a #####ing level 100 weapon or super boss under ever #####ing rock on every peak don't deserve to play a game. Now, BotW could have done with more enemy types, yes. Maybe even increase the density of monsters. Apart from that the afore mentioned adding of dungeons and some small caves like the series is known for would have been best. But that doesn't take away from BotW being an amazing open world game. I honestly do not see how you think GoW is an open world game with lots of exploration and that BotW should have done what it did to make itself better. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 4 May 2018, 19:45:34 I never said it was. It's more of an open game where you don't have to do the story all right away, there are optional places you can go and ##### along the way.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 May 2018, 21:30:39 ...ZELDA IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT THOUGH. You can ignore pretty much the ENTIRE game for as long as you want as soon as you get off the great plateau. I spent a good 5 or 6 hours just exploring and doing stuff before I even started really going to where the game said to when I got off.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 5 May 2018, 02:36:15 An open game while linear in each area, allows you to go to any section of the map, but each section has linear paths that can branch out into other areas but will always lead you to the same destination.
Open world let's you go #####ing anywhere at all. At least that's how I think it is. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 May 2018, 03:30:11 An open game while linear in each area So not open at all is what you're saying. It can't be open and linear. It's either or. Just being able to choose an area to go to from a hub and then shuttled down a linear path isn't an open world game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 5 May 2018, 03:34:00 I haven't played God of War yet but I'd probably enjoy BotW more overall. I forget how many hours I put into it but every time I played I always discovered something new or learned something new about the world.
Still haven't gotten all the shrines done though.. but I'm close. I think I have less than 30 to go. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 5 May 2018, 03:49:28 I agree on the whole weapon durability horse ##### This is why I mod my games to remove weapon durability. Posted on: May 04, 2018, 10:46:59 PM An open game while linear in each area They tried to make the path to the Zora area pretty linear. I followed it, it felt good. Next play through though? I'm doing that one last and coming right over the top. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 5 May 2018, 20:09:55 I like both games. Let's leave it at that
Posted on: 5 May 2018, 19:00:39 On another note. Just finished Celeste with all the crystal hearts. Holy #####ing #####. Celeste is GOAT for me. Best platformer I ever played. Worth every death. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 May 2018, 20:33:21 Whoa. I guess I need to get it.
Last platformer I did was Hollow Knight, which I'm going to start fresh again once the next DLC drops. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 May 2018, 14:44:10 Celeste and Catherine 3sum?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 May 2018, 19:35:49 I can't really get behind this notion that Game-A should be more like Game-B. God of War looks great but it's meant to be a completely different experience from BOTW. An attempt to homogenize either removes intrinsic qualities from both.
For an example, when Splatoon 2 (a great game) came out, there was a G Club podcast on it where basically all of them complained that it was "like Overwatch". Splatoon 2 is perfectly fine the way it is, and it's built from a game that came out before Overwatch. They were just high on Overwatch at the time which coloured their perception of all online competitive games at that point. Things like Splatoon's lack of voice chat are very specific decisions that were made to create an equally very specific experience. Cut to today and people don't talk about Overwatch nearly as often, yet people can't stand that <game> isn't Fortnite. Anyway... I put 150 hours into BOTW, haven't even finished the story, did all the shrines, but I still don't mind the weapon durability thing at all except for the legendary weapons (which made getting amiibo items a waste of my time). That aspect keeps you moving and looking in nooks and crannies. And specifically hunting for that one weapon. Maybe a controversial opinion but for me it felt like the proper theme-ing to continue the volition of the gameplay. Perhaps a better version of this would have been to deplete weapon damage like in Bloodborne, which I never saw anyone complain about. Frankly item inventory was a bigger issue to me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 May 2018, 22:11:58 The point is that the weapon durability system makes it so your ##### breaks after using it for a few minutes, and you spend hours #####ing hunting for another good/cool weapon that you can use for another 3 minutes before it breaks.
Hyperbolie aside, I get what they were going for, but it was just ballanced HORRIDLY between how much you can use the weapon before it breaks, how easy it was to find a new weapon of the same kind (because who the ##### defends losing a huge lightning sword and being ok with replacing it with a #####ing bokoblin club), and the distribution of weapons across the map. The only thing you "scrounge" for or "pick up" as you go are the same ##### basic weapons that monsters drop. The best, strongest, coolest, most fun weapons are all extremely rare, hard to get to, time consuming to fetch, and all for being able to use them for all of a few minutes or battles before they shatter like glass. You spend all your time either traveling to get good weapons and hording them to never use or you play the game using #####ing sticks and clubs because that's what 80% of all enemies have/drop. Honestly, I hope to ##### they drop this system for the next Zelda and go back to normal weapons. I really don't think I may play the next game if it's more breakable weapons again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 10 May 2018, 12:35:36 What if they went of a Secret of Mana type weapon system (8 basic weapons, ie. sword, spear, axe, bow & arrow, hookshot, boomerang, whip, hammer) the weapons never break, but you can get stronger versions from enemies & chests.
You only have those 8 weapons, but they never break and you can get stronger versions with perks & benefits. The only weapon that will be permanent (if you find it) is the Master Sword (and technically the light bow but that would be end of game final boss) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 May 2018, 14:17:51 Same issue. Your "normal" weapon would be basic as #####, and the stronger versions with perks would be your "fire sword" type weapons and break making the game exactly the same except you don't have to keep picking up ##### weapons because you have a permanent one.
No, they just need to do normal weapons. If you don't want 8 or 9 different swords, just add a mechanic where you can add attributes to your (non master sword) sword and then change that when you want (or need) something different like fire, ice, lightning, etc. Or just do a small set of weapons like a sword, spear, bow, and hammer and maybe have 2 or 3 of each type. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 May 2018, 18:08:36 After a certain point in the game I was so overloaded with Royal weapons that had stat buffs I really can't figure out why you'd be stuck replacing them with bokoblin clubs, but that is the case for the beginning of the game which I think makes you focus your attention on survival and exploration rather than straight battle. I'm not attempting to justify it, I don't have to, but I never saw the problem others did. Especially since Lynel's scale up and respawn, but aren't really challenging to defeat.
the weapons never break, but you can get stronger versions from enemies & chests. That is literally the way every other mainline Zelda works. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 11 May 2018, 18:29:43 So yeah. Exactly.
My weapons chahe is filled with Savage Lynel Swords. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 12 May 2018, 21:11:40 Started playing Yakuza Kiwami, the remake of the first Yakuza game. It's a lot of fun, wasn't sure if I'd like it but I'm glad I tried it out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 13 May 2018, 01:53:39 I just finished Dad of Boy and now am playing Tropical Freeze for the Switch. Probably will go back to playing DOOM again.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 June 2018, 14:06:13 I'm supposed to be playing Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians for my friend's podcast. It's pretty much a prettier version of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes or whatever that DC game was where you just collect characters, give them various attributes, and battle them. It's okay, but these games are a huge timesuck at the start when you can't just sim everything. After my review, I'll probably drop it, but I don't know yet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 July 2018, 06:52:41 I started Thimbleweed Park Saturday. Good GOD that game is amazing! I haven't enjoyed a game this much in ages. I wish we got more games like this these days. I've got about 14 hours on it since it came in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 July 2018, 16:52:51 Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion is pretty fun. Though some of the stages cross the line into the unfair zone of challenge (and I'm good at the game).
One stage, in which you have to beat the clock, is impossible to finish if you have a FRACTION less ink than required, because you have to do everything down to the millisecond in it, no time to refill. I beat that level, but have had others feel even harder. I don't mind difficulty, but since the ability to use the things you earn in the main game are locked until you finish the Octo Expansion (even if you've received the items) it's a little annoying. Overall I feel like it'll be worth it in the end, it's just a bit over the top. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 July 2018, 19:51:58 Thimbleweed park ##### it's pants at the end. I was extremely disappointed. Still love the aesthetics, art direction, and voice work though, but damn did the end ruin the entire game for me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 July 2018, 20:30:12 Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion is pretty fun. Though some of the stages cross the line into the unfair zone of challenge (and I'm good at the game). I read an article on Kotaku about the DLC's plot, and ##### that game is crazy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 July 2018, 15:44:16 I just finished the expansion on the weekend and it is indeed crazy. It's the best single-player storyline the franchise has had to date. I beat all the levels, even those ones I was complaining about, it just took some doing.
The story involved in the DLC is rich in the lore that the first game established only in the sunken scrolls (a collectible hidden in each stage). It was surprisingly cinematic, and the lore of the game's universe is for my money a very under-sung aspect of Splatoon. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 July 2018, 17:59:38 Splatoon could use a lot more single player stuff, so it's disappointing that Octo expansion is forever locked out as Digital only.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 July 2018, 20:58:38 Well, I mean... Splatoon is primarily an online game and the DLC has an effect online play. I'm not sure how you'd make that be a physical release, really. Unless it was like you had to slot in the regular game card, and then switch it for the expansion like with Brood War.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 July 2018, 00:29:08 I remember way back when DLC was still new there were some games like Halo that would sell the maps or content on a disc and playing the disc would install the content on your console so you can use it with the main game.
Of course they don't do that now (usually) because they probably don't want people sharing their disc with other people. Posted on: July 09, 2018, 06:06:05 PM I forgot to mention, recently I played The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and it was pretty fun. Easy as hell, but fun. Now I'm playing through the 3DS remake of Majora's Mask, which I never really played on the N64. Its not too bad, definitely inferior to Ocarina of Time for me for a few reasons but overall I'm enjoying it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 10 July 2018, 13:24:18 What I liked about Majora's masked is how each character had their own unique story and personality and you even may feel for these characters and their lives. That's why I like it slightly over Ocarina of Time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 July 2018, 14:23:46 Well, I mean... Splatoon is primarily an online game and the DLC has an effect online play. I'm not sure how you'd make that be a physical release, really. Unless it was like you had to slot in the regular game card, and then switch it for the expansion like with Brood War. That's how they're doing the expansion for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, on it's own cartridge. I wouldn't be opposed to more stuff like that, or even a disc/cart with all the final DLC on it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 July 2018, 14:45:58 I'm not a big Majora's Mask fan at all, but I'm willing to turn around on it (I did the same with Zelda II, which I now think is deceptively awesome). Maybe I'll try the 3DS remake one day, but I'd easily rather it on Switch at this point.
Well, I mean... Splatoon is primarily an online game and the DLC has an effect online play. I'm not sure how you'd make that be a physical release, really. Unless it was like you had to slot in the regular game card, and then switch it for the expansion like with Brood War. Interesting. Is Xenoblade Chronicles 2 primarily an online PvP game like Splatoon? I ask because the Splatoon 2 DLC is essentially a beefed up skin pack you'd find in other MMO shooters. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 July 2018, 16:51:18 The point was the DLC was on it's own cart. If they did physical releases for it, DLC would be a lot more palatable. Still bull#####, but at least easier to deal with.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 10 July 2018, 19:07:44 I had to play a retro-inspired racing game called "Wheelspin Frenzy" for my friend's podcast. Hated just about everything in the game, from the bull##### cheating AI, you can't unlock other tracks without doing various tasks, only local multiplayer, etc...I deleted it off my Xbox One as soon as the review was recorded.
Otherwise, I've been playing Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Super Mega Baseball 2. Doing an elimination tournament in SMB2, which is taking longer than I figured it would, and because I'm not playing with a custom team, it seems as though I'm not hitting pitchers as frequently. Need to ask the developers if the two are tied in, but it seems like after crushing the opposing team in the first two games, their mojo won't recover for the rest of the series, which allows my team to take it easy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 July 2018, 20:32:49 SMB2 = Super Mario Bros. 2, and I will accept no usurper.
The point was the DLC was on it's own cart. If they did physical releases for it, DLC would be a lot more palatable. Still bull#####, but at least easier to deal with. OK... I don't know anything about Xenoblade, it was an honest question. Regardless, I think expansions should only be physical if they actually stand alone. "DLC" by definition is digital, but I see your point either way. If it can't be played without the full game, then I would prefer something like the Octo Expansion be software that's just added-on to game, especially on a mobile console like this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 July 2018, 18:18:11 I've been playing Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, and I've been having David Wise music stuck in my head for days. The levels are amazing and for the most part constant fun, and I mostly like how the bosses work in this game. They don't feel as AI-ish as older DKC games, even though there are still patterns. The fight just evolves as both of you learn, and only seems to fall to repetition when you're bad at timing. It also goes a lot farther without the reliance on Wii remote shaking, which I never minded that much but it sure was hard to time perfectly.
Is anyone playing Octopath Traveler? I still haven't finished the first Bravely Default. I got to a certain point and then just haven't picked it back up. JRPGs are too dense for me these days I guess. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 13 July 2018, 18:45:44 Tropical Freeze is in my opinion is the best Donkey Kong Country game and possible one of the best platformers of all time. I'm glad Wise came back for Tropical Freeze.
On another note hearing Grant Kirkthorpe reprise DK Isles in Rabbids Kingdom Battle was beautiful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 13 July 2018, 20:36:20 I picked up Octopath Traveler today and got 2064: Read Only Memories for PS4 yesterday so I don't know which one I'll start...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 16 July 2018, 13:50:43 I didn't finish Tropical Freeze on WiiU, I'm kind of wanting it on Switch now but I gotta wait for that price point to drop.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 July 2018, 18:29:42 It won't unless they do a "Select" release in a few years. Nintendo stuff never drops otherwise.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 July 2018, 13:30:12 It drops in stores here unless it's a Mario game. I can wait for that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 19 July 2018, 01:29:55 Doing some Sonic Mania now.
It's funny how the best Sonic game in over 20 years wasn't actually developed by Sonic team. Well that's not totally true since Adventure 2 Battle had the wonderful Chao garden. Sega needs to make a stand alone Chao garden. ##### was so much fun and relaxing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 19 July 2018, 09:24:55 I'd say Sonic Colors and Generations was pretty fun. Still not as good as Adventure 1 or 2, but pretty good fun.
I got Mania Plus for Switch because I'd been wanting it for Switch and I wanted a physical release too. The new stuff is fun and Mighty and Ray are neat. After Sonic Forces I hope Sonic Team takes a look at what made Mania great and actually make a game that doesn't rely on Boost gameplay. As much as I enjoyed Colors and Generations, Boost Sonic gameplay is garbage and needs to go. Lost World was pretty meh but I preferred its gameplay and would like to see it improved upon instead of going back to "hold boost to skip the entire level". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 19 July 2018, 10:14:31 I think Sonic suffers the same thing Mega Man suffers from. It can't really transition well from 2D to 3D. Sonic does even worse in 2.5D since the gameplay is a bit slowed. Mega Man, while not looking that good, can at least be playable in 2.5D
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 July 2018, 15:01:34 I wish I held out for Mania +, but now I can't see myself shelling out extra cash when there's so much choice Megaman to buy on Switch.
And I've been fretting over the price of Mario Tennis anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 July 2018, 15:35:29 But Mania + is the only physical release of the game. Digital = dumb, never forget!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 July 2018, 15:48:34 Rez if you don't know about Super Rare Games it's perfect for you. They do limited official (carts are made by Nintendo) physical releases of games that are normally digital only.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 July 2018, 17:52:12 I know there are a few places that do that, yeah. I have quite a few Limited Run Games releases. While it's nice, it's getting dangerously into the territory of an "ultra rare premium SMAOUG must horde scalper food" industry rather than getting good games out in retail so people can actually own them. That's not any better than digital only.
Limited Run Games has been a bit better of late doing open preorders instead of 2000 copies and that's it ##### for their Switch releases. We need more models like that. It will help cut into scalpers if production can meet demand on the front end. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 22 July 2018, 01:32:08 I'm going to give Octopath Traveler a go. I've heard good things about it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 July 2018, 05:56:59 I'm playing it now. It's damn good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 July 2018, 06:38:05 I didn't get the best first impression from the demo, but mainly because I dislike the voice acting and the character I selected. But I had the same kind of issue with bravely default. Gameplay was solid though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 July 2018, 04:08:12 I hated the demo but others I know who felt the same are liking the full game. But I found the demo poorly constructed, in that it repeated the same exposition 3 times before I got to play anything and then the gameplay was boring.
Bravely Default I really liked, except a certain plot point that becomes a huge grind. I’m playing Bravely Second now and it’s too much of the same. Same locations, everything. There’s even STILL a battle being fought at the same location on the map? Same thing where characters talk waaay too often and for too long, but then once you’re in battle that’s boring too? The gameplay being the same as BD makes sense but man... it’s. just. so. boring. I just brave everything and annihilate, no challenge at all. I want to get through it quickly, but that’s what made me switch to hard mode in BD. I fear that I’m just bored of jrpgs lately, and Octopath will be the same balance of repetitive gameplay and repetitive cutscenes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 July 2018, 14:33:43 Plus BS didn't have REVO doing the ost. That was the single best thing about BD.
Octopath Traveler is a lot like Bravely Default in that the game expects you to figure out all the broken stuff in it to really do well in the game. I don't really like that. And if anything, the cut scenes in OT could do with having more party interaction (as there is literally zero outside of some party chat at designated points in each chapter). Combat is a lot more balanced than in BD though, you can't just "BRAVE BRAVE BRAVE DEAD" every fight. The boost mechanic is done differently and enemies have a shield system to work around. I generally like it though. The music is also damn good. Not quite BD level, but definitely at the top of the RPG ladder. I like most of the characters pretty well too. Cyrus is my favorite and Tressa a cute. But god damn, Primrose story is dark as ##### compared to the others. It really felt out of place. I'm about 25 hours in and still only beat 1 Chapter 2 story. Most of it has been grinding xp, money, and save scumming to steal stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 23 July 2018, 14:44:03 I started with Primrose and already got Tressa on my team. It's cool that you can exploit the game with save scumming to get good crap without consequences. I guess after I get Obleric I'll get the Thief next.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 July 2018, 16:07:09 Starting with Primrose in the demo may have put clouds over my view of the game. It was indeed dark, but not in any way that I found interesting.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 July 2018, 16:15:58 I started with Olberic because I figured having the damage dealer/tank as your main would make the rest of the game easier. And it has. I basically went counter clockwise from there, getting Teressa (for money/item help), Cyrus (for magic/mage stuff) and then Olphelia (healing).
After that I did some grinding and exploring before moving on to Therion. I ended up swapping out Olphelia for Therion to use his steal ability in towns. I've spent most of my time leveling and unlocking skills since then. I've gotten 6 of the secondary job classes. I finally went through and got Alfyn, Primrose, H'aanit. I have NO idea how Alfyn's Concoct ability works, and there's no manual or tutorial on it so I'll have to look that up. H'aanit is too pokemon trainerish for me, I'm not fond of her play style. Primrose is all support buffs, which in this game don't last long enough to let you do anything. I'll likely just slot in each of them into my main party of 3 others to do their quests. I need to find the other shrines and get job ponts to buy innate skills. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 July 2018, 17:07:27 It's cool that you can exploit the game with save scumming to get good crap without consequences. Is it? Starting with Primrose in the demo may have put clouds over my view of the game. It was indeed dark, but not in any way that I found interesting. I started with the other guy in the demo, seems like you and I still had a similar experience. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 24 July 2018, 13:05:39 I don't mind the grinding, but Jesus the enemies are damage sponges. Every single one of them. I get that you have to use the Boost to do more strikes per attack but it still drags on too much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 July 2018, 20:09:43 It's not even more strikes per turn, it's just that you do like 2x or 3x damage once you break their shields. But they do suck up a lot of HP, that's for sure.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Fatso on 25 July 2018, 21:27:07 I've been playing Octopath a little bit too. The pace of the game is perfectly suited to my work commute, which is nice. I started with H'aanit and have been working my way around the world clockwise to pick up all the party members before doing any serious exploring; one minor disappointment is that as I'm about to pick up the last party member I still haven't encountered anything that really resembles difficulty, just a couple gotchas in boss fights that were easily snuffed out after reloading the save from literally right next to the boss.
I do appreciate the ubiquity of save points as a strictly casual/commuter player, since they let me save precious battery power by always having an option to turn the console off. I also really enjoy the flow of battles, especially when encountering a mix of foes where you need to read the turn orders and plan a turn or two of attacks at once to optimally deny the opponent's turns. I just hope the game will eventually bare its teeth a little more. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 July 2018, 22:31:23 It will later. If you wonder into an area that's higher level than you, you will be slaughtered (just like Dragon Warrior). Improved equipment only help so much. Later in the game I'm pretty sure you're expected to exploit the (intended) broken combos/skills in the game to be able to beat later bosses/areas/chapters.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 27 July 2018, 10:17:10 With this game, I'm gonna take my time and grind. Whenever I play RPG's I tend to stay put and grind till I'm over leveled (about 5 to 6 levels higher than I should be). I did this same thing in the Secret of Mana remake and everything was a cakewalk. Somehow I don't think it will be the same with this game.
Probably going to go back to Kirby Star Allies to check out Wave 2 dream friends. Daroach and Adeline look awesome! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 August 2018, 18:00:51 I have to review Forsaken Remastered and Overcooked 2 for my friend's podcast. Can't say anything that constitutes as a review, so you'll just have to listen! Or wait until the embargo is off.
During the ultimate sale I picked up Just Cause 3, Saints Row IV: Reelected, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, Overcooked, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Mega Battle. I also got Decay: The Mare from a friend for free. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 August 2018, 19:20:15 Ori and Blind forest is a real treat.
I just picked up an Oculus Rift, so I'm playing all that stuff. Good games, good challenges, and fully functional room scale out of the box. their requirements for space are a little stingy though. I have punched my walls a few times already, haha. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 August 2018, 21:26:52 Is that retail yet or digital? I have the first Ori, and just bought my friends Xbone for $25.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 August 2018, 00:41:29 Ori and the Blind Forest is the first game, followed by the Will of the Wisps. Pretty sure the blind forest is available retail. No idea bout will of the wisps.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 August 2018, 19:06:28 Yeah, Blind Forest is available for retail. I think it's $25-30 at Walmart.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 August 2018, 15:15:17 I have that one. I was wondering about the 2nd.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 August 2018, 21:07:27 Sometime next year is all the info about it right now, as far as I can find. Definitely gonna pick it up. when it comes out.
Apparently it will be one of those 'Buy on any Microsoft platform and play anywhere' games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 August 2018, 21:14:44 I restarted La-Mulana after 2 years. I'm going to try to beat it without a guide, though I suspect I'll have to cheat a few times, as even though the remake made some of the puzzles less obtuse, there's still a lot of bull##### in the game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 August 2018, 15:02:08 Picked up Batman: Return to Arkham (the first two Arkham games with prettier graphics), Metro bundle, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, and Crypt of the Serpent King.
Had to review F1 2018 for my friend's podcast. There's a definite curve if all you've ever played is arcade racers like me, and holy ##### is there a lot to the game, but it is beautiful and challenging. Easy recommendation from me. Currently playing through the campaign of Star Wars: Battlefront II (the EA one). The game looks great and plays pretty well, but the campaign is so ho-hum with tons of ##### we already heard before from the Expanded Universe. All they had to do is make her have untapped Force powers that she suddenly discovers and boom, we would've had a standard late 90s/early 00s Star Wars story. I'm glad I only paid $9 for this game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 27 August 2018, 13:12:16 Replaying Dad of Boy with New Game+ Mode.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 September 2018, 14:36:31 Yeah Spider-Man is a lot of fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 September 2018, 14:50:24 Finally got Exile's End in from Limited Run Games. It's a lot rougher than I thought it would be. I'm disappointed with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 September 2018, 20:18:08 Is the gameplay itself rougher or the actual physical parts that Limited Run made?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 September 2018, 21:43:00 The former. The game play is a bit jankey. Controls are rough and the beginning where you only have a rock to throw at enemies to kill them, has the WORST arc/trajectory to do what it's there to do. No save spots or fast travel. Real time inventory/weapon/item swap. Item drop rates are awful. It has a lot of flaws and rough edges. And that's not even taking into account the narrative side of the game, which sets up some neat stuff and does nothing with it. If it was a minimalistic basic set up for the game like Super Metroid, that would be fine, but it sure sets up a much more ambitious and detailed scenario and then drops the ball entirely with no pay off or detail.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 September 2018, 06:37:45 Playing through Just Cause 3. The missions aren't particularly fun, but going around and liberating the different cities and bases usually are. Half of the time I'm like "this is bull#####, I should just delete this game off my harddrive" and the other half I'm having a blasty-blast.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 13 September 2018, 11:10:36 doom 2016 is a lot of fun and the graphics are great, just turn off motion blur and max the field of view to feel even faster
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 13 September 2018, 13:27:14 Eagerly awaiting Doom Eternal now. Holy ##### that gameplay looks fun as #####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 13 September 2018, 15:24:35 doom 2016 is a lot of fun and the graphics are great, just turn off motion blur and max the field of view to feel even faster I don't care for some of the redesigns. Cyber Demon looks like ##### in DOOM 2016. Also, the music, if you want to call it that, is little more than screeching noise, especially compared to the sophisticated compositions of the original or Doom 2. It's just random electric grating with no solid melody. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 13 September 2018, 18:06:25 *Not Liking BFG Division*
*Not Liking Rip & Tear* I liked both DOOM I/II and 2016 OST's. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 13 September 2018, 22:13:36 doom 2016 is a lot of fun and the graphics are great, just turn off motion blur and max the field of view to feel even faster the music is just a bunch of random noise, as in it is a bunch of audio clips that the game switches to to adapt to what you are doing Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 September 2018, 01:41:04 I loved the music in DOOM 2016, they did some pretty crazy stuff with it too, like slipping pentagrams into the spectrograph as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFit0nldf4
I'm looking forward to Eternal as well. Just straight up fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 28 September 2018, 19:35:41 I played The Last Guardian, finally.
As far as Ueda games go, I... don't know what to think. For a game about bonding with a large animal, I suppose it does that very well. I feel like animal companions are the perfect workaround to imperfect AI. It's weird when a human character does something blatantly stupid, but when an animal does it, it's adorable at best, annoying but understandable at worst. Even when you credit an animal with a decent amount of intelligence there is still a barrier of communication present. I think for me, though, my favourite is still Ico. From the music to the atmosphere to the gameplay. It's also that there were times, when playing The Last Guardian, I found myself trying to do things I found counter-intuitive as a last resort only to find that that was what I needed to do. I was in the habit of exploring every last avenue before traipsing into an obvious ambush, or do pretty much anything that any reasonable person would expect would get themselves killed, or at best end in failure to avoid getting killed in already tense situations. There are these areas in the game that communicate great danger very clearly, which is both a good thing and a bad thing I find. I think these moments were relatively few, but they stick out, and it seems to me that they could have modified those set pieces to situations where what you needed to do seemed implausible and dangerous while still being clearly the only path forward, to convey what they meant to convey. Or at least make the alternative paths seem less plausible by comparison. The game shows a fantastic effort and there are moments that really did work notwithstanding anything I just said, and I definitely look forward to whatever they do next. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 28 September 2018, 19:46:31 Playing Undertale & Shovel Knight.
Doing a True Pacifist Run (never will touch genocide route ever) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 29 September 2018, 05:17:39 I attempted the Genocide Route but was locked and stuck with the Undyne fight. Seriously need to smack the hell out of the arrow keys and pray you don't take a lot of damage from those fast-as-##### spears.
I gave up after the 235657256345 attempt. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 October 2018, 14:19:04 Started, and got way into, Hyper Light Drifter on Switch.
Posted on: 2 October 2018, 13:39:35 Beat Hyper Light Drifter pretty quickly, I know it's years late compared to people who played it on other platforms but man that game is a gem. Started playing Mother 3 now. It's my first time with it, finally, but it's good so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 10 October 2018, 18:53:30 Mother 3 is solid. It's good to see cult classics like the Mother series returning in popularity. I managed to play it about a year ago through, well.... unconventional methods. The rhythm-combo feature is a nice touch and the story is far more grim than it's predecessor.
Here's to hoping Nintendo decides to release a Western version and/or an Earthbound re-release in the near future, as SNES copies of Earthbound are ridiculously priced through eBay... A 4th game seems as unlikely as a new F-Zero, but the fan-made Mother 4 (http://www.mother4game.com/) looks to have the same charm as the other games. Sadly, there hasn't been any news in over 2 years. My guess is Nintendo dropped in to shut down the project... similar to how they handled AM2R and that Pokemon game creator program. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 October 2018, 19:27:05 I played Mother 3 about a decade ago when that project was done, and I really did enjoy it then. I would love to replay it at some point, though part of me is hoping they'll finally give us it officially in English someday...
I still prefer EarthBound, but Mother 3 has its own charms as well. The first game though... I've never beaten it. Too tedious. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 October 2018, 20:39:26 So far aesthetically I prefer Earthbound. I think it's general locale of contemporary towns and cities with it's eclectic enemies and weirdo story just hit me a certain way, but since I've only just begun Mother 3 I don't know yet what to expect. The small town is interesting but those are the things that grabbed with EB, back in those days I'd never seen an RPG that wasn't high-fantasy. Character design is definitely similar but Mother 3 looks to take a bit more "out-there" with humans, which I like for variety. Either way, in both games any adult woman wearing lipstick looks creepy as all hell.
Can't deny some of Mother 3's gameplay improvements though. Saving via frogs is very welcome, as much as I love the charm of having to use your money to call your dad to save in EB. Posted on: 10 October 2018, 14:53:18 ^ That was written early into the game. The setting is more urban now, which is fun. As a kid that gripped me with what I'd seen of Earthbound but also the original Pokemon. Red Dead 2nite, I'm very excited. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 October 2018, 21:53:17 I played a bit of Red Dead last night but I was super tired and stopped after some intro stuff but so far I'm really enjoying it. I can't wait to get off work and go back into it already.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 28 October 2018, 13:12:31 Tried playing Battlefield 1, which I'm pretty sure the point of the game was "being a solider during this war #####ing sucked", and is not what I need in my life right now.
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed is a ton of fun and is exactly what I need. I like the Skies of Arcadia level best. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 October 2018, 14:09:07 I played a bit of Red Dead last night but I was super tired and stopped after some intro stuff but so far I'm really enjoying it. I can't wait to get off work and go back into it already. I have that issue. I'm not much farther than you (as of that post) but I tried to play when I was a bit tired and the game was far too overwhelming. I'm really liking the game but I have a few little issues that niggle at me, like how small the boxes are that actually tell you how to do things, and how quickly they disappear. I also need to have a lot of trigger discipline with a DS4 because it's very easy to accidentally shoot. I'm finding it hard to be a good guy just because I keep messing up controls, haha Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 29 October 2018, 22:38:06 Same, I'm not a fan of the small UI, and the fact there's really no way to increase the size of it... the closest I got was making the minimap always at full size, which was a bit helpful.
I'm finally starting to understand how the cores work, but they didn't really explain them well in the intro. I'm still getting used to all the new stuff... including the physics. I've tripped my horse riding like a moron too many times to count and every time it happens I feel really bad. But I am glad you can swim now. No more death from hip-deep water! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 October 2018, 18:54:09 YES. I'm glad you mentioned the tiny UI too. I figure they made it with longevity in mind, so people with larger and clearer televisions/monitors will be playing it in the future... But we're years away from full saturation on 4k TVs.
It really reminds me of playing XBox 360 before I got an HDTV, which is kind of funny 'cause that would have been back when I playing Red Dead Redemption in the first place. I'm really liking the game but similar to what you said I'm frustrated with how quick and haphazardly they explain anything. Part of that is ALSO the UI since they will mention something very vaguely in the top top left while you're concentrating on the action. Example 1: I accidentally hit someone with my horse and the cops came at me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw it said (way up in the top left) that I could just surrender and it showed the Triangle button. I pressed it, and my character grabbed the sherriff by his collar. Turns out it said to lock-on first but the time in which I could read that AND implement it was too short. Example 2: Every time I hunt an animal the game tells me I can't harvest all of it and I need to dump some stuff from my satchel to do so. I open the satchel and I have empty slots in every category. I'll eat some food and make more, but still nothing will get added once I go back to the animal. This was especially frustrating because I managed to kill the first legendary bear almost immediately, but couldn't get any of that meat (just the pelt), which in my head-canon would be quite the boon for my camp. Apparently there is a message log? I legitimately have never seen the game mention it, but I just looked that up now. Perhaps that will help. I mean... I not-so-recently breezed through 100%-ing Spider-Man in like a weekend without even trying all that hard, so I don't believe the problem is me getting too old for this #####. It's just a dark spot on an otherwise fun experience. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 12 November 2018, 07:37:58 So I avoided this one at first because mainly I didn't want something Dark-Souls esque in any sort of way, call it fatigue, but I must say... this game is fantastic.I think right now I'm mostly just looking for something action RPG-ish that isn't a Souls game. I may get Skyrim for Switch because I still haven't really played that. I love the idea of old fantasy world mixed with an intelligent society of arthropods, which also happens to fit in perfectly with the ant farm style of world navigation and level design. I think that alone was a stroke of genius. It also has that way of bringing in the lore parts of Dark Souls and even though that lore is outright derivative in some parts, it shows that what some people really absolutely love about Dark Souls can be repackaged in a way that has intuitive design and fun, really well-balanced gameplay. I'd probably compare the game more to Castlevania's DS titles but I'm having much more fun with it than I do with Castlevania. I'm not finished the game yet but I just discovered an area that reminds me of the feeling I got when I discovered Anor Londo for the first time. Or for those who haven't played Dark Souls I could say... Hollow Bastion in Kingdom Hearts? The ambience and music works so well, too. I'm considering either Hyper Light Drifter or Blossom Tales afterwards. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 November 2018, 15:15:17 Playing Death Mark on Switch. It has a very nice creepy vibe to it. Actually kind of reminds me of Fatal Frame insofar as the eerie feeling it gives me.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 12 November 2018, 15:26:01 Tomorrow I'm going to start playing the Spyro trilogy on the PS4. I enjoyed them back when I was younger.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 November 2018, 19:25:57 Dropped that off my to pick up list the moment they confirmed it was a "download to be able to play off disc/cart" release. So ##### em. They lost a LOT of sales because of that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 12 November 2018, 20:27:41 Yeah that's a load of ass, but I've got a 1TB PS4 drive so I'll "deal with it"
Still, Activision is really #####ing up lately, especially with the whole Diablo Immortal debacle. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 13 November 2018, 16:43:20 It's not really a matter of space, it's a matter of it's a bull##### thing to do. There's no reason to buy a "retail" version of something if you have to download the rest of the game to make it work or have it all. Essentially Spyro has no retail release because it's part digital download. So ##### it and ##### the publishers.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 November 2018, 18:00:21 Wait, they're STILL doing that even after the delay? That's lame.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 November 2018, 20:49:36 I don't think I've seen a single PS4 game that isn't "download off disc"...
I don't like it, but there was no way I was skipping Spider-Man or Red Dead. Those are games tailored almost specifically to me. I'm considering either Hyper Light Drifter or Blossom Tales afterwards. I know nowt about Blossom Tales, but obviously I'm a big pusher of Hyper Light Drifter lately. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 13 November 2018, 21:15:16 I thought it was an online download for the other two games in the collection. Disc installs are fine, since Red Dead is enormous and the content is still on the disc. But I might've misread the Spyro thing.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 November 2018, 04:09:23 I don't think I've seen a single PS4 game that isn't "download off disc"... Not an install, but literally it's unplayable unless you download the rest of it from the server, like L.A. Noir on Switch. They sell you 80% of the game and STILL make you download part of it. It's also completely different from "day 1 50 gig patch but you can still play the game". It's not a patch it's the actual game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 November 2018, 19:56:51 Ahh gotcha.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 November 2018, 23:23:32 Batllefield V sucks. Worse in every way than 3. Like, even worse than fortnite. Still playing it. I stupidly paid for 1 month of Origin Access, I'm gonna use it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 15 November 2018, 16:18:19 tried fortnite ironically, hated it then played elder scrolls oblivion and i love how it aged, i think i like it more than skyrim
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 November 2018, 17:01:02 How does one try something ironically?
Anyway Fortnite isn't my thing but I don't see how it's "bad". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 November 2018, 18:58:12 I haven't tried it but I'm pretty sure it's not for me either.
And personally, I loved Oblivion more than Skyrim, but Oblivion has aged horribly. But if you play it on PC you can at least mod out the stuff that bugs you... probably. I'm finally at the end of Red Dead Redemption II, still haven't beaten it, but close. So far it's been a lot of fun. I'm hoping I can finish it tonight so I can focus all my attention on Pokémon Let's Go tomorrow. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 November 2018, 20:01:15 I tried it on Switch. It's fine, seems fun, but I just wouldn't bother over something like Splatoon 2.
I'm not even close to done Red Dead but now I'm more used to it and loving it. I'll probably have to start Pokemon Let's Go while playing RDR2 and Mother 3 hahah Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 17 November 2018, 18:47:29 I'm ashamed to be unable to ride the RDR2 hype train. Been far too occupied to play any new releases in this latter half of the year, aside from the Crash Bandicoot remaster and Mega Man 11.
Only game I've been able to play more recently than those two titles was that Deltarune demo that was released not too long ago. A sequel/prequel/spin-off/whatever to Undertale. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 November 2018, 05:15:02 Got in Oxenfree from LRG. Beat it in one sitting. Not too bad overall. That makes Death Mark and Oxenfree i've beat this month. I'M ON FIRE BABY!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2018, 13:58:31 Pokemon Let's Go is way more fun and addictive than I expected. Good problems.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 19 November 2018, 22:10:46 just beat am2r and i loved it!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 November 2018, 22:09:23 Pokemon Let's Go is way more fun and addictive than I expected. Good problems. I don't know if I could even choose between Eevee and Pikachu. Weird problems. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 November 2018, 14:41:43 Playing through The Coma on Switch. Some nice horror games I've been playing lately.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 November 2018, 20:47:44 Pokemon Let's Go is way more fun and addictive than I expected. Good problems. I'm not the biggest Pikachu guy but my girlfiend's favourite Pokemon is Eevee so I had to go with Pikachu... And mine has definitely charmed me. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 December 2018, 21:58:33 I've been playing LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, which is okay. The levels are just long enough to start feeling tedious.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 10 December 2018, 09:21:01 Finally finished unlocking every character in Smash Ultimate.
I'm loving the game, but sometimes the AI feels insanely cheap, especially when unlocking a fighter. I swear I've been beaten without landing a hit. World of Light is neat. Some of the fights are annoying but overall a lot of them are clever. I feel like I've barely made any progress in it so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 December 2018, 14:43:06 I don't find any of the 1v1 fights that troubling. I like to think I'm a pretty good Smash Bros. player but some of the World of Light fights are insane. Sometimes the challenge equates to a ton of fun but there's a few where they're just cheaping you out. Overall I'm really liking things, though I'm nowhere near unlocking all the characters yet (been having an issue transferring from one microSD card to another so I haven't been playing much Switch)
I've been playing LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, which is okay. The levels are just long enough to start feeling tedious. I found that one very disappointing. I liked the free roam aspect but in the end most of the characters ended up useless and boring. In general I think the Lego games fell off when they added in voice acting. If you look at the earlier games like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, for example: The gameplay was more simplistic but overall more enjoyable because it didn't drag on. The cutscenes were genuinely funny because they found ways to tell these beloved stories in a kid-friendly way without any dialogue and you needed to have seen the original movie to understand it. Unfortunately I think the last one I truly enjoyed was Lego Batman 1, even though I keep buying these games. I used to love going back through the levels to collect everything with my custom character, but the new ones don't make that fun to do at all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 11 December 2018, 16:46:36 fallout new vegas, enough said
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 December 2018, 18:48:17 fallout new vegas, enough said Nah. What do you think of it? Does it feel dated at all being an 8 year-old game? I guess it's not like Fallout 4 really changed much of the formula from New Vegas though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 11 December 2018, 20:00:35 does it feel dated? oh hell yes but not in a bad way, i feel like the perfect fallout game would be the engine and mechanics of 4 with the writing and freedom of new vegas, imagine that
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 December 2018, 13:21:28 Hm, maybe. You wouldn't want to say that around a Fallout purist. New Vegas has the better wasteland, but the city itself is very far from what Fallout is typically like. The Bethesda games never really captured the charm of the originals, plus the Creation Engine is just as crummy as Gamebryo, since it was based on it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 7 February 2019, 08:28:47 Just finished Kingdom Hearts 3, and imagine that.... [spoiler]a set-up for another game![/spoiler]
I've grown out of the whole Disney nostalgia some time ago, but was looking forward to a sense of closure to a series I once obsessed over. Anywho… Gameplay was dynamite, although the difficulty was minced down completely. Only died once and that was against the secret final boss or whoever it was. Pirates world was killer with the ship battles. Worlds like the Rapunzel and Frozen ones felt a bit bland. Not a ton of variety in the environment, but just lots of journeying through forests and #####. Was hoping for a more epic final fight than what was provided. Something similar to the Xemnas battles from 2. And only a slight nod to Final Fantasy. Subtle mentions of Cloud, Auron, and a Dissegea (however its spelled) reference in Toy Story world. Not a terrible game though, so long as you can withstand Donald's and Goofy's vocal triggers for nearby ingredients. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 February 2019, 16:34:28 Disney pays my bills so I can't grow out of the nostalgia but I've never really been able to get into Kingdom Hearts. I thought the first game was alright but I can't understand what makes people feverish over the series. That said, I can't understand the appeal around Final Fantasy (after FF6), so I know it's just all not-for-me.
Personally I think it would actually be stronger as a series if it was less about Square and more Disney, which I'm sure is a hot take. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 7 February 2019, 21:50:49 haven't played kingdom hearts 2.999999999999999999999999999 999 yet but i am confused by the "Disney pays my bills", all i can imagine from that is mikero working at Disney land
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 February 2019, 14:47:10 I would love to work at Disney land tbh, but I actually work on television cartoons; 90% of my work has been Disney TV shows for the past 8.5 years.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 8 February 2019, 14:53:06 really? that is amazing! i've always wanted to make cartoons, mostly because i have tons of ideas and i feel like animation is the only way to get them quite right and it just seems so fun judging by the creativity shown by some cartoons right now, and from the boring unimaginative slop calling themselves shows, i get the feeling no one involved is enjoying making it
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 8 February 2019, 15:32:17 Seriously? That's #####ing awesome.
Still playing Spyro trilogy and Smash Ultimate. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 February 2019, 14:28:10 Seriously! :D
Honestly I feel I owe part of that to MMM, this was a place I really enjoyed posting art and learning back when I started getting serious about it. i've always wanted to make cartoons, mostly because i have tons of ideas and i feel like animation is the only way to get them quite right and it just seems so fun judging by the creativity shown by some cartoons right now, and from the boring unimaginative slop calling themselves shows, i get the feeling no one involved is enjoying making it It's a balance but you should definitely try it! If you have questions let me know anytime. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 February 2019, 15:17:59 I've been playing Resident Evil 2 Remake. Taken on it's own for what it is, it's a pretty good game. Taken strictly as a remake of RE2, it's severely lacking in a lot of things and I can't call it a success. It also suffers from Capcom's "DLC everything" it's known for now. It's not the remake I wanted, but it's a playable game, if not disappointing as a remake.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 February 2019, 15:32:04 The original RE2 is my favourite in the series. I haven't played the remake but from what I've seen it looks great, though it's a totally different experience. What are the things you thought were missing for the remake? Is it more, like, the mechanics of the original?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 12 February 2019, 17:26:09 Several things that get to the heart of what made RE2 RE2. Mechanics, sure, are part of that. I STILL firmly believe they should have remade it like they did RE1, which IS the gold standard for a remake (I'll add in Punch-Out!! Wii and DuckTales Remastered as well). But ignoring the leaving behind of the fixed cameras and tank controls, there's a lot that was removed or just messed up.
The game has virtually no music by default. It uses some very subdued and minimized remixes of the actual RE2 soundtrack in places like the main hall and save rooms. These are already very quiet and then fade out completely after about 30 seconds. Music is usually used in the RE2make for emphasis. Like a boss or when Mr. X shows up. It, like everything about RE2make is a more "modern" design style choice. This carries into the sound effects, which are pretty much the same as RE7, and generic as can be. This has both an up side and downside though. You can switch to the original RE2 soundtrack and sound effects! This literally changes the entire game on a fundamental level and makes it feel more like a legit RE2 remake than it is by default. The down side? It's not on the disc and is DLC (because of course it is #####ing Capcom). The notes you find that add lore and plot have been cut back a lot. If you'd never played the original you'd never know the corpse in the orphanage is the mayor's daughter. The original game had several references to the mayor leaving her in Iron's care and it was much more spelled out what he did. This is the case with literally EVERYTHING in RE2make. Details and backstory removed or left out or barely touched on that were in the original game. Remember the scene with the helicopter dropping the tank with MR. X? Yeah, they cut that all together. Same with why the other helicopter crashed. It just randomly crashes into the RPD. Also gone are ALL of the bits of flavor dialog you get when you examine areas. The STARS office gives you no info/details when you examine Chris, Jill, Barry, or Rebecca's desks. Or anything else in the game. These are little details but added a lot of character and flavor to the game. The zapping system and scenarios are pretty much butchered in the remake. Nothing you do in the "A" game affects the "B" game such as leaving or taking items. Clair and Leon interact all of 3 times in the game in cutscenes and never talk again outside of them. The original game had the "B" scenario play shorter and felt like you were working around what happened in the "A" scenario for the most part. In RE2make, it's just their "A" scenario with some things moved around and some areas cut off and changes who is on what side of the fence/camera in the cutscenes. It really is just the same game with a main character swap and minimal boss changes at the end. Also, the feel, pace, and atmosphere is COMPLETELY different removing fixed camera, tank controls, and room transitions. The game had to make too much of it so dark you can literally barely see anything to compensate to "scare" you differently. I'm not a fan of that approach. It probably comes down to personal taste, but It's still just not Resident Evil to me as those controls/style define the style of the series. Lastly, there is far too much RNG in the game. They give you the ability to free aim anywhere yet you can pump a zombie's skull full of a dozen bullets and it still doesn't die. It's been proven that location of shots all do the same "damage" so head shots are virtually pointless, as is the ability to aim. The only thing that does work is shooting kneecaps and elbows to blow off legs or arms to cripple them and just run by, which is pretty much what the designers seem to want you to do evidently. Some zombies take clips to take down, some a few shots. It seems far too random. Also crafting bullets from gunpowder is also random on how many bullets it yields. While I like the game really lets you build your ammo to how you want to play, yield should be consistent, not random. Same goes for normal ammo pick ups. It's not always 12 bullets a box, it can be 6, 10, even 2. Not a fan of that. I also HATE the ultra realistic photo realism style they're hell bent on using. It just doesn't fit or work well. As I said, taken on it's own, it's really not a bad game. I wouldn't still be playing it if it was. But as a remake of Resident Evil 2? It's SEVERELY lacking details, content, and touches that absolutely made the original what it was. And that's a major disappointment. Judging it strictly as a remake, it's a solid C- for me. As it's own thing, I give it a B+ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 13 February 2019, 18:35:01 Some of that is more or less what I expected you to say, and they're things that I agree with you on. The lack of backstory stuff though, that's especially frustrating. I don't see why they would actively avoid it. That is the exact kind of world building that the early series games were so great for. It also lends more horror to the game, as manipulating the player on a psychological level is so much richer than just the scares of fighting a licker in a hallway.
I think that's the same with Claire and Leon interacting. Without that the player isn't forced to think about what ELSE is going on in the city. In the few gameplay videos I've seen I did notice the extra darkness. I don't know if I'm a fan of that or not but I had been worried that newfangled control schemes would make the game less scary so when I saw that I was at least pleased that they tried to get around that. But I've always loved the tank controls and fixed camera angles of the old games because--going back to manipulating the player's emotions--it took a sense of power away from the player and added some scary. In the videos I watched, I also noticed the zombies essentially being bullet sponges. I didn't the rest of what you mentioned, so that's crazy. Location should absolutely matter, everyone I've seen play the game goes for the head and some people miss a lot, so they're basically just wasting precious ammo. That's very silly. It's the little things that matter. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 13 February 2019, 20:09:42 haven't played any RE game ever but i am interested in the lore of it, and i used to think the mr.x and nemesis were the same tyrant
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 13 February 2019, 21:16:25 Zombies do indeed take WAY too many hits to permanently kill. And as I said, since you can aim to hit specific spots, head shots should be instant kills or take very few hits. The zombies do lurch a LOT so it's hard to lock on and easy to miss, but the game is clearly done to have you stun and just run past stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 February 2019, 22:58:44 I fired up SSX 3, and it plays just as well as I remember it. Today it would receive negative marks for the lack of content, but it's a solid and fun game. I'm a little surprised that they haven't tried to do a remaster of it.
I also find it amusing that the two games I play the most on my Xbox One right now are SSX 3 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, neither of which are native to the Xbox One. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 February 2019, 05:13:19 The Xbox and 360 had infinitely more original games and exclusives than the bone does, it's no surprise.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 February 2019, 16:13:11 ^Absolutely that.
After the Nintendo Direct, I fear for my wallet. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 February 2019, 16:42:30 I was pretty pleased with the Direct.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 20 February 2019, 13:28:36 I bought Resident Evil 2 remake and have been playing it. I am liking what I played so far. I never played the originals (Though I probably should have).
Also the only other RE game I played was Survivor. Should I get RE4 after this? I hear it's really good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 February 2019, 15:40:42 4 is the ONLY good non Survival Horror Resident Evil. It's certainly more of an action game than any of the previous games were, but it was constructed to be an actiony version of a Resident Evil game. It still had some RE style puzzles and cheesy dialog. It was still single player (no forced co-op). It's kind of hard to quantify, but 5 and 6 clearly were made to be co-op action shooters, and Revelations were far too much into the 3rd person shooter style linear "stage" style game than your mazey backtrack metroidvania world design.
Some people say 5 or 6 are just like 4 but better, and they're wrong on both counts. Regardless, do pick up 4, it's the last good original Resident Evil game Capcom made. (if 7 wasn't first person I probably would have included that but as you can't play it more than 5 minutes without getting a migraine and vomiting it's not really playable). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 24 February 2019, 23:11:03 i got operation anchorage and mothership zeta for fallout 3, enjoyed them both, pretty sure the winterised T-51B power armour doesn't break, i love the tesla cannon i got from broken steel (i got that when i got fallout 3)
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 25 February 2019, 04:45:21 I enjoyed the RE2 remake overall. It has its issues, like zombies being bullet sponges, but overall it was fun.
Kindom Hearts III was... alright. The game itself is fun, and the Disney stuff is pretty neat, but the game's story itself kinda... felt rushed at the end. They basically stall and set up the whole game and then kinda shove all the real plot all at once. Then the final boss is beaten and its still... lacking. There were a lot of character interactions I was looking forward to that just never happened or were glossed over. Still, it was fun, just... lacking some closure for some reason. Obviously they're gonna make more games, but still. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 25 February 2019, 21:37:32 Exactly what I thought of KH3. There was little to no overall story progression in the different worlds. Most of them were just segments straight from their respective movies but with Sora and company shoved in the middle of it.
Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden was at least a touch-point in the second game to stop at every so often to continue the main arc. All we got in 3 was just cutscenes of that world. If any DLC is to be released, I'd enjoy revisiting Radiant Garden or even an Olympus Coliseum tourney like what they had in the first title. I just started playing Metro Exodus and it's quite an overhaul gameplaywise compared to Last Light. I've only managed to reach the halfway point in the "Winter" area (after the train chase) and there's just so much to do. Far more exploration and crafting... But the tension is still the same as it's always been. As expected from any initial release, it does have its share of bugs. Was trying to do a pacifist route my first time but that failed as one soldier was glitched halfway into the train and left me no other choice but to gun him down. Some of the building graffiti is projected outward, and had one run in with a bandit that was running circles three-stories high above me. Overall, nothing dramatically game-breaking. There's so much to do, so much to explore. The day/night feature is a good touch. There are pros and cons to each time of day, so certain situations are best tackled during daylight whereas nightfall would be wiser for stealth missions, at the cost of having more packs of mutants running about. Choices in the game don't seem as black and white as they have been in Last Light. Most of the time it was a kill-or-let-live choice, or a fetch mission that only boosted morality. So far, it seems the choices here could have a more dramatic effect, for better or worse, later on down the road. For me, that has yet to be seen. If you haven't played any Metro but enjoy spooky #####, it's truly worth checking out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 February 2019, 19:21:06 Playing Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. It's pretty fun. There's some cheap stuff in it keeps from loving it, but it's a pretty good platformer over all and was mainly an excuse for me to use my 8Bitdo SN30Pro
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 1 March 2019, 17:51:19 Ape Out is amazing. It's bloody great literally. I recommend anyone with a Switch to get it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 March 2019, 16:54:23 Finished Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom yesterday, 100% completion. Pretty good game, you can put in ~30 hours. Final boss fight was a tad easy though. I ended up doing the fight a few more times with no threat at all.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 5 March 2019, 18:31:27 Dead or Alive 6 is pretty great, and I still love Tina. *swoon*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 March 2019, 21:41:05 I'd read they'd sanitized the hell out of to make it more "acceptable". The game is just T&A the fighting game, and removing that part of it leaves it as a fighting game with no real remarkable aspects. Plus, the current "endless DLC content of fighters and outfits" that will never net you a complete game to buy... so sadly, not much interest in this one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 21 March 2019, 10:54:53 Now I'm splitting my time between RE2 & Toejam & Earl: Back In The Groove.
Posted on: 6 March 2019, 11:13:20 Right now I'm playing Turok on the switch. It's so good. I can't wait for Seeds of Evil to be released. I plan to get a physical release of Cuphead as I've always wanted to play it but didn't want to get an Xbox. Also plan to get DMC5 as it looks fun to play., Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 March 2019, 00:29:30 I just reviewed RBI Baseball 19...somehow it managed to be worse than last year's game, but of course they released a huge patch a couple of days after the review. I don't know why they just don't release the Home Run Derby part as a separate game; it's the only fun part.
Right now I'm playing (and going to review) One Piece: World Seeker and Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (which was released last year?). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 March 2019, 20:43:50 Playing Ace Attorney Trilogy on PS4. Got it imported since Capcom is still loving the digital only route for the west...
It looks really nice in HD. Hopefully the animations aren't halfassed like the iOS and 3DS versions... Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 March 2019, 05:51:50 My brother! I imported it for Switch! I may pick up the PS4 version too down the road.
I agree, it looks amazing! The definitive version of the HD collection. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 March 2019, 15:19:58 Definitely want it for Switch, good pickup.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 March 2019, 19:11:20 I started playing ReCore last night. It has some annoying glitches, the save system is a bit ass, and the camera isn't always the best, but I'm having a lot of fun with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 March 2019, 13:11:24 Aesthetically that looks pretty cool, but from the trailer I could see the gameplay being inconsistent.
Not that I've played Horizon: Zero Dawn yet but I feel like that is almost a better version of this? But I only watched one trailer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 9 April 2019, 00:39:12 Finished the first Ace Attorney game on the Trilogy. Forgot how short that game is compared to the rest.
Also got Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission for Switch a few days ago. Pretty fun overall but I'd recommend watching a gameplay video before picking it up if you're interested. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 9 April 2019, 13:19:51 Going between Final Fantasy 7 and Mega Man X Legacy Collection for the switch now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 April 2019, 23:45:01 There's a music bug in FF9 that I read about and that alone stopped me from getting it for Switch. Music is such a big deal especially in early FF games, and I have this thing about buying a game if I know it can't possibly be the definitive, most perfect version of itself.
The whole thing put me off buying ports of anything Final Fantasy related. I might never play FF9 unless I get it on PC and mod it or something, which might be a shame because I heard it's the best of at least the three PSX games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 April 2019, 14:28:29 All the Final Fantasys being digital only on Switch stopped me from buying any of them on Switch.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 April 2019, 17:24:39 Finished Mother 3 recently. I have some games on the go but haven't had much time to really play anything lately D:
I'll be picking up The Messenger around easter though, in the mood for some platforming. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 April 2019, 21:28:07 Xbox Spring Sale has started. I picked up Battlefield: Hardline, Grand Theft Auto 5, and ReCore.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 April 2019, 20:25:22 I'm playing Cuphead and The Messenger.
Good times, both are funnier than expected. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 26 April 2019, 22:55:00 found cod:black ops at CEX for £5, grabbed it and i am very glad the campaign was not spoiled for me
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 April 2019, 00:33:49 Cuphead is crazy hard! I think it may actually be tougher co-op for the run and gun stages, due to whoever is in front having less screen view.
And COD:BlOps has an excellent campaign. I think the best one in a COD game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 29 April 2019, 13:43:51 Cuphead isn't hard to beat, but it's hard to perfect. I'm on Inkwell Island 3 and the bosses in general aren't really difficult, but if you want that A+ (or S depending on what level of difficulty you're playing), then it can be very tricky.
Now getting the P ranks however, that's a pain. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 30 April 2019, 20:29:38 Cuphead isn't hard to beat, but it's hard to perfect. I'm on Inkwell Island 3 and the bosses in general aren't really difficult, but if you want that A+ (or S depending on what level of difficulty you're playing), then it can be very tricky. If your pee is rank and painful, you should probably see a doctor. *ba dum tss* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 May 2019, 13:11:45 I just got to Inkwell Island 3 and I haven't found the game too hard yet. Especially considering how much people talk about how hard the game is. But as seasoned Mega Man players, we're already attuned to the pattern recognition portion of it.
But you do die a lot, and mostly that's due to what I find the most frustrating: Completely random bull#####. For instance the Grim Matchstick boss fight has completely randomized clouds. Normally that would passable but it gets really #####y during certain parts because you can be playing out of this world and then just get killed by the RNG instead of your skill or lack thereof. I've noticed more things like this in modern platformers, even Monster Boy had some bats or whatever that a wildly erratic flying arc, and they'd even do it off-screen so during a particularly speedy sequence you could get bopped by a bat out of nowhere. Might just be me, but that's not something I love in games. But Cuphead is otherwise stellar. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 8 May 2019, 13:42:48 I just got to Inkwell Island 3 and I haven't found the game too hard yet. Especially considering how much people talk about how hard the game is. But as seasoned Mega Man players, we're already attuned to the pattern recognition portion of it. You should be able to slightly offset the randomness with a proper load out. For him & Rumor Honeybottom, I went with the homing attack rather than the straight pea shooter. This helped out during his 2nd phase so I only had to concentrate on the little flame assholes who try to jump at me. On his 3rd phase I went with charge shot weapon as I don't have to worry about accidentally hitting his fireballs that split open and hit me by surprise. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 May 2019, 18:51:45 Oh well I had already beaten him when I posted that, he was just an example. I used the charge for the most part too, but with the boomerang type thing on the second phase. It really hasn't been a big deal for me, it's just a frustration with modern platformers.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 22 May 2019, 21:21:44 i just played a black ops 1 zombies match on "kino der toten" and to make a long story short
i turned on power crawly things scared the ##### out of me i died a lot got jugger-nog got a thunder gun pack-a-punched my thunder gun and then while i was blasting zombie hordes the other players did something to make a song come on and it was a really cool song and we all died when it ended Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 May 2019, 22:34:34 Just finished up Ace Attorney Trilogy HD and Shadowgate on Switch. Not sure what to start next.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 May 2019, 18:17:19 Yo Rez, you're a seasoned Ace Attorney player. Is it worth getting the trilogy on Switch?
Obviously I adore the originals, will be looking for a game to play on my vacation, but I'm not totally sold on the updated look (I actually like the way it was originally animated). Did they significantly change anything that makes it not worth getting though? Haven't played an AA game since DS. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 May 2019, 19:22:06 The graphics and animations are superb! I can't believe how sharp and crisp everything looks. It's like an entirely new game. The Switch and PS4 version of Trilogy HD are the definitive versions of all 3 games. There's no missing animation or music (that I could find or noticed). This a far cry from the buggy version on iPhone and 3DS. If you like the games, these are literal perfection. Import it from Japan so you can own it physically, you don't want this game to be a digital time bomb. I got mine from Play Asia, and it's amazing. It booted right up into the US English version, even on the Switch menu with the right logos and names included. The only difference is Japanese logos on the case and cart sticker. I'm probably going to get this for PS4 as well at some point.
Although I honestly don't care for Apollo Justice, I hope we get a Switch/PS4 port of 4 HD, 5 and 6 like this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 27 May 2019, 16:55:46 The Dragon's Lair Trilogy on Xbox One is a cool deal for $20 and is still hard as hell. Animation looks beautiful and it's fun to just watch the "movie" for each game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 27 May 2019, 21:00:29 i just uploaded some levels onto megamaker, has a topic post thing for that been made yet?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 28 May 2019, 13:13:17 If there was it would be in the other Mega Man games forum.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 May 2019, 14:12:01 Pretty sure ChaosVortex had a Mega Maker thread in the Classic Series forum a couple years ago.
I beat Cuphead on Saturday. It was pretty good but I don't see myself going for 200%. Overall, it's not as tough as the hype claimed it to be which I guess is a good thing. I have no problem with it's length, it felt just right, but because of everyone talking about how hard it is I expected it to take more than 15 hours. The graphics and animations are superb! I can't believe how sharp and crisp everything looks. It's like an entirely new game. The Switch and PS4 version of Trilogy HD are the definitive versions of all 3 games. There's no missing animation or music (that I could find or noticed). This a far cry from the buggy version on iPhone and 3DS. If you like the games, these are literal perfection. Import it from Japan so you can own it physically, you don't want this game to be a digital time bomb. I got mine from Play Asia, and it's amazing. It booted right up into the US English version, even on the Switch menu with the right logos and names included. The only difference is Japanese logos on the case and cart sticker. I'm probably going to get this for PS4 as well at some point. Great! Sounds like a buy then. It'll be perfect for my time off. I never played Apollo Justice or the Edgeworth game, so I'm only hoping for remakes just so I can. I know nothing about Apollo other than I like his look. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 May 2019, 15:45:47 It pains me to say it, but Apollo Justice is kind of a ##### game. Game play wise it's fine for the most part, but it just #####s on so many characters and Apollo is such a weak character in his own game. There was a lot of behind the scenes stuff with this game that really hurt the final product. For what it's worth, I personally think they course corrected good and turned the series around for Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice. Both use Apollo much better, and they do a much better job with Athena than they did with Apollo initially, although she's still a weak character.
The 2nd trilogy is kind of all over with plot stuff between the 3 games and doesn't really have a satisfying end like the original one. Most of the stuff in Apollo Justice is more or less just forgotten or rewritten by Spirit of Justice. Add to that case 3 is the single worst case in the entire series (yeah, 2-3 isn't as bad as people pretend it is, and even if it was 4-3 is a hundred times worse). And 4-4 is the single worst final case in the series with some complete nonsense that makes no narrative sense and ZERO satisfaction for the final confrontation (not even using the cornered theme). Prepare yourself for disappointment. Even with all that said, I'd still play it. You'll want to so that 5 and 6 make more sense, even if they just toss out a lot of 4's plot (for the better). Edgeworth's games are good, but 1 is a little rough. 2 is an AMAZING game though. The only bad part is you'll need to play it on a flash card, mod a DS/3DS to play roms, or emulate it. Either way, DO IT. It's easily a contender for best Ace Attorney game. The fact we never got it officially is a crime. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 May 2019, 18:52:37 By 2-3 do you mean "Tournabout Big Top"?
I thought that case's turns were really well done, even if the outcome is silly it was a good case gameplay-wise and one of the most memorable ones for me. I had no idea people had an issue with it, but Justice For All is the game I'm most familiar with anyway. I'll definitely play through the Phoenix Wright stuff and then play the rest though, it's been too long since I played this type of game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 May 2019, 22:15:11 Yes, 2-3 is Turnabout Big Top. It's commonly ##### on by the community as the "worst case ever", but as you said, it's really not all that bad.
I need to replay 5 and 6 again since I've only ever played each of those once due to them being digital and me borrowing my friends 3DS to play them. Now that I have a modded 3DS (which I did ONLY to get Ace Attorney 5 and 6), I may do that. I hope they do a Switch port of 4, 5 and 6 with the HD version of 4. It would likely have dual languages on it given history. I'd like to own 5 and 6. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 June 2019, 04:02:48 I agree with Rez on pretty much everything he said about Ace Attorney.
Recently I replayed Apollo Justice, and while I didn't hate it nearly as much as I remembered hating it, I still didn't like the amount of times Apollo gets his spotlight stolen in his own game. Spirit of Justice was really great though. The Ace Attorney Trilogy port on PS4/Switch is really nice. Aside from the obvious graphic and UI enhancements, they also implemented the investigation checkmarks from the more recent games, so you already know what you've investigated in that area. It makes reading every little random piece of dialogue a bit easier to without accidentally examining the same thing again. And my favorite thing? Being able to save anytime without being booted to the title screen. I also liked 2-3. It had some nonsense, but overall it was entertaining. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 6 June 2019, 14:55:07 My only real complaint is I wish they'd let you select which section of the case to start from like the newer games. Sometimes I'd just like to start on the last section of the last trial day on cases like 1-4, 1-5, or 2-4 instead of having to play the ENTIRE case to get there.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 19 June 2019, 12:27:37 This is the first time I've played the first mana game due to the collection. Why didn't I play this sooner? It's really good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 June 2019, 19:58:22 Secret of Mana? Yeah, it's a great RPG. It has a few issues on hit detection, but otherwise it's amazing with an amazing 90s Square OST.
Posted on: 20 June 2019, 00:56:12 I'm like 7 hours into Bloodstained Ritual of the Night, and I LOVE it. It's got a few little issues but it's pretty much exactly what I wanted (minus the 2.5D direction). This is the polar opposite of MN9. Everyone should pick up a copy of Bloodstained if they like Castlevania or Metroidvanias. This might just be Iga's best game ever. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 19 June 2019, 21:04:30 I've played Secret of Mana before. I'm talking about the gameboy one.
The first one for the SNES is a classic. Can't wait to try trials out. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 June 2019, 21:42:55 Ah I see what you meant. I'll be interested to play 3 as well even though I have a fan translation for it (I just haven't got to it yet).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 22 June 2019, 10:32:34 For the first time ever I played through the campaign of Advance Wars.
I remember playing Dual Strike when I was in high school and honestly being too dumb to figure out the proper strategies and I couldn't pass a certain mission involving nuking some blimp, but with this game today almost the entire thing felt like a tutorial. So now I'm playing the hard mode. It's great. I like how straightforward the rankings are for each mission so I know generally where I can improve (mostly with how many turns I take to beat a mission). I'll probably eventually play the other Advance Wars games, including the DS titles, and then probably move on to Fire Emblem. I feel like I missed out on a lot of turn based strategy games. I mainly only played FF Tactics (which I love). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 27 June 2019, 07:21:28 feeling masochistic so i might play Mega Man Battle Network 4
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 June 2019, 16:39:48 Just beat Bloodstained Ritual of the Night on PS4. Game is a 10/10 on it's merits/design/game play/music/atmosphere. The game is hamstrung by only 2 things.
First and foremost, no version of the game is really ready for prime time. The game was clearly still not ready to ship. It's had major updates and patches. The Switch version seems to be literally almost unplayable. PS4 has some glitches here and there and some jankey animations/transitions, but largely seems passable at this point. These technical snafus insult an amazing game that deserves to be 100% polished in it's presentation and function. None of it is typical "minor" things all games have. These are serious systemic issues with how the game was built. It does a disservice to the game. Second, the 2.5D design choice. This is also directly responsible for most of the issues in the first part, no doubt. 2D games never run or work well in 3D engines as they do in a true 2D environment from angles of platforms to collision and hit detection and clipping. For what it ended up as, it doesn't look too bad visually, but you always wonder, just how much we're missing and how much better it would have looked in 2D. I hope we get a rerelease of the game once all the patching is done and DLC releases. Because of the degree of patches and fixes the game has across platforms, none of the physical versions are worth anything without massive downloads to fix them. As such, we have a case of it's pretty much a digital download with most of the game on the disc to save you some time downloading the game. That's not acceptable, and far from very minor updates that don't materially affect the game if you never (or are unable to) update. Overall, this is EXACTLY the game we wanted. It's pure SOTN Style Castlevania at it's BEST. It's the best non Castlevania Metroidvania released since the DS trilogy of Castlevania games. Amazing, amazing game. If you have a PS4 I'd pick it up now. Wait on Switch and 360 though as one is in an almost unplayable state and the other is waiting on patches to not break it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 July 2019, 16:19:38 Played through the first Ace Attorney again now and the game is just as great as I remember. But I have to say I don't get why people call this art "enhanced" at all.
Truthfully this is minor and the gameplay and story are not effected, but some of this new art is flat out weak. I'm bout to sound way more annoyed than I am, but as an artist in animation I can't ignore the following. It's not so much that they did a bad job exactly, it's that they did a very basic job and didn't try to improve much: But when you're taking pixel art and converting it to hand drawn that exposes flaws and limitations in the original. Now there's no concept of line weight which makes everyone flatter and creates tangent lines. The shading has this late-90's photoshop airbrush look to it, which contributes to the flatness thing and removes atmosphere. Both of those issues hurt the animation, specifically the key posing. Going over old animation and converting it like that, you can't be asked to understand the original animator's intent and make a crisp line where there wasn't one before, that happens even in traditional animation if the clean up artist gets something that's drawn too rough, but it's something I wish was polished more because suddenly Lotta Hart looks like she's half-human half-space alien. Her eyes were always... far apart, but the thinner lines make that space seem larger. That's the type of result you should tweak to keep the "feel" true. Gumshoe often looks off and Maya's side pose is brutal. Then there's levelling, it wasn't perfect in the originals as shown with Maya and how they chose to have her eyes overlap her hair, but this was a good time to clean it up. The whole look actually feels like they fed the old character art through a machine that auto-mapped it into 1x1px lines, and if that's actually true I wouldn't be surprised. Adobe Illustrator has a feature called Live Trace that does that basic thing. None of this is an issue with backgrounds though, they always looked gorgeous but are even nicer now. Game is still fun as hell but even my girlfriend who only played a bit of Justice For All back in the day looked up at one point and said "I remember these looking better". I wish they had to option to keep the newer UI and features but switch to the old character models, because I truly think the series had better art originally. If anything, from the looks of screenshots the Apollo Justice mobile version hit the mark they were going for here. For the first time ever I played through the campaign of Advance Wars. I really miss Advance Wars. I've thought about picking up WarGroove to scratch that itch but... I dunno. I can get fantasy setting tactics from Fire Emblem. Posted on: 27 June 2019, 18:31:41 MARIO MAKER 2 Loving it, though I really miss amiibo costumes. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 July 2019, 21:13:58 Are you high? Those aren't redraws, they're scans of the original art. It looks amazing. It's clean and crisp. They didn't add frames from the original sprites either. No one expected them to. It's the original game with the actual original art the sprites were made from. It's hard to believe we're looking at the same thing.
The HD Trilogy on Switch is literally almost perfect outside of outright remaking the games in AA6's engine with 3D models and updating the game play and cases to fit them better, which I wouldn't mind if they did. But for an HD port, it's pretty much perfect. Apollo Justice also already had higher resolution art to begin with. I'm not surprised it looks better, because they have better source material to work with. I hope we get a Switch port of that as well, with AA5 and 6 added in for a 2nd Trilogy. Be nice to own a retail version of them, or own them at all since I didn't buy them because they were digital only and ##### Capcom for doing ##### like that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 29 August 2019, 18:37:48 i got both X legacy collections! enjoying 4, likeing 5 a bit, and i'm breaking 6 with the ultimate armour because in my mind, there are only two reasons to cheat on a game: 1. you beat it fair and square, 2. game bad
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 August 2019, 16:41:05 Dabbling in Collection of Mana now that it's out retail. Also picked up Metal Wolf Chaos on PS4.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 31 August 2019, 00:12:48 Trials of Mana is so good. My team is Duran (Dark/Light), Kevin (Devine Fist) and Hawkeye (Nightblade) Focus on Physical attacks with scales/chips & Diversions/Techniques/Weapon Smacking bosses. Tears through any boss with ease.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 September 2019, 14:06:51 Are you high? Those aren't redraws, they're scans of the original art. It looks amazing. It's clean and crisp. They didn't add frames from the original sprites either. No one expected them to. It's the original game with the actual original art the sprites were made from. It's hard to believe we're looking at the same thing. Man. It's not personal, it's preference. Obviously I didn't know they were scans of the original art, but I stand by what I said. From an anatomy and solid-drawing perspective the art was more solid as crunched pixels, though obviously less clean. That applies more to the first game than the others. In fact, Rise From The Ashes has much tighter art in general than the rest of PW:AA in the collection, and looked incredible imo, mainly because it was made later and had better source material. The entire idea of line weight is virtually non-existent in early PW cases and no matter how "crisp" it is that doesn't make up for it. That's like saying something is better because it's in HD. And it being scans of the original art somewhat excuses line issues, but doesn't excuse the softer and less dynamic shading (which I think is the bigger issue, not the line art). None of it is actually bad.... well except that one Maya drawing. I never mentioned adding frames, so I don't know what you're on about there. My comment about the animation was do to certain poses looking more odd than in the GBA/DS era... I wrongly assumed they lazily tried to draw over the pixel art, that's my bad but in so doing a lot of character art lost volume. I do agree, however, that it's pretty much perfect for an HD remake otherwise. Though I don't see what good making it 2.5D would do. Apollo Justice also already had higher resolution art to begin with. I'm not surprised it looks better, because they have better source material to work with. I hope we get a Switch port of that as well, with AA5 and 6 added in for a 2nd Trilogy. Be nice to own a retail version of them, or own them at all since I didn't buy them because they were digital only and ##### Capcom for doing ##### like that. I agree, and that's pretty much what I meant about hitting the AJ mark thing. I think they could have updated the original art a bit. As I said, I probably came off bothered in that post but I wasn't. I just believe there was opportunity to fix some little mistakes, and literally working in art and animation I can't miss this kind of stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: ASR on 5 September 2019, 05:38:40 posting back on MMM for the first time in ages only to say that i agree with mike that the AA Trilogy art looks muuuuuch worse to me than the originals did and it bugged me the whole time i played
Posted on: 5 September 2019, 05:37:09 also new fire emblem kicked ass, playing astral chain now it's good. how's everyone doing Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 5 September 2019, 10:46:15 Playing DOOM II on switch right now, Hopefully they'll update it soon as they said they would. Also Turok 2 as well. Can't wait for DOOM 64.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 September 2019, 14:55:59 posting back on MMM for the first time in ages only to say that i agree with mike that the AA Trilogy art looks muuuuuch worse to me than the originals did and it bugged me the whole time i played You guys are literally blind. The art looks amazing and crisp, and blows the original DS sprites out of the water. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2019, 17:14:26 This is hilarious. No one said it didn't look crisp, and I only said it could be even better.
Anwyay that Nintendo Direct was sick, I'm hype as hell for a lot of stuff even though I'd like to cut down on video games so I can focus more on art. Definitely want to check out Astral Chain too, but so much is going on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 7 September 2019, 01:31:14 At least now Switch Online is worth having now with SNES games. Playing Super Mario World for the billionth time.
Trials of Mana looks neat, but if it's #####, I can fall back on the original one (which was #####ing godly), Luigi's Mansion 3 looks fun, And Sans as a Mii costume was sheer brillance. I'm indifferent on Terry's inclusion in smash, but I'm sure he'll be good to play. And hot damn they did Banjo good with the remixes. I'm happy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 7 September 2019, 01:56:25 Eh, for me it was worth it already to play some Mario 3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 September 2019, 05:21:18 The online is awful, and holding a proper virtual console hostage to "add value" to it is disgusting. We won't be seeing a virtual console on Switch because Nintendo is clearly only offering it's older games as part of it's online service. Enjoy your access to them depending on Nintendo's whim or the licensing of the 3rd party games.
If they had a proper virtual console where you could buy the games you want normally like on the Wii or Wii U AND just dumped all of them as a bonus for online subscribers, then it would be fine. But they aren't and they won't. I think it's painfully clear what their business model is for it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 7 September 2019, 21:06:40 Calm down Rez. Nintendo's no longer doing monthly releases for the thing so hopefully if they want the service to prosper, they'll know what's good for them and do more frequent releases.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 September 2019, 14:31:30 I don't give two #####s if they add every single game ever released on the NES, SNES, GB, GBA, and N64 for their online service tomorrow. I don't want to rent the #####ing games, I want to BUY them. I want the option to buy them, not rent. That's my point, and the fact is they're just adding their old catalogs as rentals tied to their online service INSTEAD of having them available to buy permanently like other digital titles they offer on the eshop or past virtual consoles.
It's not a hard concept to get. I don't care if they add stuff to the online service to "add value" to it as long as they have a normal virtual console to let us buy the games outright and own them (as much as you can own a digital game). But they're NOT doing that, they're just dumping ##### onto the online service. That isn't a substitute for a virtual console. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 11 September 2019, 16:29:32 I'm surprised you even like the Virtual Console model at all since it's digital.
I got the online (for $5 CDN) for Splatoon 2 so I'm fine with it, but I understand that at full price it's pretty trash. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 September 2019, 18:20:50 Oh, I don't. I can tolerate it because I own physical originals for almost all of it. But between digital and streaming subscription? It's not even a contest.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 September 2019, 17:24:09 I keep bouncing between Halo: The Master Chief Collection and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga. It seems kind of weird - it feels like they botched the port of Episode I, but everything else remains relatively solid. Vehicle sections that aren't on rails still suck though.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 25 September 2019, 13:25:48 Now I'm playing Link's Awakening on the Switch. Just as good as I remember it, if not better thanks to the quality of life change. Only downside is no silly photo op mode.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 September 2019, 19:25:32 I knew Link's Awakening too well and burned through the remake super quickly. Not a bad thing, it was very enjoyable, but I can see people not loving the price tag.
I very much miss the photo ops. I do feel like a little charm is removed from this version, even though it is super faithful there's something missing. But I love the original so much it's probably just a nostalgia thing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 26 September 2019, 22:47:27 The whole thing is coming off like I'd be a bit disappointed in it. There has been at least a few games where Nintendo has released a remake forgetting a game's original design reasons in certain places and replacing them without changing the elements around them, if that makes sense.
Link's Awakening looks very good visually, and it's either missing the old charm or I don't get the new charm, but either way there's a noticeable amount of small things I've seen that I probably shouldn't make a huge deal about. After all I think some of those things were problems even in Breath of the Wild, which has the least annoyingly-designed HUD of the most recent Zelda games by far. I could make a concession as to the drastic change in the overall map detail for consistency's sake, because it's meant to mesh well with the dungeon maker. I might even find I prefer using a more detailed map to memorizing routes anyway. And obviously they fixed the pot bonking interruption, so there's that. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 September 2019, 15:54:41 Don't get me wrong it's not disappointing, I just burned through it. This is game I beat myself a bunch of times and my mom played it even more than I did, so I ended up helping her solve some puzzles over and over again.
Really the photo op is the only small thing that I think is missing, I can't really think of any other significant changes. They kept in every thing else that I loved, like Mr. Write and the colour dungeon. There are people upset about the crane game (and I did post a frustrated video of a time where it screwed me over) but in general I would say that was actually trickier in the original game. On the subject of the dungeon maker... It's a novel idea, one that we all had when the first Mario Maker came out, but I don't really have fun doing anything in it yet. I'm basically just doing it to 100% the game, it doesn't offer actual level design freedom which is a bummer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 27 September 2019, 16:49:56 i'd compare the Chamber dungeon more akin to Doom's 2016 Snapmap.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 September 2019, 21:44:55 Snaptrap!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 September 2019, 19:40:45 I'm not familiar with it but from the name I'm guessing it's similar in that you just drop ("snap") down map elements without real creativity?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 14 October 2019, 09:05:55 just got the devil may cry HD collection and to say the least... THIS PARTYS GETTING CRAZY
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 October 2019, 22:26:07 Did you mean KUH-RAAAAAAZEEEEE?!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 October 2019, 00:48:06 I've been tempted after beating DMC5, what are your thought on it? My first was 4, and I actually liked DMC, so keep that in mind.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 15 October 2019, 14:26:45 1 is okay
2 is ...no... and 3? well... I'M ABSOLUTELY CRAZY ABOUT IT i didn't even know if i was going to like these games and keep in mind that i don't normally like hard games,and 3 is HARD but it's just so fun, i just got quicksilver and that fight was a blast, every boss so far has been so fun to take down, and the weapons they give you are all so fun to play with, i think my favourites are agni/rudra and cerberus Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 19 October 2019, 02:49:45 There's a special place in hell for those who choose never to suffer Dante's video game journey... and I'M GOING THERE.
Don't get me wrong it's not disappointing, I just burned through it. This is game I beat myself a bunch of times and my mom played it even more than I did, so I ended up helping her solve some puzzles over and over again. Yeah, I think I'm just really particular. In the original game the fire rod basically replaced your sword, but it's been nerfed. Things like that I don't mind, because the *cough* magic rod gets more utility overall in this game because of the post-game stuff and I don't want it to remove the difficulty entirely. And did the chess pieces actually move that way in the original and I never noticed? Because that was cool. I could have sworn it was just random. The things that I do mind a little bit aren't very major things. It's mostly things the original game didn't need, like pausing the game to zoom in on something blatantly obvious, or constantly reminding you when to press A to interact with certain things, or freezing you every time a chest materialized or a key fell. In those ways it's like the developers added something that took away some of the polish. You also used to be able to do things like sprint+jump+spin attack, but now doing so isn't as fun to do because he spins vertically and the hits don't connect nearly as consistently. Adding cracked walls where there weren't supposed to be any also messed a bit with some of the puzzles. You're supposed to figure out there's a bombable wall in some cases by solving the map, like in the face shrine and turtle rock, but now you just see a cracked wall and bomb it. No thinking necessary. The result is that using a bomb on a bombable wall isn't as unique a form of gameplay as using a key on a locked door, which, for me, diminishes the whole point of having bombable walls. But even these things that I don't like are arguably good in a way, because they stand in the way, at least for me, of making the original game completely obsolete. As of now I don't feel that either version of the game is the definitive version, therefore both have a space on my shelf. I'm mostly happy with all of the additions to Link's Awakening's mini-games. There's still a very consistent crane game trick like the original game had, but the inclusion of physics was cool if you ask me. The fishing is more fleshed out and fun to play as well. The photo op stuff is really weirdly absent. I get that game boy printer is a long-forgotten idea, but I felt like it could have remained in spirit, through still photos passing through with the credits or something. Sort of like they did with Breath of the Wild or plenty of other games they've done. I've only scraped the surface of dungeon making but I like the idea of chaining the most challenging segments of the game together to make something uniquely difficult that wasn't in the original game. Putting the rooms in the slots is almost as much fun for me as playing them. There's this sense that I can refine my own idea of what's fun and challenging and find the best combination of both, and really use Link's tools to the fullest. And of course I would love to be able to do more with it, but for a mini-game I'm not complaining. The music is well beyond what I initially expected. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RrYJ5z-be8) (Actually don't click that if you want to experience the Face Shrine's music firsthand, because it's a high point of the original game too. It just can't be understated how awesome it is.) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 21 October 2019, 13:25:25 Played Yoshi's Island on the switch and 100% it for the very first time.
Such a great game, why can't the later Yoshi games provide the same amount of love and care? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 October 2019, 14:21:58 Nintendo only has enough love and care for Mario and Zelda.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 22 October 2019, 06:25:19 Started playing The Great Ace Attorney. Still on the first case so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but I'm looking forward to finally playing it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 October 2019, 15:20:29 First case is always just an intro to the mechanics, so don't worry. It's those middle cases that really hook ya.
As for Yoshi, I wish I could find one that just isn't samey and boring after two levels. I don't know what the deal is, they focus so much on the aesthetic and not the gameplay. I get that it's for kids like Kirby, but both of those series fall into a trap of "make a way too easy but aesthetically pleasing game" when they could be so much more. Yoshi's crafted world, or whatever, looked like it had potential (the demo was pretty good) but after spending money on the wooly one only to play for less than 10 hours, I couldn't bother to bankroll the new one. It's mostly things the original game didn't need, like pausing the game to zoom in on something blatantly obvious, or constantly reminding you when to press A to interact with certain things, or freezing you every time a chest materialized or a key fell. Yea with that I get the feeling they wanted to homogenize it with other Zelda games. Not a massive fan of those but I get that it "feelz zelda-y" or something. Adding cracked walls where there weren't supposed to be any also messed a bit with some of the puzzles. You're supposed to figure out there's a bombable wall in some cases by solving the map, like in the face shrine and turtle rock, but now you just see a cracked wall and bomb it. No thinking necessary. The result is that using a bomb on a bombable wall isn't as unique a form of gameplay as using a key on a locked door, which, for me, diminishes the whole point of having bombable walls. Totally agree there. Not sure if I said it here but it's something I've mentioned to people before. I know people who are basically playing Link's Awakening for the first time here, so they are like 20 hours in and aren't even half way--so I guess those things haven't helped them all that much. But for me I had the game completely finished by then. Breezed through Untitled Goose Game. I loved it but wish there was more, like maybe 2 or 3 more areas. Either way it was good. Mostly playing Fire Emblem Three Houses now, and some smaller stuff like Inner Space that was on sale recently. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 4 November 2019, 13:42:28 Playing Luigi's Mansion 3 now. This is the first Luigi's Mansion I have played. Why have I not played this sooner!? It's amazing! Every area is brimming with secrets to find and explore. It's such a good game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 November 2019, 14:56:32 Still playing River City Girls. Liking it a lot. Great voice acting, and you can't just blindly punch through everything or you WILL get slaughtered.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 November 2019, 15:23:32 Anyone who likes Burnout should check out Asphalt 9 on Switch. It's a free-to-play game and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 November 2019, 15:53:41 I've been playing the ##### out of Injustice 2. It's a ton of fun and it's great just choosing random characters and beating the crap out of your opponent. The online portion is pretty much dead, but whatever, I'm having a ton of fun. My favorite fighters are Black Canary, Green Lantern, TMNT, and the Flash.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 November 2019, 17:15:57 Anyone who likes Burnout should check out Asphalt 9 on Switch. It's a free-to-play game and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Free to play is a giant glowing red light to hard pass on something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 November 2019, 20:07:17 I understand the sentiment but can't totally agree. Tons of free-to-play games are of high quality and don't actually force micro-transactions down your throat, especially for games where said micro-transactions are only for cosmetic purposes.
Asphalt 9 is a ton of fun and I've never once had the feeling like I should spend money on it, I have retail released games that push harder on micro-transactions and actively throttle progression to do so, so this is a complete win. Posted on: 14 November 2019, 20:18:31 Despite the constant negative press pokemon Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 20 November 2019, 00:27:45 There was no doubt Pokemon was going to be a good game, the problem was that Game freak comes up with all of these mechanics then just outright abandons them the next game. Also cutting half of the pokedex didn't help either.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 20 November 2019, 17:42:55 Yeah I'm loving the new game, though I'm not far in yet.
I don't love every time they add a new gimmick either but I think this time it was smart to make Dynamaxing a region specific thing, that way if it's abandoned in the next iteration it's all fine. It also makes it more unique story wise. That's one thing I liked in Pokemon Sun (a game I very much disliked) with the trials, that felt like a cool region-specific alteration that kept things fresh. I don't the pokedex thing is nearly as big a deal as people made it out to be (along with most others points that have people in a tizzy), but I get it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 November 2019, 21:31:15 I understand the sentiment but can't totally agree. Tons of free-to-play games are of high quality and don't actually force micro-transactions down your throat, especially for games where said micro-transactions are only for cosmetic purposes. Yeah, there's a handful of F2P games that I do on my phone and one on Facebook. Almost every lunch time at work I play Dead Trigger 2 for a bit. It isn't anything groundbreaking, but the sniper levels are a lot of fun - I wish there was more of them and they were longer. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 November 2019, 15:48:07 There was no doubt Pokemon was going to be a good game Were we reading the same internet? It's been ##### on constantly at every turn. And still is eve more now that it's out. That said, the overwhelming majority of people seem to be mostly not bothered and like the game, as evidence by the staggering sales numbers. It's mostly just a very VERY vocal minority bitching non stop. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 21 November 2019, 16:59:38 I'm fully aware of it's shortcomings. The fact that you have to find an item just to change the volume settings in the game is bull#####.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 21 November 2019, 23:46:26 It's a video game controversy. I've been very skeptical of those of late. I don't want to be too dismissive because generally I hope that those criticizing the companies really just want them to succeed and make the best possible game, but it's hard to believe that they're not just exaggerating to get views sometimes.
I haven't heard about the volume thing. Does it have to do with being able to pick out rare Pokemon sounds out of the wild? I could understand why that would be item locked if that's the case. I don't know; I'm just spitballing. I haven't seen a lot about Sword and Shield other than the headlines that have been inserted into my feeds. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2019, 18:50:39 I didn't realize that was a thing either. The game gives you headphones basically right away and says they let you change the sounds but I thought it was more about Pokemon hunting, as Majikn stated. I never felt like this game needed audio adjusting (something I do in most games) so I didn't bother to look.
Like... It's just dumb. I'm someone who had a lot of sticking points with Pokemon Sun and Moon, I have criticisms of it where a lot of people don't. Yet with Sword and Shield, I think people are just hating for fame like Charlemagne. I think there's better things people could address about this game but they are missing them because they're caught up in bandwagon hate over minutiae. The game is really good, but it could have been more and it's not volume or dex numbers keeping it from that. It's a video game controversy. I've been very skeptical of those of late. I don't want to be too dismissive because generally I hope that those criticizing the companies really just want them to succeed and make the best possible game, but it's hard to believe that they're not just exaggerating to get views sometimes. I agree with this 100%. I understand the sentiment but can't totally agree. Tons of free-to-play games are of high quality and don't actually force micro-transactions down your throat, especially for games where said micro-transactions are only for cosmetic purposes. Yeah F2P is becoming a much more viable and quality market. It's nice to see because I feel like that's where you see companies actually care-in a routine manner-about the quality of the experience, since that's how they eat. Whereas these days you see fully priced games release that are full of issues and the attitude is kind of "oh well, we'll try to do better next time so please buy that." Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 November 2019, 19:39:29 Free to play is inherently bad and can never be good BECAUSE it's free to play. The basic building blocks mandate the game function on just being playable enough to frustrate people into paying extra to, among other things: skip cool downs, play levels, complete tasks, access basic content that is standard parts of actual games, keep playing at all, make you powerfull enough to actually be able to progress, etc, etc.
Add to that being primarily mobile (though it leaks more and more into console games) that have no physical controls, so even THAT has to be dumbed down to work with no game pad (no one carries a game pad with them to whip out to play phone games either), and most being built around perpetual updates/games as service ##### and I refuse to entertain that free to play is or ever can be good. And for good measures, it's also digital only, a cardinal sin. The very market of it is literal cancer to solid and balanced game play and design, full stop. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 November 2019, 23:41:19 Add to that being primarily mobile (though it leaks more and more into console games) that have no physical controls, so even THAT has to be dumbed down to work with no game pad (no one carries a game pad with them to whip out to play phone games either), I know you won't, but you should check out the Game Vice controller. I got one for review and it's absolute tits, and there's plenty of mobile gaming companies that work with them. It's especially handy for first-person shooters like, say, Dead Trigger 2, or fighting games. If you play a lot of mobile games because of a commute or in between classes, it's a good investment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 23 November 2019, 00:58:13 I'm with Rez on this one. I'd rather just pay one price for a game and play it that way. Games like DOOM 2016, Luigi's Mansion 3, the Legacy Collections. I got more than my money's worth as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 24 November 2019, 03:15:55 I think there's better things people could address about this game but they are missing them because they're caught up in bandwagon hate over minutiae. The game is really good, but it could have been more and it's not volume or dex numbers keeping it from that. Yeah, you saying it like that suddenly makes me realize how it's a variation on complaining about resolutions and polygon counts. It's quantitative. The last time I played Pokemon X I was still catching up on the catching every damn Pokemon and the huge grind it is and the ground left to cover has kept me from experiencing Sun and Moon AND Alpha Sapphire AND Let's Go entirely. In the gameplay there has been diminishing returns. On the other hand it's possible some people are really emotionally invested into bringing their entire team back to each new generation of hardware, and that can't always be possible if certain precedents are set. I don't exactly know if they're being Thanos-wiped or if there's a process to which of them stays. Perhaps Pokemon can just transfer between the main line console adventures and New Pokemon Stadium or something so people can have both, and they'll both have their strengths. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 November 2019, 15:55:01 Add to that being primarily mobile (though it leaks more and more into console games) that have no physical controls, so even THAT has to be dumbed down to work with no game pad (no one carries a game pad with them to whip out to play phone games either), It's more to the fact if I'm going to carry a #####ing GAME CONTROLLER around with me I'll just carry an actual portable game system, like a DS/3DS/Switch. The point of arguing a phone is a good mobile game device because you always have it on you is stupid because you need an actual controller to play anything that resembles a real game, and you wouldn't carry one of those. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 November 2019, 18:21:56 I think there's better things people could address about this game but they are missing them because they're caught up in bandwagon hate over minutiae. The game is really good, but it could have been more and it's not volume or dex numbers keeping it from that. Agreed. Quantitative is a good way to put it. To your last point, I think there's possibility in the future for them to use something like Pokemon Bank to allow people to transfer from 3DS to Switch easily. I'm definitely expecting that future Pokemon games on the console will have a bigger/full dex. But personally I had a similar experience playing X, x-cept I did buy Sun and Let's Go Pikachu and had a hard time doing those grinds again because of it. So I think you probably did the right thing. For whatever flaws people have with Sword and Shield, I'm not having the same grind issues. I'm just going through having a good time. Free to play is inherently bad and can never be good BECAUSE it's free to play. The basic building blocks mandate the game function on just being playable enough to frustrate people into paying extra to, among other things: skip cool downs, play levels, complete tasks, access basic content that is standard parts of actual games, keep playing at all, make you powerfull enough to actually be able to progress, etc, etc. You should do more research, you're way off on multiple points. I might agree in 2011 but you're doing your favourite move of willfully ignoring everyone/thing again. Xero at least has a salient point: I'm with Rez on this one. I'd rather just pay one price for a game and play it that way. Games like DOOM 2016, Luigi's Mansion 3, the Legacy Collections. I got more than my money's worth as far as I'm concerned. And I agree with it up to a certain juncture; We already live in a world with all the restrictions Rez mentioned on FULL PRICE RETAIL games. At that point, why is a free-to-play game somehow worse than that? 2K is renowned for being a company that does this with every single one of their games yearly and it's highway robbery. Their microtransations are far worse than anything in Asphalt 9, Fortnite, etc., and they will take your entire character and currency away leaving you with nothing after 2 years... yet we're speaking as if free-to-play games are the issue? Just look at EA's debacles with Star Wars games. If you want to talk about microtransactions having an abhorrent impact on the gaming industry I'm right there with you, but F2P isn't even close to the progenitor or key suspect there. As for an F2P game being digital-only, I don't really care since it was free, but that I at least understand. As for the controller issue, I definitely agree with Rez. I'm not at all keen to carry even the smallest controller around with me just to use on my phone but it's cool they make stuff like that. But, hey, I was talking about a Switch game this whole time anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 November 2019, 22:19:25 We already live in a world with all the restrictions Rez mentioned on FULL PRICE RETAIL games. At that point, why is a free-to-play game somehow worse than that? And that's ENTIRELY due to free to play making so much money. F2P is a cancer, and it's spread to proper gaming platforms. F2P is still just as bad, but now it's all but ruining proper games too. That's why I'd say F2P is still far, far worse. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 27 November 2019, 18:36:29 I do get what you're saying and I respect that you want to die on this hill but I still feel that's looking at it from a very shallow angle.
How exactly is it worse right now to play a console game for free that has cosmetic-only microtransactions, compared to a $60 USD game that literally forces pay-to-win in their microstransactions? I cannot abide the concept of the latter being a more "proper" game than the former. Example: I know NBA2K isn't the cup of tea of anyone here, but it's been a staggering abuse of the consumer for half a decade. It completely eclipses Star Wars: Battlefront 2 controversies, but the consumer base is lower so it doesn't get the same look-in. You literally can't even be decent at the game without paying for in-game currency, unless you grind for over a YEAR and/or pay someone else to grind for you (which is highly popular). I could go on about that scheme for a much longer post tbh. Also, while mobile is in my opinion the biggest/worst culprit here, I'll iterate that the entire history behind in-game microtransactions started from DLC in the mid 2000s, specifically games like Oblivion. It then bled into microstansactions in popular web games (remember the Farmville craze?) and so on, leading us here. Many companies have abused the "freemium" model, and I definitely attribute that much more to mobile than anything, but mobile or not this was happening no matter what so the blame game is useless at this point. Especially if some people make a quality game and decide to put it out for free. And that's definitely me speaking as someone who hates microtransactions and has been especially frustrated with how many online games went pay-to-win over the past decade. But that's also how I can look at it plainly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 November 2019, 19:39:09 Mobile is where it really developed into the cancer it is though. It was just a minor annoyance on consoles. Mobile turned it into a money making typhoon. Then it bleed back into console games proper in a far more prominent and invasive form. You can still find a substantial number of normal/traditional console games, even if it's becomming alarmingly freemiumized. Mobile is all freemium pay to win #####, full stop. It's the only model that exists on mobile, and it's been so ingrained and conditioned that's all mobile will ever be. Are there 1 or 2 apps out of 100 million that aren't total free to play #####? Maybe. But it doesn't change what mobile is in it's absolute totality.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 28 November 2019, 14:56:08 Well I agree with all that, but it was Speed that was talking about mobile. The only mobile "games" I "play" are crossword puzzles and sudoku, for the reasons you mentioned.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 2 December 2019, 16:00:32 just got DMC4 and i just got to the bit where you play as dante, i was loving nero and i am kind of scared that style switching with dante might overwhelm me
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 December 2019, 18:10:46 Too KUHRAAAZEE for you?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 December 2019, 21:02:18 Let it overwhelm you, it will prepare you for the rigors of adulthood.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 2 December 2019, 21:47:34 just beat the game, i found out how to play dante correctly:
step 1: equip Gilgamesh step 2: hold lock on and use back + sword master attack step 3: repeat until you get yamato step 4: equip dark slayer and press style function button step 5: repeat and on another note i will soon (next weekend) play as vergil to try him out Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 3 December 2019, 06:05:39 Luigi's Mansion 3 has better physics than real life.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 4 December 2019, 21:46:08 I've been playing Terminator: Resistance for my friend's podcast. It isn't great, but I'm enjoying it. I can't justify spending more than $20 on this game though; the $60 they want for the console versions is insane.
Also enjoying One Night Stand, a visual novel that has you trying to piece together what happened the night before and you interacting with the girl the next morning. Highly recommend it; it's only $5. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 December 2019, 16:06:35 Picked up Bloodstained Ritual of the Night for Switch now that the patch is out for it. It's still pretty rough in some places (Tower of Twin Dragons), but overall runs about the same as the PS4 version currently does (and this patch for Switch also has some fixes the PS4 version has not yet got).
I think it looks fine, plays well enough (though still buggy noticeably unacceptable level of polish, but that's true of every version sadly), and the only real drawback is the cart largely useless without downloaded updates/patches rendering it equal to having just got it digitally. Still highly recommend the game as the bones of it are 10/10, the technical snafus just highlight how unfortunate it is they are in holding this gem back. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 10 December 2019, 20:24:36 Complete list of what I picked up Black Friday:
Bear With Me: Complete Collection Devil May Cry 5: Deluxe Edition Doom Dragon Ball FighterZ: Ultimate Edition Elea - Episode 1 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Deluxe Edition LEGO Harry Potter collection Mortal Kombat 11 Kombat Pack One Night Stand Shenmue I & II SoulCalibur VI Deluxe Edition Team Sonic Racing Tekken 7: Ultimate Edition Virginia Wolfenstein: The New Colossus Digital Deluxe Edition Wolfenstein: The Two-pack Yoku’s Island Express Meanwhile, I'm still playing the ##### out of Injustice 2. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 December 2019, 21:57:09 *Screen shotted for when your kid asks why you can't afford to send him to college*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 10 December 2019, 21:59:29 *Screen shotted for when your kid asks why you can't afford to send him to college* It's cool, the dog is my favorite child anyway. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 11 December 2019, 13:52:01 Nice list.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 December 2019, 14:53:01 Just finished Raging Loop on Switch (also on PS4), a visual novel. Man, it was quite good. I dumped 12 hours into the first day, actually staying up all night to play it. I think all in I have a good 20+ hours and beating it unlocks a lot of extra content to play through.
Of course I use "play" loosely, and there is no actual game play. This is literally a book with pictures and music, so very much on the novel side of visual novel. But the story and characters kept me going and going. I really liked it. While I generally like visual novels with more actual game play elements this one is a solid choice for fans of the genre. I strongly recommend it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 11 December 2019, 17:13:52 Shovel Knight just released it's final expansions, so I've been playing it on and off today.
it's alright. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 December 2019, 19:08:34 If you're a fan of retro top-down 2D racing games, Ultimate Racing 2D is pretty good although the AI is a tad punishing.
Posted on: December 11, 2019, 05:02:37 PM My buddy gave me the digital deluxe edition of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for Christmas Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yes! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 17 December 2019, 10:22:58 Shovel Knight just released it's final expansions, so I've been playing it on and off today. Plague of Shadows & Specter of Torment are better IMO. Don't really care for the card game though Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Winged Warrior on 17 December 2019, 15:48:16 Plague of Shadows & Specter of Torment are better I haven't yet completed King of Cards, but I fully agree. Plague took a while to really get the mechanics, but once I got the muscle memory down it was really fun. Specter was really abnormally short, but everything felt good (albeit broken). King is really weird, all the levels feel too short and chopped up and spread out to elongate the game. The card came is fine, I guess, though I've started just cheesing them with cheats (the ingame mechanics, not CheatEngine). Still, I'll stick to my guns that King of Cards is "Alright." Not great, not worth the wait, but it was free (to me) and it's better than most of the free entertainment I've consumed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 25 December 2019, 23:05:59 i got DMC 5, the outer worlds, and borderlands 3 for Christmas, three games i have been so hyped to play since they came out
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 26 December 2019, 06:20:53 I rented Borderlands 3 last week and got a few hours invested before I tuned out. Couldn't tell if I was tired of the Borderlands gimmick or just lost interest in those type of games.
Playing the Master Chief Collection currently, between Firefight & some classic Halo CTF & KotH.(Does anybody remember Halo PC: Custom Edition?) I did get a chance to rent and check out Luigi's Mansion 3 last month; my first experience with this franchise. Boy, was that a fun campaign. ScareScraper was addicting (didn't get a chance to play the ScreamPark feature). Looking forward to those expansions next year. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 26 December 2019, 06:30:22 Got the Outer Worlds and Shenmue 1+2 for Christmas. Can't wait to try out Outer Worlds, it sounded like a lot of fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 28 December 2019, 00:19:34 Playing the Master Chief Collection currently, between Firefight & some classic Halo CTF & KotH.(Does anybody remember Halo PC: Custom Edition?) I spent so much time on Sidewinder with the sniper and pistol. That game will always hold a special place for me as my first real foray into PC gaming. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 28 December 2019, 16:14:11 Xe
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Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 January 2020, 18:22:14 Beat Raging Loop completely, started and finished Timespinner, and am about 60% though Link's Awakening on Switch. I have a few more Switch games to get to soon, including Luigi's Mansion 3.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 January 2020, 16:14:39 Fired up Team Sonic Racing and LEGO City Undercover, which were the games I gave to my son for Christmas. I'm kinda disappointed with Sonic racing because it isn't like Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing Transformed; there's no easy mode and it is amazingly easy to go from first to eighth place in one hit - I don't mind the difficulty, but it really frustrates my son because he's five. I should've read the reviews before picking it up, but I didn't, so that's on me. The graphics and level design are gorgeous and I'm sure it would look amazing on a huge TV.
LEGO City Undercover is a blast; it's like Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown with LEGO characters. My son will need to have someone be his co-op partner to help him get the mechanics of the game, but it's a lot of fun and glad that I picked it up for him (and me). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 January 2020, 16:32:35 it is amazingly easy to go from first to eighth place in one hit Yeah, I've played Mario Kart before. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 January 2020, 19:00:26 Finished Pokemon. It was really great, it's unfortunate how much hate it still gets for such small issues. It's become one of my favourite iterations.
Back on Fire Emblem Three Houses after a hiatus. Really good game. I picked up a few smaller games on sale; -Pan Pan is a cute puzzle game. I got it for like a dollar, and it was really enjoyable but do NOT buy it at the full price (something like $14). It's a 2 hour game at best, so just try to get it super cheap if you're interested. -Tiny Metal is a decent stand in for anyone who misses Advance Wars as much as I do. Not much wrong with it, though I think it could be punched up a lot. I hear the sequel is even better, so maybe I'll get everything I want there. -I also got a game called Opus which seems like a cute little story telling thing. Haven't actually played it yet but I'd wanted to grab it for a while. I rented Borderlands 3 last week and got a few hours invested before I tuned out. Couldn't tell if I was tired of the Borderlands gimmick or just lost interest in those type of games. You're lucky you can still rent games. LEGO City Undercover is a blast; it's like Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown with LEGO characters. My son will need to have someone be his co-op partner to help him get the mechanics of the game, but it's a lot of fun and glad that I picked it up for him (and me). I want that game! It seems designed just for me. Would say it's worth full price though? With so many games I've had a hard time justifying that purchase. Keep in mind that I only act like a five-year old. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 3 January 2020, 21:25:11 I'm only two missions in, but it feels very different from the last few LEGO games that I've played. I would've been okay with shelling out $30 for it; I think I picked it up for $10? It goes on sale a couple of times a year if you don't care about getting it digitally.
Posted on: January 03, 2020, 05:23:28 PM it is amazingly easy to go from first to eighth place in one hit I know, but for my son who loves the previous game, it's pretty disheartening to be doing so well for 2/3s of the race and then the game #####s you over and you never finish higher than 7th place when you're five. Again, I wish there was an "easy" mode for younger kids. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 January 2020, 22:53:33 true, but games were pretty unforgiving when we were kids. Never too soon to grow some hair on the 'ol chest.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 15 January 2020, 00:23:01 I'm playing Squidlet on the Switch. It's a really adorable game that calls back to the old gameboy days. I highly recommend it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 22 March 2020, 21:53:17 I am finally playing Super Metroid for the first time on SNES mini :D
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 March 2020, 23:44:06 I loved that game! In the same vein, I recently replayed Hollow Knight and am blasting through Ori and the Blind forest again before playing Ori and Will Of the Wisps.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 24 March 2020, 13:58:02 beat dmc5 for the tenth time, and i just found a pretty cheap copy of left for dead 2 so i'm enjoying those
damn it's good to see this place back Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 March 2020, 19:50:22 I am finally playing Super Metroid for the first time on SNES mini :D ...how are you JUST now playing Super Metroid for the first time? Well, enjoy it, because they never made one as good as that again. Zero Mission was an ok remake of 1 in SM style, but lack of buttons on GBA hurt it. AM2R is the best SM style remake of Metroid 2, I highly recommend it. I on the other hand just got my hands on La-Mulana 1 and 2 for Switch, and I love it. The remake of 1 gives you the option for the infinitely superior chiptune soundtrack over the remake remixes of them. The Vita port didn't let you do that. Also playing through Blasphemous on Switch. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 24 March 2020, 20:55:17 I'm now playing Doom Eternal.
I'm enjoying it so far. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 26 March 2020, 19:58:44 Got the new Animal Crossing since that's seemingly the only game my lady likes. Also my first time with an AC game. When do I unlock the ability to commit arson?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 28 March 2020, 04:15:24 You can't. But you CAN develop a fiery hot crush on the pink fox girl I mean what? I'm not a furry. NOT a furry.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 28 March 2020, 15:12:47 I am finally playing Super Metroid for the first time on SNES mini :D I tried to play Super Metroid a couple of times before but I always got lost early! I am close to Ridley now. I've only ever played Zero Mission right through. I played some La Mulana years ago, very good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 March 2020, 16:56:03 I'm going between Doom Eternal, Yakuza 0, and Super Mega Baseball 2.
Doom Eternal is great and the AI is relentless. Slow, methodical, and the scope of the game is huge. Love it. Yakuza 0 is my introduction to the series, which my wife was already a big fan. I'm digging it as there's so much to do, and the plots are ridiculous. Super Mega Baseball 2 pretty much because the season has been postponed and I'm just jonesin' for the Marlins and A's to let me down. Plus Super Mega Baseball 3 is supposed to come out this year. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 30 March 2020, 00:13:05 Well I finished Super Metroid, which was good but not nearly as good as people make it out to be, then today I played through Streets of Rage 1, and I will soon start Black Mesa on PC.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 31 March 2020, 21:15:07 Keep in mind Super Metroid, while still an amazing game that holds up well, was among the first of it's kind, and we've improved the formula over the last 30 years.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 April 2020, 02:25:10 Been smashing through Ori and the Will Of the Wisps. Fun gameplay, like a weird cross between Hollow Knight and the original Ori. Definitely feels harder, and there's less handholding. Spent way too long using the starting weapon waiting for upgrades until I realized that I could spec out a high damage ranged spam class with a heavy melee as a backup.
I also beat Red Dead 2 a few months back and occasionally hop into it to progress my low honor playthrough. Also been messing about Halo Master Chief collection for PC, if anyone wants to hop on that. And Dragonball FighterZ. And Far Cry 5. And VR games a-la Boneworks and Pavlov VR. Although I had to sacrifice of lot of VR space to expand the home office to actually do work in. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 4 April 2020, 01:11:01 Well I finished Super Metroid, which was good but not nearly as good as people make it out to be, then today I played through Streets of Rage 1, and I will soon start Black Mesa on PC.you may not get the praise now, but if you play it again and try to go to areas before you get the upgrades you need to get there, you realise one very interesting thing... you can still get there Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 17 April 2020, 15:47:29 I've been playing The Bradwell Conspiracy.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 April 2020, 17:01:12 Beat La-Mulana 1 and working my way through 2. Love both games. 1 is pretty much a "requires guide to play" game, and 2, while a LOT more friendly in that regard hit the point where I lost patience and just started using a guide in places. Both are still tons of fun even with guides though. Once I'm done I may go back and try to finish Blasphemous. I dropped it close to the end, because I just couldn't beat a boss, and the game honestly isn't that fun for me Metroidvania wise.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: LCrazy11 on 22 April 2020, 01:08:35 i got jedi fallen order, i held off on getting it because i thought it was gonna be more EA trash, but then i realised that respawn made it and i knew it would be good, and it is a great game
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 23 April 2020, 01:32:39 We should encourage EA when they actually make good games. Hopefully they will learn that good games like DOOM Eternal and God of War are what people want.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 April 2020, 16:08:51 Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even more! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha hah ahah ha... oh my.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 April 2020, 00:18:38 i got jedi fallen order, i held off on getting it because i thought it was gonna be more EA trash, but then i realised that respawn made it and i knew it would be good, and it is a great game I tried it when it was on sale on Steam a while back. Ended up returning it due to PC compatibility issues. It didn't play well at high refresh rates and unless you heavily modded the game, you couldn't remove motion blur. Also after 2 hours it was still holding my hand through unskippable tutorials on how to use the map. It had lots of potential, and I may have enjoyed it more if I weren't spoiled by PC gloriousness and instead played it on a console. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 April 2020, 17:01:36 Tonnes of Animal Crossing.
My mother in law gave me giftcards to EB/Gamestop for Easter... during a pandemic... so I'm looking to get an eshop card online for some indie stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 April 2020, 21:11:13 Though I'm loath to recommend digital #####, you should look for Blaster Master Zero 1 and 2, and grab Cuphead while you can. BM0 doesn't look like it's ever getting a retail release, and who knows if Cuphead's is ever coming out. Plus Microsoft could pull it off the Switch eshop any time. Castle Crashers is also made for the Switch.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 30 April 2020, 00:56:37 Playing the Trials of Mana Remake on PS4. Holy ##### it's far better than I thought it would be. I was worried that they were going to pull another mediocre SOM remake but they didn't. They went above and beyond.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 April 2020, 16:24:10 I wish Secret had a better remake. It's a remake in the best sense, but it's also down to the jankey hit detection and what not. That should have been fixed. Trials still looks a remake but it's farther from the original than Secret's was.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 May 2020, 13:38:32 Cuphead I've already annihilated so I'll look into Blaster Master for sure. Been a while since playing Castle Crashers, which I loved.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 5 May 2020, 14:33:32 55 Hours in and I finally beat La-Mulana 2. I liked the game. A lot of quality of life improvements over 1, though 1 still has better music (if using the OG chiptunes), and overall I still like the first game better. 2 is definitely less obtuse, but still has so much you have to keep track of I think most people would need a guide to finish it. Keep in mind though, you still have to be able to DO what the guide says. The game has stretches that are HARD. Great games both though, and I highly recommend them.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 June 2020, 15:35:27 Streets of Rage 4 is pretty great.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 June 2020, 08:43:29 Been playing Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition for the past couple of weeks. I've been really enjoying it, never played any of the games before.
There's a lot of side quests though. I'm pretty sure most of my playtime so far was just running around doing sidequests, though I don't mind since I usually play it while watching TV or something. Also played Resident Evil 3 remake over a month ago or so. It was... eh. I never played the original RE3 so I'm not able to tell what was removed or unnecessarily changed. Personally not a fan of Nemesis being incredibly dumb in cutscenes, literally throwing Jill away so she can find some method to escape again. Apparently a remake of 4 is being made now, which if done right could be amazing, but after RE3 remake I'm not so sure if they'll handle it right. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 June 2020, 13:08:11 I don't think RE4 needs a 'remake'. Yeah they'll change the controls and pump up the graphics quality, but if they change much they'll be messing up the best entry in the series.
I've been playing Valorant. It's kind of fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Abominator on 15 June 2020, 14:45:23 I recently played through Hitman 1 & 2, and then Mafia II, and now i'm into Detroit on PS4.
Finally playing things that have been gathering dust for years. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 15 June 2020, 17:49:10 Replaying GTAV on PC (originally played it on PS3 so that's an upgrade) since it was was free from the Epic Games store. I've been having a lot of trouble with all the stuff going on lately so it's a good game to chill out with.
Just bought some stuff I'm excited to play on Switch too: Katana ZERO, Katamari reroll, Wargroove. Significantly cooled down on how much Animal Crossing I was playing now that my island is mostly done, but I'm still doing bits here and there. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 15 June 2020, 18:34:14 All my friends are playing Animal Crossing and want my friend code, but I don't play that so they're disappointed in me, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 15 June 2020, 21:50:59 Replaying GTAV on PC (originally played it on PS3 so that's an upgrade) since it was was free from the Epic Games store. I've been having a lot of trouble with all the stuff going on lately so it's a good game to chill out with. I absolutely love the singleplayer story, and playing on PC is such a treat. It's still so gorgeous, especially the headlight rays at night when they go through other car's windows and cast shadows against buildings. The first time I saw that at max settings was breathtaking. It still is, but now it's breathtaking at 1440p, 144fps, on a mid-high end IPS panel. My second time through the story I played in first person the whole time. Caught a lot of small details and side conversations I would have otherwise missed, and it vastly increased the difficulty (which is needed on most missions). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 June 2020, 22:49:45 I got a review code for SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Remastered, so I'll be playing that through next week.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 June 2020, 16:06:08 Being a game journalist must be nice. Just remember the moment you give a game a bad review you stop getting them.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 26 June 2020, 19:04:44 Replaying GTAV on PC (originally played it on PS3 so that's an upgrade) since it was was free from the Epic Games store. I've been having a lot of trouble with all the stuff going on lately so it's a good game to chill out with. I have a GTX970 so I don't know if I can do max settings but I found a guide that optomized it well for that. I'm not huge into first-person but I might try it. It's fun to drive around like that in the game, you have to actually look around to avoid some dumbass traipsing into the road like real life. Interesting that you're hearing more side conversations that way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 June 2020, 21:03:21 I think a lot of that had to do with wearing headphones too. The spatial sound in first person is really good, compared to 3rd person where a lot gets drowned out in traffic and phone call voiceovers.
The 970 still holds up really well for most games! I might cave and go for a new NVidia card when Cyberpunk 2077 drops (though its now delayed until November). I want to raytrace that bad boy, and DLSS 2.0 is absolutely incredible at upsampling your resolution. Check out the DLSS 2.0 videos for CONTROL, it sold me on the tech instantly. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 26 June 2020, 21:21:58 Being a game journalist must be nice. Just remember the moment you give a game a bad review you stop getting them. *COUGH**HACK*TLOU*COUGH**HACK* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 June 2020, 16:20:54 *COUGH**HACK*TLOU*COUGH**HACK* No worries, all the shill media gave it 10/10s, it will do fine. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Zan on 3 July 2020, 09:00:42 I picked up Sonic Generations, Doom 2016, Eternal, and Lightning Returns on Steam's summer sale and I'm currently working through Doom
I still have Resident Evil 2 Remake, Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, and Ducktales Remastered on the backburner I play a little bit of Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and GTA5 every day, mostly just to get my daily rewards Never had this many games backlogged before :o Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 6 July 2020, 16:16:07 You're much better off starting with RE2 Remake, Curse of the Moon, and DuckTales Remastered on that list.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 6 July 2020, 21:58:26 I think a lot of that had to do with wearing headphones too. The spatial sound in first person is really good, compared to 3rd person where a lot gets drowned out in traffic and phone call voiceovers. Oh yeah that makes sense. 970 was a great descision when I built this machine. Though I keep up and learn a lot about it, I'm not really that convinced on PC gaming over anything else (I think the PC Master Race thing is super overblown) and the 970 ended up being perfect because it didn't need to be upgraded in 6 months like a lot of other people's PCs. I'll still check that stuff out though, I'm a fan of having the different gaming options of PC and console(s). Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 July 2020, 23:52:23 Here's the link for the video that really sold me on the tech. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWIKzRhYZm4)
And Cyberpunk 2077 will have it, so even a lower range card should be able to crank framerates. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 July 2020, 14:30:27 You mean genital simulator 2020?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 17 July 2020, 00:35:59 I have no interest in Cyberpunk since I don't have the time to play a long game like that. Playing Donkey Kong Country on the switch online right now.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 17 July 2020, 16:12:12 I'm working through Halo 1 co-op with a buddy. It plays soooo nicely. Also still playing Dragonball Fighter Z, and messing with Valorant.
I tried to return Doom Eternal, but I was a little over 2 hours so Steam didn't take it :-/. Huge disappointment. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 17 July 2020, 16:22:29 Playing Donkey Kong Country on the switch online right now. Currently on that game as well. Must have been 7 or 8 last time I played DKC.... Supreme nostalgia here. I played a few other games with all this time off, mostly puzzles: 1. The Turing Test - Fun puzzle game with 50+ rooms to solve. Simple mechanics... Only a few puzzles left me completely stumped. Enjoyable if you like Portal. 2. Unmechanical Extended - Now this game is #####ing beautiful. Very entertaining, albeit short. Excellent soundtrack and environment design. Metroidvania-esque. The "Extended Episode" was more linear, but just as great. Some puzzles were very unclear and had to look up how to solve 'em... 3. Superliminal - Recently released, purchased this puzzle game on Switch (may have been a bad idea.... graphics got jumbled and awkward in the latter half of the game). Another puzzle game with a unique perception gimmick. 4. BioShock 2 Remastered - Combat mechanics aged really damn well. Just miss the Not sure what to get into after DKC. Been hungry for puzzle/platforming games as of late. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 July 2020, 15:13:37 Being a game journalist must be nice. Just remember the moment you give a game a bad review you stop getting them. I give bad reviews when it's a bad game. There's a couple of publishers that we haven't received our usual standard review copies from, and we're not quite sure if it's because of previous bad reviews, PR people we were friendly with going off to new jobs, or the economy. We didn't receive RBI Baseball 20, which we've given ##### reviews to both previous years, but at the same time our usual PR contact left for a different job and the baseball season started way later. So we're not sure what's happening there. We've also not been receiving review copies from one publisher after I gave a middling review of their title based on a very popular anime series, but we've heard that there's some titles they're only giving out to major publications/streamers at this point, so...yeah. They've sent us one game since February, so we're possibly on their ##### list. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 July 2020, 14:18:17 It's an extremely corrupt system, sadly.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 25 July 2020, 16:06:52 I beat all of the puzzles in Glass Masquerade 2. I'm not going to bother with the hard difficulty for the puzzles; the game's menu interface is too buggy for me to even want to deal with the game anymore.
I'm playing through Hue right now. It was released on Xbox One years ago, but I reviewed the iOS version a few months back and wanted to try it out on console. It's like a relaxing version of Limbo with a nice storyline. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 30 July 2020, 19:15:25 Recently played through Tacoma, a nice short interactive story game. I enjoyed it, but I got it for free from Epic.
Back to Phoenix Wright again, as well as occasional Wargroove (it's good, but still it's no Advance Wars). Epic's store is giving away so many free games every couple weeks it's crazy, so I'll finally be trying 20XX which always looked like garbage to me. Barony and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP are also free right now so I grabbed them. I picked up Hue on there when it was free too, maybe I'll try it sooner so I can have the same timing as Speed :D Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 July 2020, 23:57:50 20XX was okay. Didn't really scratch the itch, though.
I only ended up putting 5 hours into it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 August 2020, 20:07:49 Juggling Skater XL and Yakuza Kiwami 2 for reviews. I feel conflicted about Skater XL, because it plays pretty well and I love that it's just you dicking around on your skateboard. There's no traffic, no timer. Just you, your board, and your arch-enemies, gravity and physics. It's a really chill game. On the other hand, the customization feels very superficial and there's only five areas for you to skate in - I'm assuming that DLC will come later. But of the five areas, only two of them are really fun (the others are okay, but can get boring real quick). So in the end, and this feels mean because I really enjoy it, it feels like it's a $40 tech demo.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of Yakuza 2 for modern systems, and holy ##### this a ton of fun. I had reviewed Yakuza 0, and that was vaguely annoying because you weren't able to do certain things until later in the story as you had to be "trained". Not here! You start kicking ass right off the bad while helping little old ladies find their amulets and getting street musicians a pack of tissues! So much damn fun, and I hope they bring the rest of the series to Xbox. If you like the other Yakuza games, you'll like this one. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 August 2020, 22:48:54 I've heard Yakuza is quite good in general, and I own all of them. I'll get to them eventually.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 August 2020, 19:31:29 Currently reviewing Battletoads, New Super Lucky's Tale, and Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time. Helluva week!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 25 August 2020, 01:13:15 Battletoads looked like hot garbage.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 August 2020, 01:41:35 Been playing Horizon Zero Dawn on PC. Haven't had such serious issues as others have faced with the port, and it's NOT super well optimized, but it's a better-than-console experience by a wide margin. I can deal with 1 crash per hour, the game autosaves after every little thing so my worst re-do was 4 minutes of a mission.
Stability seems to be getting better too, with further patches. Also, I finally got the Windows 10 May 2020 update and enabling GPU scheduling gave me an easy 10-15% boost in performance with much fewer stutters. Waiting on the desktop Ryzen 4000 series and Nvidia 3000 series for some serious upgrading. My 2600X and 1070Ti have been getting slaughtered at 1440p 144hz. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 August 2020, 18:39:22 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 9 September 2020, 23:36:20 I can't talk about the game because it's currently embargoed, but according to TrueAchievements, I'm the first person to have nabbed an achievement in an upcoming game. Nothing big, but I thought that was pretty fun.
Posted on: September 06, 2020, 04:44:25 AM As of 9/9/20, I'm still the only one with the achievement. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 September 2020, 14:19:23 Enjoy it while you can.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 10 September 2020, 18:47:01 Enjoy it while you can. As of now, three other people now have the achievement. BUT I STILL DID IT FIRST! 8) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 12 September 2020, 10:09:57 I'm looking forward to Crash 4. It's about time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 September 2020, 15:33:02 Latest review game is Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-reckoning. I played it (but didn't finish) the first time around, and I forgot how the game just dumps you into the world, much like Morrowind. I ended up doing a bunch of side quests before I even got the first bit of the main storyline. Still, I'll be playing this every night until I record on Thursday, as I can't play this around my kids.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 4 December 2020, 16:04:37 Been playing a lot lately 'cause there's nothing else to really do.
Hades -- I am loving this. I'm not a fan of rogue-likes usually but this one weaves the actual story into it, and the gameplay is tight. This is highly addictive in a good way. I liked Bastion a lot but Supergiant has really outdone themselves with this one. Ring Fit -- As someone who would go to the gym 4-5 times a week in the "old world", I can say this thing is really well made. As far as exercise programming, progressive overlaod, and training balance go it's actually super impressive how good this is. Where Wii Fit was largely fluff, this is an actual legitimate workout that's adjustable for all ages and body types. And it's actually fun. I highly recommend it as someone very into fitness (for reference when there's no covid I do heavy powerlifting 4-5 times a week and play basketball 2-3 times a week). GMod -- So old but honestly in these times it's really great to load into a game of prop hunt with some friends and just goof off. There's also a mode that's trying to be like Dead By Daylight (a game which I'll start playing with people tonight). Momodora III -- Dope platformer, I loved every minute of it (which is like 45 minutes really) Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight -- Just a more evolved version of previous Momodora games. A lot longer and a lot more involved, a really great platformer with awesome art. Lifeless Planet -- I hate it. Got a lot of other stuff to try out soon too, so I'll leave it there for now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 December 2020, 19:04:41 I quite liked Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight myself. But I felt it was too short. Good, but short. I actually own it on both PS4 and Switch.
I just finished Coma 2: Viscous Sister. I really liked it. The game improved so much over the first. I hope the series continues. Import the game from Play Asia, and you get it and the first game on one cartridge! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 December 2020, 21:01:06 Currently playing the remake of Panzer Dragoon for a review. I never played it or the Xbox sequel when they came out, so this is all new for me. I think it's okay, but only having one button to change my direction as I'm firing shots at the enemies is really annoying. Kind of wish there was a tutorial level, but it wouldn't really fit with the apparent story.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 28 February 2021, 23:06:29 I started playing Steven Universe: Unleash the Light last night. Requested a review copy because my wife likes the show (which I never really got into, but I don't mind). It very much has a "my first RPG" feel to it and there's no grinding, at least this far. I appreciate that the worlds are broken up into 10-20 minute chunks to keep kids' attention, but it's handy as hell for me as I'm juggling work and family. I'd recommend checking it out if you're a fan of the show and like simple RPGs.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 1 March 2021, 00:39:06 The new Ghosts n Goblins is kicking my ass hard and I love it. Playing on Knight difficulty. It's really good and does the series justice.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 March 2021, 02:50:06 GnG is a game I love in theory but hate in practice. It's just not fun for me. I don't like games where you have to memorize every pixel of every move of every enemy of every stage to get though. Then do it again. That said, if it gets a physical release I'll pick it up. I just don't expect to get very far in it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 1 March 2021, 08:54:08 It's like the Zero series but without the ranking system so you don't need to rush through it, but I understand how you feel. Still a great game and I'm glad a new one was made.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Edgecrusher on 9 March 2021, 03:23:33 Oh snap, Xero is still here too!
Wrong thread (OMG DON"T BAN ME M0DS!1) but on the off chance anyone cares... PSN ID: Context_Matters Friend Code: SW-3331-0456-3335 I miss you all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 13 March 2021, 00:09:57 Cyberpunk was kind of dumb. Good for sightseeing, but won't return until I have an RTX card. Ask me anything about it, I got most endings for it.
Hades is PHENOMENAL. Best rougelite/roguelike I've played since Rogue Legacy 1. Hades -- I am loving this. I'm not a fan of rogue-likes usually but this one weaves the actual story into it, and the gameplay is tight. This is highly addictive in a good way. I liked Bastion a lot but Supergiant has really outdone themselves with this one. Mikero, you trying to 100% that friggin thing? I just cleared my 4th run, first at 2 heat and I'm jealous seeing all your achievements popping on Steam. You've also got 4x my playtime so I expect to catch up! My first escape was on run 25, I think. The fact that you don't have the epilogue achievement yet is terrifying. Every run is so adrenaline pumping it's hard to imagine another 100 hours in it, but I also can't see myself loving it any less. SUPER addicting. Also, Charon is SCARY. I think I need to devote a whole run to just him. Sorry Edge, I play only on PC, Johncarllos on Steam. Glad to see ya! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 15 March 2021, 22:33:33 Playing SELF: Where's my father, which is this visual novel that has Undertale-esque minigames. It's okay, I thought it sounded neat, but the main reason why I'm playing it is because it gave our original reviewer seizures. The game does this flickering TV static effect pretty regularly including when you're booting up the game, and there's literally no warning before the game starts. I think you can turn it off in the options, but by then you've seen the effect a few times. Otherwise it's fine? Sigh.
We've emailed the developer with a "please fix this ##### now before you're subjected to lawsuits". Curious if we hear back. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 17 March 2021, 21:22:51 Maybe lawsuits is the game they really want to play?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 April 2021, 03:39:11 Mikero, you trying to 100% that friggin thing? I just cleared my 4th run, first at 2 heat and I'm jealous seeing all your achievements popping on Steam. You've also got 4x my playtime so I expect to catch up! My first escape was on run 25, I think. The fact that you don't have the epilogue achievement yet is terrifying. Every run is so adrenaline pumping it's hard to imagine another 100 hours in it, but I also can't see myself loving it any less. SUPER addicting. Late reply but yes! The play time is a bit inflated since I didn't know you could save and quit mid run, so there's some times where I had left it running but that's still less than 5% of those hours. I spent a ton of time experimenting with different builds. I just got the epilogue but it's not hard to get it faster, I was just focused elsewhere. I have one achievement left but it's just about grinding so I'll get it soon enough. I really dig the game so much that I could play for ages even after 100%-ing it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 2 May 2021, 21:16:16 I beat Steven Universe: Unleash the Light (but not 100% it). I've also played Rain On Your Parade, which is a fun little indie in the vein of Untitled Goose Game, where you play as a little raincloud out to ruin peoples' day. There's a bit of variety to the missions, even a cute parody of Metal Gear Solid. These two are currently my favorite games of the year.
There's also a cute game called Little Mouse's Encyclopedia, where you move a mouse around woods, gardens, lake, etc. and learn about the different plants and animals. Good for kids 3-5, although there's a lot of reading you'll need to help them with. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 May 2021, 02:17:10 The Forest is a lot of fun with the right group of people. I don't think I'd bother with single player even though there's some different features to it, but with pals it's a good time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 May 2021, 17:37:41 Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out, so I'm busy saving the galaxy and wooing Liara.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 20 May 2021, 00:09:32 I didn't know that existed and if it's different enough from the original I might be interested.
I really liked the first Mass Effect, some problems aside. I'm glad I stuck with that game to the end because it blew me away. The Forest is a lot of fun with the right group of people. I don't think I'd bother with single player even though there's some different features to it, but with pals it's a good time.If it's local multiplayer I'm interested. Fiancée and I struggle with finding games we both like and can play together without some bizarre solution like online in different rooms or something. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 May 2021, 01:27:04 Prettied up graphics and they fixed string of issues/glitches, but it pretty much plays like the original ME. I'm finding it humorous that back when it first came out, I was playing so much Halo that I had no issues with the Mako. Now here I am 10+ years later and not having played a Halo title since ODST, that I'm like "wtf the Mako handles like #####"
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Panda on 20 May 2021, 03:06:53 I've been waiting years for a decent Mass Effect collection, but now it's finally out and I'm too busy playing Hades and Destiny 2, and Ratchet and Clank comes out in a couple of weeks.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 20 May 2021, 22:17:44 That's only a problem if you like to sleep.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 21 May 2021, 14:16:38 #####in' love all 3 Mass Effect games.
If BioWare could add ME3's multiplayer mode in a future update, that would be icing on the cake. That's some of the most fun I ever had in online play. Usually mained Turian Sentinel or Salarian Tech. Carrying a team as a biotic Volus is... a feeling only the most righteous can achieve. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 24 May 2021, 00:29:52 #####in' love all 3 Mass Effect games. I read somewhere that EA is "open" to adding it back in as a future update. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 May 2021, 14:37:31 Because God forbid they include everything on the disc.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 May 2021, 02:08:49 Still playing Hades. GOTY for me.
Finally got an RTX 3070 and Ryzen 5600X, so I've been playing Control (through Library sharing) to enjoy the ray traced goodness. DLSS 2.0 is possibly the biggest gamechanger in PC gaming in the last decade. It feels and looks like absolute magic. Running at Native 1440p, Control with Raytracing runs at maybe 20-30fps depending on the scene. The difference with DLSS on is RARELY noticeable and I'm steady 60+fps, often in the 90+ realm. If the rumored Switch Pro uses the NVidia DLSS cores in its GPU, you will NOT be disappointed with the insane capability of its upscaling. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 25 May 2021, 17:37:43 Because God forbid they include everything on the disc. The devs didn't plan to include it at all; they removed it so it wouldn't be necessary to achieve the "good" ending for the end of ME3, which you didn't need anyway if you had played across all three games and did everything. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 June 2021, 16:19:20 I beat Mass Effect last night. That was a shorter game than I remember it being, and I'll be starting up Mass Effect 2 soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 6 June 2021, 22:07:13 FINISH THE FIGHT!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 7 June 2021, 14:16:32 im playing digimon.
(https://i.imgur.com/IKEkAeg.png) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 8 June 2021, 21:52:31 Gabumon is going to get themselves canceled. Not that Agumon looks much brighter.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 8 June 2021, 23:27:07 Oh, Digimon should have been cancelled around the time they got actual hentai artists to illustrate the darn things. They've attempted to eroticize driders, literal plants and anything else that can vaguely suggest a female silhouette when squinting.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 June 2021, 06:11:35 What about the actual females?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 9 June 2021, 11:34:02 What about the actual females? Solely protected in battle by lingerie. It's awful. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 June 2021, 14:35:15 That's an odd spelling for awesome.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 9 June 2021, 17:11:02 Were it a practical choice for battle, I'd be all for it. Expression of the self and all that jazz. But leaving ones digital bosom exposed is how one dies from wayward javelins.
The game goes on and on about this badass "chrome digizoid" and all the cool knight men and gundam dinosaurs wear armor made out of the stuff and meanwhile the tiddy brigade is going in with their guns just completely hanging out, no game plan in mind. I'm currently penning a sternly written letter to Mr. Digimon at Bandai. Unfortunately as a Canadian I cannot write anything harsher than "my apologies". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 9 June 2021, 21:24:55 It's not "leaving one's digital bosom exposed", it's keeping one light enough to dodge attacks and move faster in battle.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 13 June 2021, 23:57:42 I snorted at "Thespian? But I thought you liked guys."
Started up Mass Effect 2. Trying to be careful as ##### so I don't get anyone killed. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 June 2021, 17:45:35 That's why I never finished Disgaea 1.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 June 2021, 16:22:36 Still playing Mass Effect 2. Once I do the Reaper IFF mission I have to finish the game, so right now I'm picking up the rest of my team and doing their loyalty missions. I accidentally did the mission where we had to crash an asteroid into a mass relay last night; I was way to #####ed up and I thought it was going to be a simple "find out what happened to the missing ship and pick up the scientist" straightforward mission, but noooooope.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 20 June 2021, 20:25:24 Still playing Mass Effect 2. Once I do the Reaper IFF mission I have to finish the game, so right now I'm picking up the rest of my team and doing their loyalty missions. I accidentally did the mission where we had to crash an asteroid into a mass relay last night; I was way to #####ed up and I thought it was going to be a simple "find out what happened to the missing ship and pick up the scientist" straightforward mission, but noooooope. I have reason to believe that your "too #####ed up" is probably my "just normal" :( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 20 June 2021, 20:57:26 I mean, if your normal is being baked most of the time, then yes, you'd be right.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 20 June 2021, 23:19:01 It's not my fault they opened 4 dispensaries within 3 minutes walking distance from me. My country is a pusher! Even Buddha would /noclip through the wall!
Anyway. I'm hoping to play the new Mario Golf coming out this week. I guess I should wait and see if it's any good before putting down $80 on it. But I mean, it's Mario. It's golf. Can you really mess it up? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 21 June 2021, 15:24:27 I couldn't believe that it costs $80 and then I remembered you're Canadian.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 21 June 2021, 17:29:58 Our currency is the CAD which is also an amazingly apt self-descriptor for the average Canadian!!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 June 2021, 20:08:29 Well, your games might cost $20 more than ours, but at least you have a functional health care system.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 June 2021, 00:09:10 Yeah, in the US release of the upcoming Mario Golf game, if Mario aggravates his groinal hernia while running for the golf ball, the subsequent ambulance ride financially ruins him. They play a little cinematic and everything. It's moving.
In the Canadian version he's rushed to the hospital free of charge and gets prescribed an irresponsible amount of painkillers. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 June 2021, 02:40:41 No coins needed.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 June 2021, 14:58:13 Played some Knockout City last night. It's a decently fun game, but I'm at the point in my life where multiplayer isn't really for me. This is what happens when you get old and have kids. Not always in that order.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 June 2021, 15:46:50 Honestly, I was never super fond of multiplayer stuff outside a bit of 2 player co-op for stuff like Contra and TMNT. And I've always had ZERO interest in online games of any sort.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 22 June 2021, 19:58:22 I'm really not a fan of playing against people I don't know. Everyone's always so angry and belligerent. You should've seen this psycho analysis someone did of me based on our Pokemon match.
He was mad. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 22 June 2021, 22:43:31 Random lobbies and people online are horrible, but more than that I just don't like playing unless it's same room. It's just not the same online.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 June 2021, 23:11:48 For me it's just juggling work, family, crap around the house, and my own mental health. I don't get a lot of time to play video games anymore, so when I do, I don't want to spend it with some nasally 13 year-old calling me racial epithets for fragging him in a multiplayer game. I'm pretty much all single-player games nowadays.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 June 2021, 00:21:52 Single player is the way to go!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 23 June 2021, 01:49:12 like the old sailor rhyme:
Single player? Never been gayer! Multiplayer? Skies will be greyer Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 June 2021, 14:08:54 Nobody says that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 23 June 2021, 15:41:09 Nobody says that. Snare just said old sailors say it. Learn to #####in' read! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 23 June 2021, 16:38:03 Old sailors don't even play games. I bet Snare doesn't even know where sailors hang out.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 25 June 2021, 18:57:33 Was playing Assassin's Creed Unity for a while there, until I realized I was playing Assassin's Creed.
Been spending more time in VR lately. Aside from dicking around in Half-Life: Alyx workshop, there's Superhot & PokerVR. Superhot made me realize how out of shape I am. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 25 June 2021, 19:01:20 Superhot sounds like a very unsavory VR game you only play at night by yourself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 26 June 2021, 02:33:45 It could be that kind of game, with the right mods.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 26 June 2021, 04:20:39 I #####ing love Superhot. They're also the nicest people when sending a job application rejection letter.
SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 November 2021, 15:00:01 I'll probably be firing up Call of Duty: Vanguard tonight, as we got a review copy in. I'm pretty stoked about that.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 7 November 2021, 19:35:22 Tell us how it is!
I recently beat: It Takes Two: great game, possible the best co-op platformer ever, HMU on Steam or Origin if anyone wants to play. Control: Fun concept and gameplay that got really stale by the final act. Bloodstained- Ritual of the Night: Weeb-y boob-y metroidvania, but overall decent execution with loads of different builds and ways to stack the stats for creative playstyles. Been Playing: Dragonball Fighter Z: Still. It's so gooooood. 9/10 Guilty Gear Strive: The best netcode I've ever experienced. If you want a smooth online fighter, this is it. 9/10 Hades: GOTYAY 10/10 Tetris Effect: Hot dang do I like trippy VR tetris. 8/10 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 November 2021, 21:39:41 So far my favorite games of 2021 are:
Steven Universe: Unleash the Light Rain On Your Parade MouseBot: Escape From Cat Labs Crash Drive 3 Madden 22 Hot Wheels Unleashed Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Unpacking Retro Highway Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 November 2021, 16:37:28 The first racing season in Hot Wheels Unleashed has arrived; it's DC Super Villains themed, with I think 6 cars to add to your collection. Pretty much as long as you do the daily challenges, it seems like you should be fine. They automatically give you a Deathstroke van/truck and it sucks until you upgrade it to "rare," but the credits and gears are flowing very nicely 3 days into the season, so I've been upgrading a bunch of my cars.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 15 November 2021, 21:57:08 Recently I did a replay of Mega Man Battle Network 2 because I finally got a working GBA again. Also played through Metroid Zero Mission, and actually beat it, making that the first Metroid I've beaten... I owned the original on NES but I was just really bad at it. Eventually I'll get through the rest of the 2D Metroid games.
For now though I'm just gonna be playing more GBA games now that I can play them again in their original form. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 November 2021, 00:02:11 The first racing season in Hot Wheels Unleashed has arrived; it's DC Super Villains themed, with I think 6 cars to add to your collection. Pretty much as long as you do the daily challenges, it seems like you should be fine. They automatically give you a Deathstroke van/truck and it sucks until you upgrade it to "rare," but the credits and gears are flowing very nicely 3 days into the season, so I've been upgrading a bunch of my cars. Wait, it this a games as service/live service game? I was thinking of picking it up, and if it is, I won't be. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 November 2021, 00:15:07 The first racing season in Hot Wheels Unleashed has arrived; it's DC Super Villains themed, with I think 6 cars to add to your collection. Pretty much as long as you do the daily challenges, it seems like you should be fine. They automatically give you a Deathstroke van/truck and it sucks until you upgrade it to "rare," but the credits and gears are flowing very nicely 3 days into the season, so I've been upgrading a bunch of my cars. So yes/no. It's a racing game that has 50+ Hot Wheels cars that you can race around I want to say 40+ tracks, and if you never want to go online, that's fine. There's DLC season passes that can be purchased for extra cars, tracks, and track pieces (if you want to build your own tracks), but it's not necessary. DLC thus far are cars from DC Comics, Street Fighter, Aston Martin (so they can have a James Bond car release around the time of NTTD without having to say it's a James Bond car) and other Hot Wheels cars. They've confirmed that other car manufacturers and He-Man cars will also be coming at some point. As for the racing seasons, this is a separate purchase from the season passes ($5 I think?). The seasons will last about 60 days, and there are three objectives you need to complete each day to keep earning XP to move up tiers that are purely rewards. If you want to compete in online races to do the objectives you can, but it's really not necessary and you can do everything in single player. Again, not necessary to purchase any of the DLC if you don't want to, although I will say that the credits (used to purchase cars) and gears (used to upgrade cars) are flowing very nicely during this racing season - I was wondering if they were going to do something like this, because otherwise the game is a tad grindy when upgrading/purchasing cars. That being said, this game was a strong contender for my GOTY on my friend's podcast, and it still is. Even if they hadn't introduced the racing season (which again, you don't have to do unless you want to), it's a really well-made game that has a lot of love and care put into it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 November 2021, 18:58:46 Sounds like a half assed single player tacked onto what is clearly a money shop/live service. That's too bad. I suppose we're just past the days of complete, full featured games. Unless it's a super small indie studio with an original IP.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 November 2021, 19:10:35 Ehhhhh trust me, the single player is anything but half-assed. The variety of cars is great, and it's obvious they took a lot of care into creating the tracks. None of them feel the same or pull any of that "same track, but at night! Or mirrored!" crap. If anything, pick it up on sale.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 22 November 2021, 17:44:59 So. Much. Genshin Impact.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 22 November 2021, 18:18:57 I got the Batmobile last night! I have only one more "regular" car to get in Hot Wheels Unleashed, and everything else are Super Treasure Hunt cars, which take patience to get (I think there's a few that get unlocked via the "adventure" mode, the rest you just have to wait for them to pop up in the store.). So I'm stoked and just doing my objectives every day so I can get the rest of the DC Villains cars - only Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are left!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 22 November 2021, 22:26:52 So. Much. Genshin Impact. I tried it and got so overwhelmed by the dense jrpg elements. I feel like I needed to devote like 4 hours to the first launch and every time I came back (3 times or so) I felt so lost. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 23 November 2021, 20:01:26 Interesting, I don't really think of it as having "jrpg elements" typically. I guess maybe the elemental reactions? Really the opening area is just a BOTW clone, and that's all you need to know to get into the game really. It opens up a lot more after the prologue and cements that it is own thing.
I wasn't expecting to get that into it initially but I was hooked once I started going into the second area (Liyue). There's so much more depth to mechanics than I expected. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 23 November 2021, 23:44:27 I played it a month or two after launch and most of what I remember is being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information and mechanics. Maybe I just equate that with early game in jrpgs, or maybe there was some event going on?
I can't help but think that if you're that into it, I just haven't given it enough of a shot. I also might have been running the android version through bluestacks before the PC release? It's been over a year, but I think I'll give it another try. I'm looking for another game to get into until Nier Replicant goes on sale again. I loved Nier Automata. The only other game I might get back into right now is Red Dead 2, since it has DLSS now, and I have a 3070 so I can run the game at it's full fidelity. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 24 November 2021, 01:40:37 This game REALLY doesn't want me to play it, haha.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 November 2021, 15:39:45 Hahhah yeah they updated yesterday, new dual banner system and some new content.
I played it a month or two after launch and most of what I remember is being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information and mechanics. Maybe I just equate that with early game in jrpgs, or maybe there was some event going on? No that makes sense, I think was ignoring reading some of that stuff early on 'cause I wasn't expecting to like it. I thought "it's just waifu collecting" but then I realized I actually really like the gameplay. For reference I never play any other gacha games. I don't really like the practice and Genshin has a lot of controversies and stuff with that, but I still think they made something very impressive and fun. Especially considering they were just aiming to be another mobile game, but ended up making something equivalent to a AAA title. I play on PC, personally, which helps it feel like a real game. I only play on mobile if I'm away but need to get my dailies in or something 'cause I was f2p until very recently--but even then I only spent like $20 and am not really planning to spend more for a long time. Co-op is kinda weak but it exists too! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 November 2021, 06:11:03 So I'm not a Halo guy, I've actually never played one before, but some friends were playing Halo Infinite and it's free so I gave it a shot...
I have 5 hours in the game now and about 4 of those is me waiting in loading screens for this ##### to just crash. I've only managed to play with and against bots, and I can say the gameplay is fun but it's not rewarding to play that way (it's endless and there's not even an objective). My rig isn't amazing, but some parts have been updated since I built it and it almost meets recommended settings, let alone clearing the minimum so I can't figure out what is going on here at all. I should at least be able to get 60fps on medium settings but somehow I'm getting 45 on low and can't actually play with real people. What's crazy is like... Apparently this is a confluence of known bugs that aren't being addressed at all. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 29 November 2021, 14:43:10 Never really been a fan of FPS. Halo isn't anything special in that regard. Plus that's the "live service" online part of it to boot. Don't expect any level of quality or fun out of it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 29 November 2021, 18:03:05 I logged in to do the training part of Halo Infinite. It felt good to be back, as I haven't really sat down to play a Halo game in a long-ass time.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 29 November 2021, 18:12:12 Classic "live service" apathy, for sure. And with this thing there's not much incentive for Microsoft to fix anything. The little bit I've experience was a lot of fun.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 30 November 2021, 23:54:30 So I'm not a Halo guy, I've actually never played one before, but some friends were playing Halo Infinite and it's free so I gave it a shot... I've got a modern mid end PC (Ryzen 5600x and GTX 3070) and even on medium setting, Halo Infinite runs like dog poo. Huge frame rate drops, and I max at 85-90 FPS, where in any other game at those settings I should be pulling 160-200 (Though I cap it at 120). Splitgate is where it's at. Feels like Halo 3, but has portal guns. It's sick. It's a better halo game than infinite, looks just as good, and can run on a potato. As for Genshin Impact, I put a few hours into it, just got up to a 4 person party and am liking the gameplay more. I'm hoping they integrate more mobility mechanics as I advance. Definitely getting the waifu collector vibe though, choice jiggle physics. I recently picked up Dead Cells. Apparently getting your first win generally takes 10+ hours? I got lucky on a legendary item drop, had a really sick build going, and got my first win at about 5 hours of playtime. First day of owning it. It's a REALLY fun game. Scratches a bit of the roguelite itch I got from Hades, which I'm still working on beating at 32 heat. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 1 December 2021, 23:08:21 My laptop runs Minecraft at about 10-12 fps and I've managed to make some good stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 December 2021, 05:51:28 Hahah I actually just went back to Minecraft again with the new update. At least that runs alright, even with shaders! :O
So I'm not a Halo guy, I've actually never played one before, but some friends were playing Halo Infinite and it's free so I gave it a shot... Good to know that it's the game. My system is a little janky because I melted the old motherboard. So now my new CPU and board are much better than my GPU and things bottleneck (but there's no way I'm getting a GPU these days). But still, if it's between "minimum" and "recommended" it should at least run. In Genshin if you get a character like Mona or Ayaka, they have a completely different dash mechanic which is divisive. I got Mona on my second pull and Ayaka pretty early so I love their dash, but it gets stuck on some geometry. Hu Tao also has a unique dash, but it's more cosmetic than mechanical. And yeah, some weird jiggle physics that I don't need, but it sells I guess. I didn't even really notice it until I got Raiden Shogun. Gameplay-wise, they standard characters they throw at you early on aren't really it. They're fine, but I found the gameplay a lot more fun once I got different characters off of wishes. Especially the ones with with better animations or totally unique mechanics like Hu Tao. Right now it's the first double re-run banner they've ever done. If you need a main DPS you should pull for Eula (she's a phys dmg claymore with high dps and good animations). Albedo can be pretty cracked too, he's a sub dps for most people though not everyone likes his gameplay. He got majorly skipped the first time he came around because his banner was between two OP characters, so now most people are going after him. That was before my time so I have to pick too. But there's also this new character coming on the next banner named Arataki Itto, and he's a big muscle man with a pig, a club, and a six pack. So it's hard to say if you should save wishes or not. They actually introduced a rogue-lite mode into Genshin recently, but it was an event so it's gone for now. Now that I'm more into rogue-lites I should give Dead Cells a look-in. Though I'm saving hard right now cash-wise. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 December 2021, 14:04:25 Hahah I actually just went back to Minecraft again with the new update. At least that runs alright, even with shaders! :O Lucky duck. Look at my tree btw (https://i.imgur.com/eW2pD4i.jpg) Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 December 2021, 14:48:11 Why do you always have to make this about plants?
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 3 December 2021, 18:43:18 Well he wouldn't be "Plant Boy" otherwise, Mr. Tomatoe S
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 3 December 2021, 20:02:28 I only bring up tomatoes when we order pizza, and you know it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 3 December 2021, 23:45:48 I've played Metroid Dread, Mario Party Superstars, Warioware Get it Together, all good games.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 4 December 2021, 01:03:49 Snare: That's a very pretty tree.
Mike: What is your graphics card? I got Dead Cells on sale for $15.81 USD, and that looked like a pretty typical sale price. I also have a loooong ways to go until I even really get the Wish mechanic. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 December 2021, 04:18:44 Snare: That's a very pretty tree. Nah it won't be that long until you can wish, you just need to get into the swing of things and you'll hit is really fast. Anytime you open a chest, do any quest related stuff, or do a domain you'll get points towards AR and the first 20 ranks come pretty fast. Also once you're around then I should be able to jump into your world and help you clap anything since I'm way farther along. My UID is 630723693 My graphics card is a GTX 970. That's an aged card, even though it's still not really "bad". Most things still run fine with it, but I melted my old MB and had to get a new one and a new CPU (i7-10700F). Those in particular have some bottleneck with this GPU. I know specifically Halo Infinite is more CPU intensive than GPU so that's what had me curious, but looks like it's not uncommon and nobody I know is playing the game anymore already. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 December 2021, 23:13:42 I'll hit you up next time I'm on!
If I was running a 970 I wouldn't bother looking until cards are back near MSRP. More than anything with modern games the 3.5GB of RAM is more of a bottleneck than the sheer processing speed of the card. Nvidia is about to release a 2060 with 12GB of RAM, which would be a solid upgrade. I highly recommend the EVGA queue. They sell their cards at MSRP in order of reservation. When you click 'auto-notify' on their site, no money down, they send you an email with your reservation and 8 hours to buy it at the card's shelf price. Its how I got my 3070 for $550. The 10700F is no slouch, either. Once you do get a GPU upgrade you'll have quite a ballsy computer on your hands. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 9 December 2021, 21:38:47 Nice, that's good to know! I needed the computer fixed quickly for work so I kind of had to trust that the guy at the store was giving me decent stuff. I never really knew for sure because he never mentioned the GPU bottlenecking issue to me (I'm assuming because there's nothing he could really do about it) and I found that out later.
I can't really be spending on a card anyway for a while, but maybe I can swing it later on when it's actually available. I'm not hardcore about my PC but during the pandemic I've been playing on PC more with friends and stuff. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 9 December 2021, 23:05:31 I'm surprised you guys can find actual computer stuff despite the terrible trend of such things being purchased en masse in order to set up rigs that solve sudokus while they burn down rainforests using the entire power output of Luxembourg. If I find out any of you guys are into crypto currency I will freaking. I'll do something I just don't know what yet.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 9 December 2021, 23:05:53 Ah I'll shove you in a locker is what I'll do.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 December 2021, 11:54:41 Thankfully I'm not into pretend money gambling. I'd need to have a lot of bones broken and goop squeezed out of me to fit in a locker.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 December 2021, 14:15:27 If I want pretend money I'll break out Monopoly.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 10 December 2021, 19:16:48 I'm surprised you guys can find actual computer stuff despite the terrible trend of such things being purchased en masse in order to set up rigs that solve sudokus while they burn down rainforests using the entire power output of Luxembourg. If I find out any of you guys are into crypto currency I will freaking. I'll do something I just don't know what yet. Nah I built my PC before that was really a big trend. But the crypto mining craze is part of why I'll have to wait on upgrades. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 10 December 2021, 21:46:18 I just knew in my heart of hearts that despite the world turning into some totally bizarre hellscape that you guys would survive and remain somewhat unmarred from all of it. It warms the hot and sour soup that is my soul.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 10 December 2021, 23:13:56 Thank you Snare. I'm happy to see folks mostly unmarred as well. Except by how bad Halo Infinite multiplayer is.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 11 December 2021, 06:31:45 If we're going to use pretend money it needs to be an incentive for good, not destructive, behaviour. I kind of hope it all goes bust for the greedy corporations that are doing it for that reason.
That's like half the point of money. You provide something of value and get something of value in return. Or at least that's how I would wish things would be. I don't understand the value we assign to crypto when the meaningful impact is what it is. It's really just sad to me. End rant. Last game I was playing was Rain World earlier in the year. I never finished it because it's a pretty difficult game to get the hang of. I don't think there's anything quite like it and I love it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Teelio on 13 December 2021, 23:04:53 Played some WarioWare & Metroid Dread when those released. Very good games, especially Dread.
Level design is fantastic. Some of the collectibles are too much of a pain to collect. Found myself not using the melee counter as much, except for in boss fights where it's necessary to progress (kind of a shame to structure fights around QTEs). Most importantly, Samus is bae. Overall a 9/10. My girl and I have been trying to find other co-op games to play aside from WarioWare, A Way Out, and It Takes Two (almost finished with our second playthrough with ITT). Aside from that, been flipping between Halo Infinite's campaign and Fallout 76. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 December 2021, 16:42:36 John you should get to the point you can wish for characters in Genshin 'cause holy damn the new 5-star character, Arataki Itto, is insane. He releases today but he's already out in Asia and he seems so sick. Plus that's where the game is far more interesting since the early characters they give out are kinda mid.
I decided yesterday to pull for Eula, another cracked out claymore DPS. I got her and don't regret it at all, she's awesome and I'm addicted to the cryo characters, but am I thinking I might slow roll to snag an Itto if I'm lucky. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 14 December 2021, 19:11:54 I did play Genshin for a few months when it came out, but for whatever reason I lost interest and never went back to it. I was playing it on PS4 and then eventually PS5, but if I ever go back to it I'll probably swap over to PC since cross save is a thing now.
My favorite to use was Beidou, I liked her counter attack special. I think the rest of my team consisted of Ganyu, Hu Tao and Jean. But I also liked swapping to Venti, Bennett, Chongyun and Ninnguang too occassionally. I picked up the Shin Megami Tensei III Remaster and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory for Switch but still haven't played them because I'm having one of those fun time super depressive episodes where I either do nothing or play an old game I've played a million times already because I don't have the energy for something new. Yay! But I'll play them eventually! They'll just go into my backlog... that I've had since 2012 and has only gotten worse. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 December 2021, 21:35:19 Yeah! I have you on PSN so I saw your Staff of Homa and cried. Actually you have a lot of the cracked characters from early on. I started in the summer so I just got Hu Tao (she was rerun recently) and am hoping for Ganyu soon. You should check out the Inazuma characters and stuff though, the story is getting pretty good.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 4 January 2022, 06:03:38 So I was able to link my PSN stuff to the PC version of Genshin so I'm back on that now. UID is 602516285. Now to catch up on a lot.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 4 January 2022, 16:52:54 I'm playing Mario
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 January 2022, 19:45:32 You're going to have to elaborate.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 January 2022, 21:29:49 So I was able to link my PSN stuff to the PC version of Genshin so I'm back on that now. UID is 602516285. Now to catch up on a lot. Sweet! I'm trying to get Shenhe now since I'm all about Cryo, gonna need some luck on my side. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 January 2022, 00:02:14 You're going to have to elaborate. It's the one where he's wearing red and he jumps on the enemies' heads. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 6 January 2022, 03:27:27 That's my favorite one!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 6 January 2022, 18:25:28 I got my hands on an Xbox Series X through the "All Access" program, which gets me the console and two years of Game Pass Ultimate, by paying about $31/mo for two years. That was great up until I was playing the XB1 version of Hot Wheels Unleashed, when I discovered I could no longer do perfect starts because the system runs that version of the game a little too quickly. Thankfully I found confirmation through a Reddit post that achievements and save data are shared between the XB1 and XSX versions, so now I just need to get the game when it goes on sale again.
Two games I enjoy playing baked as of late is Alphaset by POWGI, which is a crossword puzzle-like game where you have to insert all 26 letters of the alphabet once per puzzle to complete all of the words. The other is The Gunk, a scifi 3D platformer where you have to suck up all of this...gunk...that is sucking the life out of an uncharted planet. It feels very Ghostbusters-like, and I like playing it because it's fairly relaxing until I get too baked to figure out where I am. Then I start it up the next day (baked again) and am like "...where the ##### did I get myself," progress further, only to eventually get lost again. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 6 January 2022, 22:18:07 You're going to have to elaborate. I'm going to have to ban you. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 8 January 2022, 18:37:43 So I was able to link my PSN stuff to the PC version of Genshin so I'm back on that now. UID is 602516285. Now to catch up on a lot. I forgot to mention I already have you on my friends' list via Playstation, but you don't see my PSN when you play on PC (I play on PC too, just checked it out on PS4 a couple times) so my account is the one called YoungPorter right now. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 1 February 2022, 21:01:21 Been playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus the past few days. It's been fun so far. Been mostly getting distracted in the game instead of progressing the story.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 February 2022, 07:15:21 I've heard pretty much good stuff about it. Other than graphics "suck". And even then the game itself is so fun they don't really care so much.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 3 February 2022, 18:11:30 Having skipped most of the 8th gen, I went into Arceus Legends with much apprehension but it's been nothing but fun and charming. The gameplay hook is simple but addicting. It's not perfect but this is definitely the direction the franchise ought to take going forward.
That being said, you'd think Gamefreak would be a larger company, what with having the world's top grossing franchise by a major margin. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 6 February 2022, 22:59:15 I'm playing Super Squidlit now for the Switch. Really adorable game that harkens back to gameboy days. You should also give Squidlit a try too. Between that and Banjo-Kazooie.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 12 February 2022, 06:44:40 Ghostrunner. My kinda thing.
That being said, you'd think Gamefreak would be a larger company, what with having the world's top grossing franchise by a major margin. Gamefreak only owns like a third of The Pokemon Company. Nintendo and Creatures Inc. own the rest but Nintendo has large stock portions of Creatures so Nintendo ends up effectively being the major ownership and, thus, beneficiary. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 14 February 2022, 22:07:03 Since I recently got an iPhone 13 with waaaaaaay more space and a bigger screen size, I've returned to gaming on my phone when I'm really bored. Right now I'm focusing on Forza Street since the servers are slated to shut down on April 11th and I still have three achievements left.
Tbh the game is a decent time-waster, and now that I have a bigger screen I'm enjoying it more. Fingers crossed I can complete the game before the servers go off, but I think I should be good. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 14 February 2022, 23:23:00 Ghostrunner. My kinda thing.That being said, you'd think Gamefreak would be a larger company, what with having the world's top grossing franchise by a major margin. sounds like a buncha mumbo jumbo, Mike. You can't just make up words and use them on me like that, okay? Beneficiary. Come on. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 4 March 2022, 14:18:11 If Nintendo didn't have a controlling share of Pokemon, I'm sure it would be on other platforms.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 8 April 2022, 22:28:57 Got the new LEGO Star Wars and Godfall: Ultimate Edition to review. I played an hour of LEGO Star Wars on my lunch break and it's pretty cool. The game is HUGE.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 9 April 2022, 21:19:13 Now I am playing Kirby and the forgotten land. This game is one of my top 3 Kirby games between Super Star Ultra and Robobot
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 10 April 2022, 02:39:59 I'm looking forward to giving it a go myself.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Pokito on 10 April 2022, 22:39:17 I've been playing Breath of the Wild on Master Mode for a while now, I'm completing the Champions' Ballad. I want to do the Master Sword tests, but it's pretty tough, even through the first level!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 11 April 2022, 00:23:27 Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the past week. Been enjoying it. I tried playing it a couple years ago and couldn't get into it but I probably just wasn't feeling up to playing an open world game at the time.
Haven't gotten the new Kirby but it does look like a lot of fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Pokito on 20 April 2022, 05:00:13 Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the past week. Been enjoying it. I tried playing it a couple years ago and couldn't get into it but I probably just wasn't feeling up to playing an open world game at the time. Oh, I've wanted to play Horizon Zero for a while, I think I'll give it a try soon. Hehehe there were a lot of memes of Kirby swallowing that car whole. It was terrifying. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 April 2022, 00:26:56 Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the past week. Been enjoying it. I tried playing it a couple years ago and couldn't get into it but I probably just wasn't feeling up to playing an open world game at the time. I think H:ZD is best at mid act 1 and late act 2. Things get crazy in act 3, and the difficulty jumps in a really awkward way at the end, but the overall story is an enthralling sci-fi tale as it unfolds the past. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 25 June 2022, 23:19:33 I'm playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and Sonic Origins collection.
I'm sad they #####ed up the music in Sonic 3 and K, but whatever. Shredder's Revenge is #####ing awesome and I highly recommend anyone who loves beat em ups to get it along with Streets of Rage 4 Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 27 June 2022, 19:22:30 I've been playing Shredder's Revenge. Leveled Donatello and April to level 10 in story mode. Working on the others. I'll be starting AI The Somnium Files NirvanA Initiative tonight.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 19 July 2022, 20:20:47 Play Power Washer Simulator. It is the best game ever.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 July 2022, 01:05:12 Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the past week. Been enjoying it. I tried playing it a couple years ago and couldn't get into it but I probably just wasn't feeling up to playing an open world game at the time. I'm playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and Sonic Origins collection. Smashed through Shredder's revenge with a buddy in a few hours last weekend. Very fun game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 20 July 2022, 23:38:41 the cuphead dlc came out last month so I've picked that up and replayed through the entire game on expert. : D
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 21 July 2022, 17:54:40 Finished up AI The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative. Pretty good sequel overall.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 21 July 2022, 22:34:44 Grabbed 'Stray' yesterday.
I like cat. Game is cat. Game fun. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 September 2022, 20:03:39 John, that post alone got me to buy and play through Stray.
I enjoyed the game, but definitely not as cat as I would have expected. I was expecting 3D cat simulator adventure in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and mostly visual, dialogue-free storytelling. It certainly delivers on most of those things, and I think it could do with a sequel that focuses on closing in on what it would be like to be a cat. More immersion, I guess, is what I'd like to see. In terms of what that story would look like, they've left a few story threads to paw at and see what unravels. Anyway, Kirby and the Forgotten Land is fantastic and it's a worthy case study in how I think a Mega Man 12 could be successful in 3D. The only thing I would add to it is make Meta Knight/other enemies unlockable for player two AND/OR give Bandana Waddle Dee different weapons or fighting styles that coincide with Kirby's powerups to make him more interesting. It was my wife's first Kirby game so I wanted her to be Kirby. I couldn't complain though; it was still a blast. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 September 2022, 23:58:27 John, that post alone got me to buy and play through Stray. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have a lot of the same reservations. Thankfully the cost was worth it for a game where my wife enjoyed watching me play and guide my actions. Those are rare, ha. My biggest issue is total lack of replayability. Once it feels like it's picking up steam it just starts trailing into the climax. I feel like with the light item, they could have built a few more hours and puzzles into the game. The price of failure is high though, watching the 'game over' scenes is heartbreaking every time. :( Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 16 September 2022, 02:20:57 I am now playing Mighty Goose. Dominic Ninmark composed the OST of the game (He is doing the music for Mega Man X Corrupted) Game is pretty solid.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 September 2022, 03:11:57 I am now playing Mighty Goose. Dominic Ninmark composed the OST of the game (He is doing the music for Mega Man X Corrupted) Game is pretty solid. I had to review that game when it came out for Xbox. Solid and tough; I wish I was better at that game. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 17 September 2022, 23:47:55 It's not that hard. Just roll if you think you're gonna get hit. Also turn on outlines of enemy attacks because a lot of stuff happens so it's hard to see enemy attacks. Also turn on rapid fire. Working on S ranking the Mirror Dimension now. 2 more stages then I'll try the free update world.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 7 November 2022, 22:35:25 Return to Monkey Island is a lot of fun. I also got chosen to be a brand ambassador with Outright Games today, so I'll be getting free games for my kids!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 8 November 2022, 00:42:47 Return to Monkey Island is a lot of fun. I also got chosen to be a brand ambassador with Outright Games today, so I'll be getting free games for my kids! Congrats! That's awesome! I've been replaying Elden Ring, but offline and modded to hell so I can just explore and be near max level and not worry. Even with most stats maxed, I die sometimes, mostly rolling off cliffs but I have had a few bosses kill me and some close calls. Turns out that max level spells have a stupid cast time. I'm multiclassed into like 4 classes though, so If I really spec into casting I'll cast really stupid fast. Can't give up my swordplay though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 8 November 2022, 14:12:22 Return to Monkey Island is a lot of fun. I also got chosen to be a brand ambassador with Outright Games today, so I'll be getting free games for my kids! But now you have to run a YouTube, Twitch, and TicTok about games, that's too much pressure! Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 1 December 2022, 19:05:26 Still playing the hell out of Vampire Survivors.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 9 March 2023, 15:45:25 Metroid Dread should be renamed Metroid Mild Tension.
I am very much enjoying the game, but I'll call it what it is. The Dread in the title is the same ploy I see Marvel use when their name their films things like "Civil War" "Age of Ultron" and stuff. They're invoking something the old fans remember without concerning themselves if the content is appropriate to the title. They even added autosave points, which goes against the tone they say they're trying to set. I enjoy the style of level design and how it compares to older entries, if only at least because it feels unique. It feels very interesting to play. I guess it's just too bad that when I think of "bounty hunter trapped in a hostile environment with very powerful enemies and is constantly cut off from backtracking to safer areas" I don't think of Metroid, because when I play as Samus, and especially when I play as Samus in such an environment, all that really happens is that the way forward is much more easily delineated and I go deeper into the labyrinth with the confidence to know I can handle what's coming. There's nothing to dread, at all. But there's plenty to enjoy. The controls and movement in particular—it feels like they were perfected. I hope the smoothness of it doesn't spoil my enjoyment of older games in the series. The environments and ambient wildlife are really interesting to look at as well. I also can't complain too much as there's a limit to what I can expect from "Nintendo Dark". Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 11 March 2023, 05:07:32 I dread having to deal with the pace breaking EMMIs. It's not scary, it's frustrating and a good 1/3 of every area is just "stop playing the game and run from EMMI or get 1HKO'd". Other than that, I like a lot of what it does and it's really fun. The core gameplay is really solid but there are a few movement issues with aiming weapons and I HATE HATE HATE freeze missiles. Just give us the freeze beam. I hope we get a new 2D Metroid soon.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Speed Racer on 16 May 2023, 17:21:10 Garden Simulator is for people who want a "simulator" game with the gardening mechanics of Animal Crossing or Disney Dreamlight Valley and the zen of PowerWash Simulator. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 16 May 2023, 17:49:57 I'm running Tears of the Kingdom right now. I like it, but it reminds me of all the things I hated about BotW. Unlike with BotW though, I've kind of got my fix of endless exploring and meandering and will probably play this one more straight through the story. I don't see myself clocking in another 130 hours in this one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 1 July 2023, 00:25:39 I'm running Tears of the Kingdom right now. I like it, but it reminds me of all the things I hated about BotW. Unlike with BotW though, I've kind of got my fix of endless exploring and meandering and will probably play this one more straight through the story. I don't see myself clocking in another 130 hours in this one. So how did that work out? I finally caved and got a switch, but I REFUSE to play a modern game at 720p 30fps. SO I did it all legally, and got a first gen switch, used the hack software recovery hack, modded it, ripped the keys and game, and am playing Tears of the Kingdom at 60fps 4k. Except the "computer program of dubious legality" (Yuzu) is still a work in progress so sometimes I deal with some stutters or a drop to 40fps. Can't wait for the 120fps mod if it ever comes. Oh and the game is amazing. It's been years since BOTW so it's like visiting a friend that has grown up. The detail and level design is mostly excellent, I love that eventually there is a way to cheese every puzzle. I've got 3 dungeons done and I'd guess I'm halfway through(?) The whole newspaper arc does a lot to make the world feel alive and like things that matter are happening all over. I'm generally 25/75 on main quest and side stuff respectively. Took one night and just unlocked the whole map (overworld and sky at least, ##### the gloom), took a night to get all the fairies, sometimes I just relax with exploration and side missions. I find a lot of internet content I'd binge on is getting boring/repetitive and I just jump on TOTK for an hour or two. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 July 2023, 01:13:03 I beat the game, and duping makes the game 1000x more playable. I don't think I could play it without the dupe trick now. The game is really good but the grinding is just too extreme. The only difference in naturally farming/grinding and the dupe trick is I save 5 hours gathering materials.
I'll probably dupe a ton of stuff before I reconnect the Switch in case I do ever decide to 100% it. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 July 2023, 00:19:37 I beat the game, and duping makes the game 1000x more playable. I don't think I could play it without the dupe trick now. The game is really good but the grinding is just too extreme. The only difference in naturally farming/grinding and the dupe trick is I save 5 hours gathering materials. Yeeeeeah, I wanna try to beat the game without glitches/dupes. I've got a mod collection for the 4k and stuff that has a whole folder of cheats that I could use to give myself all of anything I want. Once I finish the main story I'll max materials/money and just knock out the rest of the stuff grindless. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 7 July 2023, 00:27:33 I beat the game, and duping makes the game 1000x more playable. I don't think I could play it without the dupe trick now. The game is really good but the grinding is just too extreme. The only difference in naturally farming/grinding and the dupe trick is I save 5 hours gathering materials. This. I refuse to update the game after 1.1.0 since it removes most of the duplication abilities. Being able to dupe weapons makes this a godsend. ##### weapon durability. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 July 2023, 18:20:37 Also, I think 1.1.1 is still the only build that you can successfully dupe Fairies. I have hundreds and being immortal is awesome!
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 13 July 2023, 21:57:50 Absolutely no part of TOTK has felt like a grind to me. If you need the duplication glitch then I feel like I'm not approaching this game with the same mindset at the very least, but TOTK is at least way better than BOTW in terms of resource abundance. You can conserve powerful materials / weapons without even flocking off to dupe stuff or farm literally anything ever. Perhaps that's partly because I find the base experience enjoyable enough that resources just flow in as I'm enjoying it. I have more materials than I'm ever bothered using. But enemies also drop powerful weapons that easily fuse with their own horns which are in even greater abundance, and that alone is a vast improvement on the durability issue for me and adds a layer of experimentation as well.
Just as happy to see the game modded if it means more people can enjoy it though. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 14 July 2023, 03:23:18 Work has been hell lately and I just want to play it 'easy mode' so I used a save editor and only modded my existing resource amounts, instead of duping, and I can finally fight Gleeocks. Even still, lots of food and they are such fun/difficult fights. Way harder than any of the first 4 dungeon bosses.
Looking forward to having time/capacity to play more than 2-3 hours per week and actually finish the game. BTW Majikn, I agree. Until this point I've been just vibing with standard resource amounts but upgrading the armor was the biggest hurdle. Enemies doing like 8-10 hearts of damage is insane, and a maxed out armor set getting that down to like 1-2 hearts makes it feel more like a Zelda game instead of dark souls. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 14 July 2023, 14:58:57 I like TOTK but have barely played. Like Rez I got that fix from all these games that tried to clone the formula after BOTW like Genshin Impact so now with that feel and having a lil baby running around it's hard to find time to wander around in the game. But it's fun, it's cool, I'm eager to play more story (just easily distracted by side-things in the game).
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 14 July 2023, 21:54:12 The game is designed to distract you with side things...
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 15 July 2023, 01:15:41 I'm taking a break from TOTK and am now playing Gravity Circuit. It scratches that Mega Man X/Mega Man Zero itch pretty well. Plus it's another game with the music done by Dominic Ninmark, the Mega Man X Corrupted guy.
Update: Beat Gravity Circuit and am doing new game plus. Game is solid. Would recommend. It plays like the X/Zero series as I mentioned previously and the movement is satisfying and fluid. Also being able to piledrive bosses is great. The music is #####ing great too. A lot of good bangers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-F31YH4hh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdJG34EyGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXpvarvhtKQ Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 17 August 2023, 03:52:14 Xero, Gravity Circuit looks awesome. Maybe I'll get it some day.
BTW Majikn, I agree. Until this point I've been just vibing with standard resource amounts but upgrading the armor was the biggest hurdle. Enemies doing like 8-10 hearts of damage is insane, and a maxed out armor set getting that down to like 1-2 hearts makes it feel more like a Zelda game instead of dark souls.I dunno. There are many reasons why the damage output from the enemies doesn't concern me that much, but I get why it can FEEL hardcore. Dark Souls is one of my all-time favourites and I feel like I failed to be able to articulate why on this site back when it came out, and I suppose playing those games more than prepared me for a difficulty spike in this type of game, but BOTW also just isn't difficult for me because you can exploit pause and eat a fully cooked meal at any time which is where those resources come in handy. Dark Souls felt almost like the older Zeldas in that way, if you ignore that you have to use the limited bottles as the action is happening. That's not the only reason though—the way TOTK tweaked things often makes you able to use accessible things far more to your advantage earlier on than you could in BOTW. Handheld weapons break too but now more than ever, swords and spears and bows are far from the only thing in your arsenal. I say all of this in the hope that it might make your experience of the game more enjoyable and less like a grind, but it's subjective I suppose. I can't necessarily tell you how to enjoy the game but I can tell you I enjoyed it more by focusing on the moment-to-moment, using tactics against enemies rather than relying on defense levels and health pools, and otherwise just doing whatever I fancied because the gameplay is so variable depending on what you feel like doing. I like TOTK but have barely played. Like Rez I got that fix from all these games that tried to clone the formula after BOTW like Genshin Impact so now with that feel and having a lil baby running around it's hard to find time to wander around in the game. But it's fun, it's cool, I'm eager to play more story (just easily distracted by side-things in the game).I like your use of the word tried, there. I never gave Genshin Impact or anything like it a chance, to be fair. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 17 August 2023, 16:28:49 Genshin is a free to play mobile ##### so it never had a chance to be an actual game. Or fun. Design wise it looked pretty nice too, which is a shame.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 17 August 2023, 18:45:39 Nah, that sounds more like one of the many games attempting to copy it's success like Tower of Fantasy. It's definitely a real game, there's hundreds of hours of story and open world content as well as limited events, etc., and it's not strictly a mobile game unless you're into torture. Mobile is just the main revenue stream because of the Asian market but it's cross platform with PC and console, where it is actually playable imo.
I've played it for a long time (on PC) and in general I still think it's pretty fun, though I'm at a place now where the only excitement comes out of new story patches as I'm caught up with everything else. I didn't like the prologue stuff in the early game at all to be honest, that part is boring to me, but after that there's a solid game with good story and gameplay. In relation to other games of the type it also offers a lot more polish, a key aspect that led to a cavernous drop off for Tower Of Fantasy and the like. That is as long you don't become a degenerate gacha player and just go with the free wishes. I still play it casually and even as an f2p player I have cracked characters and weapons enough to clear the hardest content in the game, so I don't think there's any real reason that anyone should get trapped by the monetization. Gameplay-wise the exploration is good, they took BOTW's "climb-anything" approach to the open world and in 2020 there wasn't much of that. The story ranges from decent to really good depending on the chapter. Inazuma (all of ver 2.0) for example was excellent and that lasted a whole year. Ver 4.0 just released this week bringing in a whole new region again so hopefully that's fun. What I liked about the gameplay most was the transformative reaction mechanic of combining different elements in combat. Instead of it being a simple pokemon style thing where water is weak to electric, etc., they made a cool system for different ways elements can react to each other. It's actually a pretty fun interactive system that makes characters all feel distinct. That made the combat really unique and fun. Unfortunately they don't want to expand that any further at this point because they specifically don't want the game to lose casual appeal, and imo that decision makes things far more bland and the content too easy for a verteran players. For the record I'm talking about playing the actual game itself, which I think is fun. But to be absolutely clear: I think the parent company is awful, so I absolutely do not support them monetarily in any of their games (have been trying out their new one). I do not like gacha as a concept in general for a game either, and I also absolutely abhor the community/fans of the game online, they've done some awful #####. But I'll stand by that in a vacuum the gameplay and design is still very good even if there's those exterior problems. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 18 August 2023, 01:33:41 I tried Genshin on PC and only got maybe 3-4 hours in. You make me want to try it again, but being an adult sucks and I've got too many friends jonesing for me to play Baulder's Gate 3 with them. I'm lucky if I get 5 hours in on videogames a week lately, I've been spending all my free time disc golfing as a hopeful semi-pro.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 18 August 2023, 02:33:34 Well here's the thing, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it mainly because it's a gacha game and that stuff is frought only with peril even if I like 80% of the game. I think I'm not super into live service games either. But I wanted to give it a fair look-in.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 18 August 2023, 16:05:51 Gatcha and Live service make ANY game unplayable if you want a real game. Those mechanics are the anthesis to actual gameplay and game balance. That's Genshin.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 August 2023, 18:31:58 Uh huh.
Anyway after ~8 years I finally updated my GPU (and RAM and storage) from an old GTX 970 to a Radeon RX 6750 XT last night. So while I have a lot of little specifications and stuff to take care of I'm finally back to some of the games that I could run but were giving me headaches like Cyberpunk. Feels good doing that myself after building the PC (my first build) so long ago. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 25 August 2023, 01:50:42 Uh huh. A good choice! That card is a huge upgrade. What CPU are you running with it? Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 25 August 2023, 13:58:41 So in the dregs of 2020 WFH my old mobo managed to melt (but not the PSU or anything else) so I needed an emergency fix and the store did the best they could. Mobo and CPU got an update, which caused a bottleneck with the old 970 (but at the time it was impossible to find decent priced GPUs)--So my current CPU is an i7-10700F. Obviously a Ryzen would be more optimal but it is what it is, so far things have been pretty solid as I readjust all my games.
I just have one display that's always been a little whack. Cheap and old TV that I like to use as the main display to game on 'cause it's comfy. But it lacks a lot of synergy with PCs since it wasn't meant for this. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 26 August 2023, 02:08:20 I know the struggle of 'tv-as-a-monitor'. No sleep mode, no auto wake, settings can be wonky. Gotta either hit the power button or have the remote handy. Really really good monitors are getting dirt cheap now though as OLED, MicroLED, and Quantum Dots start to get in the affordable realm. Regular 1440p IPS 27-32' monitors are getting sub $250 in the states.
The 10700k is pretty rock solid. I can imagine most games on the 6750 XT are running close to max settings on even 1440p. I've got 4k for the main screen (an LG TV, so all the TV issues plague me) and the 6750 XT is punch for punch with my 3070 so I know most games are running at least really solid. I'm running into issues with only having 8GB of VRAM so the 6750XT having 12 is HUGE for a lot of modern games. My saving grace is the Nvidia DLSS for a lot of games, or just running games at ultrawide so I still get the 1-1 pixel goodness but only half as many pixels rendering (which on OLED keeps the black bars actually black instead of glowy which is nice). I can imagine Genshin is maxed out, haha. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: NovaMan XP on 30 August 2023, 03:49:44 Been playing Baldur's Gate 3. I really like it. It's a lot of fun playing it solo and with friends. It's probably gonna be one of those games I replay quite a lot just to try out different things and classes.
Also I played Genshin for a while when it came out, and I kinda just got bored it one day. Can't say exactly why. Now if I try to go back there's so much stuff added I feel overwhelmed. Oh well. Maybe in the future if it's still alive then. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 30 August 2023, 22:00:35 I picked Tears of the Kingdom back up after 2 months to do some final grinds with the dupe glitch before I reconnect the Switch to WiFi. I decided to fill out the depths map as well, since it's MUCH easier to use flying machines to get to the light roots, and those use parts, zoanite, and charges, all of which I can quickly dupe back to 999. Also, I need to expand my battery to max, and that takes a LOT of zoanite. Even with the dupe it's EXTREMELY slow to do. I honestly don't see how Nintendo expected people to max that out normally without spending literally a year or more grinding for it.
However, once I finish those things, I'll probably go back here and there and do stuff in it. Hopefully I've made enough supplies to be able to complete any tasks/quests I decide to do later. Once that's done I have a few Survival Horror and Metroidvanias I want to start. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 31 August 2023, 03:26:16 I don't think Nintendo expected everyone to max out the battery any more than they expected everyone to get all korok seeds.
I maxed my battery out without duping anything and I played the entire game for... I dunno. Something above 200 hours would be my guess. A massive chunk of that wasn't spent acquiring or using zonaite at all. Duping honestly sounds way less fun to me than what I actually did. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 5 September 2023, 16:47:36 Yeah I wouldn't bother with abusing something like duping unless I didn't like the game and just wanted to get through it quickly.
Starfield came free with my new GPU so I've been able to play it since the 1st. I was pretty hyped for the game even before upgrading the PC. Haven't played a lot yet to know what I think. I'm enjoying what I've played sp far but was hoping Bethesda would be doing something a little more different from their usual formula. Edit: @John it's actually a 10700F and not a K, which is slightly annoying 'cause that was put in during the emergency repair I mentioned and I didn't get asked what CPU I wanted or what I actually do with my PC. I guess the store assumed an F was fine because I had my own GPU but I actually have a use for a K to decrease render times in things like Adobe. But otherwise it's perfectly fine. Basically running everything on Ultra, even games that gave me problems on Low/Medium haha Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 6 September 2023, 00:23:22 Edit: @John it's actually a 10700F and not a K, which is slightly annoying 'cause that was put in during the emergency repair I mentioned and I didn't get asked what CPU I wanted or what I actually do with my PC. I guess the store assumed an F was fine because I had my own GPU but I actually have a use for a K to decrease render times in things like Adobe. But otherwise it's perfectly fine. Basically running everything on Ultra, even games that gave me problems on Low/Medium haha Oh yeah, quite a difference. K is good if you have the cooling, but thankfully most new processors self-overclock depending on their available cooling and voltage headroom. I would only pick an F-SKU if I had to though, as having integrated graphics is a godsend for troubleshooting. Still, 10700 gonna be solid for another few years for games, as long as you're not chasing 150+ framerates. Most games are gonna be limited by GPU. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 23 October 2023, 19:37:47 Super Mario Wonder is wonderful.
I WON'T spoil anything at all, as the surprises in this game are best experienced directly, and that includes skipping all of the trailers and gameplay footage, ESPECIALLY if you're going to play it anyway. But I'll say this: Some added features really take it to a new level for me and adds a layer of challenge and replayability in a way that I really appreciate and doesn't feel shallow, as someone who has basically played through every single main Mario entry except Sunshine and tend to breeze through almost anything that isn't in the special world. And don't worry; that's not me saying it's super difficult or anything. It feels like lately every time I notice the Mario series is stuck on handling something a particular way, they come out and handle that thing differently, and it always just works. This game also surprises me in ways that New Super Mario Bros generally didn't after the first one on the DS, even though I did enjoy those games. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 24 October 2023, 14:43:53 I never liked the feel of NSMB, it just had a bland, generic 3D look to it. But Wonder is visually AMAZING. I think it's right up there with 3 and World, the only thing that hasn't grabbed me is the music, unfortunately. I don't dislike it but I've yet to really hear anything that has caught me yet. World is still the champ on that one.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 31 October 2023, 04:29:33 I can totally understand having that reaction to NSMB. I guess for me at the time it felt like that's just what 3D Mario would look like and I never questioned that. Yet having seen and played Super Mario Wonder, it blows my mind that it ever looked any different. The last few times Nintendo has tried stylistic art style choices for their platformers it was mostly just turning things into these artsy-looking animate craft projects which I never hated but was I'm not specifically a fan of either. I'm not even bothered deciphering how Wonder's art style was conceptualized and rendered because at the end of it all it just looks excellent.
I suspect Wonder's music partly never grabbed me because I was never stuck on any particular level that long as compared to games I played when I was 5 or 6. With the exception of the snow theme which is odd because I always hate the snow themes, typically because of the excessive reliance on sleigh bells or tambourine or whatever it is. I tend to dislike the sand/beach themes for a similar reason; it feels like they keep relying on the same instruments to convey the setting and it's gotten extremely old. The snow theme isn't even that much different this time around but it did somehow feel different and it was one of the themes that made me just sit there listening to it, genuinely happy. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 2 November 2023, 16:02:24 This is good to hear, I was pretty worried it would be like NSMB which to me isn't just bland (though it is incredibly bland) it is actively a net negative for anyone over 6 years old since it spews power ups at you so hard I can't really find any kind of satisfaction in the gameplay. I'll have to pick it up.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 4 November 2023, 00:23:06 Super Mario Wonder feels alot like Super Mario World and that's Wonderful (Pardon the pun) Bubble Power up is really fun to use.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 5 November 2023, 09:19:34 I'll pardon your pun Xero. I did the exact same thing and I don't apologize.
Mike... I mean, I can't say Wonder was difficult. I completed it faster than I've completed the other NSMB games and that's partly because I enjoyed it way more so I was motivated to keep playing. But I like the various options you have for challenging yourself in a more intrinsic than extrinsic sort of way. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: SB on 14 January 2024, 06:59:18 The new Robocop is pretty amazing for a budget title for anyone that really likes the franchise. Peter Cullen is onboard to reprise his role as Murphy and it nails a lot of the atmosphere from the first two films. It keeps going on sale for around $23 on Steam through various other seller sites as of late, so feel free to save some money and have some light Deus Ex fun. I think I'll look into Final Fantasy XVI as my next major game to tackle as it's been sitting on my shelf for a bit now, though I might be interested in Baldur's Gate 3 instead for my RPG fix due to hearing nothing but praise about it.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 15 January 2024, 00:58:22 Robocop looks stunning all things considered, and unlike a lot of licensed properties and AAA titles you can tell it's a passion project by people who care.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 8 February 2024, 10:20:28 Going back to Gravity Circuit with the new boss rush update. Fun stuff.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Majikn on 25 February 2024, 17:43:18 I'm surprised I didn't already mention Tunic here.
That game is a must have. If you like Hyper Light Drifter or A Link to the Past. I'm always extremely interested in games of that sort, but at the same time I'm very cautious of them because they tend to be shallow or not be that good. I'd say it's definitely not the case with Tunic. This one struck me as a shallow Zelda clone at first, and there is a degree of inspiration there, but there's definitely nothing out there that's quite like Tunic, and its existence and its success makes me very happy. So if you don't already know about it then consider yourself apprised. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 26 February 2024, 16:17:28 Just finished Death Mark 2. Fantastic game. They toned down the horror aspect a bit, but it's still a horror game through and through. Now I can get back to Another Code: Recollection, which I paused to start Death Mark 2.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 28 February 2024, 14:01:09 Balatro.
I see cards in my minds eye, I see cards in my sleep Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 February 2024, 01:47:58 Balatro. I put some time in on the demo. Haven't had time for the full release but next time I'm on the road and need something my laptop can play? I'm all about it. Still working through Baldurs gate 3 when I can, and messing with The Finals besides. Fun ftp shooter. Very clean, great environmental destruction, and the maps change constantly, with multiple variants of each. Simple class assignment (small/medium/large characters) makes it a great game to just drop in and frig around in. Also completely objective teeam based with 3-4 teams of 3 competing. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 29 February 2024, 01:54:23 MOSTLY though, I've been playing disc golf. The local course has stadium lights over the short 9 hole course on weeknights and I've been competing at a semi-professional level. With the shoulder injuries I've had, I've had to learn to play ambidextrously and last night I got my first left handed ace (hole in one).
When I say local course, it's 5 minutes away, and is the only course with lights in the state, and has 3 of the top 100 18 hole courses in the USA on it's premises. Arguably the fanciest disc golf place in the state. Pretty friggin cool to be local to, and had no impact on where we bought our house. *cough* Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 1 March 2024, 14:45:42 You know full well this is VIDEO games, not your "real life" outdoor stuff. I'm going to have to give you a very stern verbal warning.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 2 March 2024, 04:14:56 I agree with Rez. Shame on you.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 2 March 2024, 22:07:37 See attached.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 2 March 2024, 22:52:14 VIDEO games, son. Video.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 7 March 2024, 00:51:32 But the thread doesn't specify VIDEO GAMES So technically it's *gets eviscerated by Nibbles*
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Snare on 7 March 2024, 14:51:52 Video is always implied to preceed every instance of the word game unless specified by a lesser qualifier such as "board".
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 7 March 2024, 14:55:20 This "board" is about video games. Specifically, Mega Man games. Whose arms are definitely blue.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Xero on 14 September 2024, 15:14:00 I am now playing Pizza Tower on the switch. Really fun game.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 15 September 2024, 05:27:56 I'm hoping it gets a physical release.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 19 September 2024, 04:33:51 Speaking of physical releases good job touching grass John. Don't let Rez bully you, they put him in covid lockdown back in 1920.
Dodgeball is what I'm playing. Also looking to learn to play ambidextrously. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: TheRedPriest on 19 September 2024, 19:49:53 That's back when lockdowns used actual locks and chains.
Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Johncarllos on 20 September 2024, 21:58:56 Speaking of physical releases good job touching grass John. Don't let Rez bully you, they put him in covid lockdown back in 1920. I love dodgeball, and kickball. Was in a kickball league for a summer about 10 years ago. Throwing lefty is so dang hard. I can disc golf lefty (mostly) but throwing a ball smoothly is TOUGH. Every time I feel super rigid and even if I get distance/power it is all arm snap, not form. Title: Re: What game are you playing? Post by: Mikero on 24 September 2024, 20:58:20 Yea I'm ambidextrous so in baseball and hockey I have no issue switching really, I can write and draw with both hands (though one is still slower/worse because I don't practice both), but it's hard enough getting a proper (one that won't injure me) throwing motion with the hand that feels natural let alone the other for dodgeball so far.
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