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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: abrader on January 02, 2008, 01:02:28 AM

Title: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 02, 2008, 01:02:28 AM
So far I have finished Lament of Innocence again- I tried fighting the forgotten one once and failed...so I went on to the final battle....

Im just about to finish Curse of Darkness again....im near the final stretch - just about to resurrect dracula and then kill him ;)

I may start Silent hill PSP later.....

Pretty much gaming up 2008 with PS2 titles haha


Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 01:03:54 AM
Just started God of War 2 right now.

Been playing Mass Effect a bunch.

Also working through SOTN.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Himu on January 02, 2008, 01:04:41 AM
final fantasy VII

final fantasy tactics (psp)

symphony of the night (psp)

wipeout pure
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 02, 2008, 01:06:40 AM
Assassin's Creed (PS3)
Rock Band (PS3)
Pain (PS3)
SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (PS2)
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 02, 2008, 01:07:29 AM
I just realized today why Dracula X's Symphony of the night PSP >>>>>>>>>>>>> every other domestic release...

Japanese voice track....yes its 100 X better. PSN download SOTN doesnt even have it.


Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Himu on January 02, 2008, 01:08:41 AM
360 version doesn't either.

I prefer the old English track. It was so bad it was hilarious. Now, it's just plain bad. No more,"WHAT IS A MAN?!!!?" gaaayyyyyyyyyy
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 02, 2008, 01:19:07 AM
Now that I kicked Eternal Sonata to the curb....yeeach......I picked up (of all things) Oblivion for the PS3.  I've always been kind of curious how improved it was over the 360 one so I decided to finally give it a go.  Sure it's still the same broken ass game but at least now the textures in the distance don't look like they've been ported over from the N64.  It actually does make a difference for me because anymore I don't play Oblivion for the game, I play it to walk around and look at the scenery.  Man....I wish this game had a photo mode....
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Ichirou on January 02, 2008, 01:22:57 AM
Just Final Fantasy Tactics here.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 02, 2008, 01:26:35 AM
Mass Effect. I'm going renegade.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 01:39:02 AM
Yea, so GoW2 has some godawful screen tearing. Jesus.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 02, 2008, 01:39:52 AM
Just started Mario Galaxy :)  Also doing another achievement-whoring run through COD4.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: brawndolicious on January 02, 2008, 02:32:16 AM
I've been playing assassin's creed.  just finished the fifth target.  I've been spending a lot of time to do the side missions (every viewpoint, citizen, informer, pickpocket, interrogation, etc).  looks like one of the best games of the year.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 02, 2008, 02:45:21 AM
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Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 02, 2008, 02:46:41 AM
I've been playing assassin's creed.  just finished the fifth target.  I've been spending a lot of time to do the side missions (every viewpoint, citizen, informer, pickpocket, interrogation, etc).  looks like one of the best games of the year.

Yeah, I'm still having a lot of fun with it, too. I'm only on my third city (Jerusalem).
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Yeti on January 02, 2008, 02:54:51 AM
I finished Phoenix Wright 3 last night. I guess I still have Kirby's Adventure to finish up on Virtual Console too. Other than that I don't know what I'll play next.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 02, 2008, 03:10:14 AM
Metal Slug Anthology - I beat MS6 on Easy and Hard.  Starting on MS5 shortly.  I'm starting at the end and going back to the beginning in the series.

Super Mario Galaxy - 110 Stars, motherfuckers!  I'll beat this game before I go back to class.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Fragamemnon on January 02, 2008, 03:20:54 AM
Mass Effect (360)
Armageddon Empires (PC)
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (PC)
Puzzle Quest (PC)
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 02, 2008, 03:22:13 AM
is PQ PC in box form? or just dl
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 03:23:03 AM
I didn't even realize you had a 360, Frag. I thought you were PC-only.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: SpudBud on January 02, 2008, 03:25:45 AM
I've been playing UT3,Halo 3,and TF2.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 02, 2008, 03:26:04 AM
FPS MADNESS
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 03:27:30 AM
is PQ PC in box form? or just dl

you can get it in box form, i'm sure, since i saw a Peggle box at WalMart
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 03:28:32 AM
also while i wait for Lair from hyp, i'm dicking around with my DS since i figured out how to backup retail cart saves and put them on my flash. i'm finishing Kirby Canvas Curse right now (screw trying to get all the medals)
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 02, 2008, 03:29:27 AM
I saw peggle too, no puzzle quest so far
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 03:31:03 AM
well, you could just buy it online (e.g. bigfishgames.com) and they give you the option to send you a CD

-or-

buy it online from (e.g. bigfishgames.com) and then just burn the install executable to CD yourself
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 03:38:41 AM
you can apparently buy a boxed version directly from THQ Valusoft

http://www.valusoft.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Env=BASE&Locale=en_US&SiteID=valusoft&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=82776800
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 02, 2008, 03:39:17 AM
thanks, I better grab it while I have teh moneys
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 03:40:16 AM
amazon's link too

http://www.amazon.com/Valuesoft-Puzzle-Quest/dp/B000VRH6UE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1199259517&sr=1-2
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Fragamemnon on January 02, 2008, 03:53:56 AM
yeah my wife got me the boxed game from amazon for christmas. plays really great on the laptop.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 02, 2008, 03:59:11 AM
just bought puzzle quest!
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 02, 2008, 03:59:57 AM
Call Of Duty
Hopefully Oblivion
Possibly Trusty Bell
Crackdown


Plus I'll probably play Marvel:UA for real this time. I also need to learn how to play Forza 2(it has free mode right?).

The Arcade mode is a good place to start for the impatient.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Fragamemnon on January 02, 2008, 04:09:15 AM
I didn't even realize you had a 360, Frag. I thought you were PC-only.

I got an offer I couldn't resist. However, as it turns out, the noise it makes totally freaks out one of my cats to the point where it cannot be in the adjancent room as the cat is.

The machine is pretty fun (though it feels like a walking advertisement machine when I do anything online with it), Mass Effect is very cool but I can't help but feel that a redo of the interface for the PC would elevate the game a notch.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 02, 2008, 04:12:01 AM
now get blue dragon and cuddle with the japtard inside you
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MCD on January 02, 2008, 04:15:24 AM
What model did you get frag? forza2/marvel bundle?

and congrats btw.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Fragamemnon on January 02, 2008, 05:04:47 AM
I got an old-school used one from a kind person. If it breaks I'll just send it in, no big deal since it's not my primary gaming platform anyway.

I bought crackdown, kameo, and pgr3 used in a buy 2 get one free thing at the local ebpawnstop. Haven't played them yet tho-been playing company of heroes and puzzle quest when not playing mass effect, for the most part.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MCD on January 02, 2008, 05:12:34 AM
I see

well, old models are indeed very noisy, not saying new ones ain't but they are much, much better IMO, Benq drives at least since that is what i have.

Crackdown should be a blast in coop from what i have heard, PGR3 is fun but it's outdated graphically (launch title, odd res like Halo 3) if i were you, I'd get PGR4, not a big difference in gameplay, but it look cleaner and better visually at least.

as for Kameo, i have that sitting on my desktop, i need to move my lazy ass and play it.

oh and check out 360 games/live arcade demos, don't forget about turning on background downloading!

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Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: brawndolicious on January 02, 2008, 05:41:21 AM
Yeah, I'm still having a lot of fun with it, too. I'm only on my third city (Jerusalem).
I'm blazing through it as fast as I can because I have to give it to my friend who's borrowing it from another friend (lol) but it gets a lot better after that.  just take your time.  the story also gets much better.  doing every side-mission could get a little repetitive but the assassinations get a lot better.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 02, 2008, 06:18:48 AM
I just got 1000/1000 points in Scene it! :rock

some of the achievements were pretty tough

playing a bit of CoD4 online, doing the achivement whoring run on veteran (got an intel faq so Im picking those things up along the way), so should hopefullt have the full 1000 on this bad boy too

playing Eternal Sonata and fucking loving it, soooo cool

wading through several Kurt Russell DVDs I got for xmas, watched Tango and Cash and Executive Decision, awesome movies

probably going to play some more Etrian seeing Im working the next few days, Im gonna beat the postgame OMG
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Eric P on January 02, 2008, 08:25:17 PM
vampire the masquerade bloodlines
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: drew on January 02, 2008, 09:19:52 PM
you can get it in box form, i'm sure, since i saw a Peggle box at WalMart

WHAT?  Was it the mac version?
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on January 02, 2008, 09:53:02 PM
I just got my first achievement of 2008- NFS Carbon- 100 ranked online games.  :-*
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 02, 2008, 10:11:40 PM
vampire the masquerade bloodlines

:bow

I beat that for the 3rd time back a few months ago.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: hyp on January 02, 2008, 10:13:31 PM
phantasy star universe aoti
crackdown (dunno why just felt compelled to play it again)
folklore
eternal sonata (still haven't beaten it =\)
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 11:16:33 PM
I just got 1000/1000 points in Scene it! :rock

some of the achievements were pretty tough

lol I bought it today and I already got over 500 points from it.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 02, 2008, 11:24:30 PM
yeah the first 700 points or so are really easy, some of the others are fucking tough

i.e. Producer - Answer 60 questions correct in one game without answering incorrectly, seeing as there is only 70 or so questions in one game that shit was hard
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 11:26:44 PM
Damn son. I'm not gonna play too much by myself from now on, seeing as I don't want to see all the questions and then play with friends and either have to play dumb or just own everyone.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 02, 2008, 11:51:11 PM
yeah thats the mistake I made, basically if you know heaps about films then youre going to own anyway. Theres not enough questions and content, I need some more versions with more achievement points, stat
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 02, 2008, 11:54:22 PM
I'm not a big movie guy, but now I know all about some movie called Splash and there seem to be lots of questions about that probably shit movie.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: cubicle47b on January 03, 2008, 12:35:32 AM
Rock Band
Fire Emblem
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Ichirou on January 03, 2008, 01:17:43 AM
I'm not a big movie guy, but now I know all about some movie called Splash and there seem to be lots of questions about that probably shit movie.

You can see Daryl Hannah's ass in that movie.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 03, 2008, 02:58:53 AM
Fantasy Wars ... it's been great.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 03, 2008, 05:33:16 AM
STARCRAFT
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 03, 2008, 07:11:42 AM
Lost Odyssey - just doing the shitloads of extra stuff before going into the final dungeon or two.
Patapon - whooped it's sorry little hide something rotten. Great game!
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits - just playing now and again for my quick drill fix.

Re: Castlevania SOTN - Japan XBLA has a separate version with the JP voices. If anyone wants some JP Gates points, let me know and we can swap :)

awesome game



Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 03, 2008, 09:49:45 AM
im still working thru CastleVania Curse of Darkness....

I likely could finish it now, but I feel compelled to let Dracula stew in his juices while I take out the two challenge towers and kill legion (the extra boss under the mountain temple)

To complete the towers I need a bird devil with lv 3 glide...takes time to evolve that baby up.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Rman on January 03, 2008, 09:57:37 AM
Finally finished Oblivion Vanilla.  1000 gamerscore.  I will finish the SI expansion at later date.  Great game, but I'm a little burned out by it.  I saved the Dark Brotherhood questline until the end.  I'm glad I did as it was the best questline.  The final Thieves' guild quest was totally awesome, though.

Right now I'm playing Uncharted.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2008, 10:10:41 AM
I'm not a big movie guy, but now I know all about some movie called Splash and there seem to be lots of questions about that probably shit movie.

You can see Daryl Hannah's ass in that movie.

Is it a shit movie, though? Just from what I've gathered from Scene It! questions, it sounds pretty stupid. Plus it's directed by Ron Howard.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: bud on January 03, 2008, 10:19:12 AM
splash is ron howard's maturest movie ever
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 06, 2008, 04:14:21 AM
Got sidetracked on finishing Curse of Darkness by a few things...

- my desire to get this one optional item that requires me to lvl up evolve a totally new ID before i finish the game

- Silent hill PSP

and

- my new Wii on which I have been playing Metroid Prime 3, Wii zapper games and VC games.

Earlier I played some mario party 8 with my girlfriend - WTF is with the 480I non widescreen PSOne look of that game? The game is fun really - the waggle bits dont feel as well produced as say wario ware but its good olde standard mario party. The game host is a bit of a spookie in this one.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 06, 2008, 05:16:06 AM
playing DOOOOOOOM finished the 1st 2 episodes on Ultraviolence
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Valcrist on January 06, 2008, 05:33:16 AM
rock band
gt5p
ff12 (I suck at this gambit shit, and not willing to put in the time to learn it...god help me)
SMG
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: bork on January 06, 2008, 06:18:42 AM
DC, I'd like to try playing some KUF with you sometime!

I was at several arcades most of the day yesterday, playing Virtua Fighter 5 and Tekken 6.  I really, really prefer VF5 to TK6 right now.  Also played some KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A (there was actually a guy playing it at the arcade!!  :o :o) and Halo 3.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 06, 2008, 02:04:57 PM
Tomb Raider Anniversary on der Xboxen 360
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: tiesto on January 06, 2008, 11:12:58 PM
Just hit Disk 2 in BK:O. The boss that opens up disk 2 is fucking HARD but I kicked his ass, only after about 4 tries :P
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 07, 2008, 12:35:21 AM
Still playing Oblivion on the PS3.  Still not sure why exactly.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 07, 2008, 12:55:12 AM
playin WoW PVP most of today. Alliance has been especially stupid today and let over-confidence hand the horde a win almost every match.

Pro-Tip: If you're winning WSG dont start farming, if youre losing at AB, you'll need more than Blacksmith.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 07, 2008, 01:05:28 AM
Just hit Disk 2 in BK:O. The boss that opens up disk 2 is fucking HARD but I kicked his ass, only after about 4 tries :P

which boss was that? How are you liking the game? Its AWESOME, probably one of my top 5 rpgs ever

edit: I think I remember the boss now..

spoiler (click to show/hide)
holo holo bird?
[close]
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 07, 2008, 01:28:49 AM
I borrowed Assassin's Creed from my buddy yesterday, and I played a bunch today. I never thought holding down two buttons and moving the joystick could be so fun. I spent an hour jumping and climbing through the city, killing innocents just for kicks a la Patrick Bateman, grabbing flags whenever I saw them. The graphics, most notably the animation, are pretty damn impressive. What's the name of this engine again? Because it's fucking great. I know I'm late to the EB love-in, as games have about a one week hype lifespan here, and I also know the game does probably get a bit repetitive (my friend even told me this), but I think the setting will carry me through.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: brawndolicious on January 07, 2008, 02:18:42 AM
yeah, don't bother with the flags too much, way too many to get an achievement.  just keeping to the side-missions marked on your map and the main story, you're guaranteed to get around 810 achievement points.  make sure you sit through all of the credits.  I started and finished it last week, pretty easy game and not that long but the story and gameplay were both awesome.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: tiesto on January 07, 2008, 08:54:05 AM
Just hit Disk 2 in BK:O. The boss that opens up disk 2 is fucking HARD but I kicked his ass, only after about 4 tries :P

which boss was that? How are you liking the game? Its AWESOME, probably one of my top 5 rpgs ever

edit: I think I remember the boss now..

spoiler (click to show/hide)
holo holo bird?
[close]

Yup, that's the one! Son of a bitch... disk 1 was fantastic, honestly this game is leaps and bounds over its predecessor, only thing I liked better was the battle system in the first game was a bit more interesting. So far, the first part of disk 2 is annoying (too much back-and-forth to do) though :( I'd daresay this is the #2 best game on Cube.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 07, 2008, 09:01:56 AM
see yu next time

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: bork on January 07, 2008, 09:20:25 AM
Naw, leave it open until next weekend.  Hell, just leave it open.  No need to lock it.
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: Eric P on January 07, 2008, 09:32:03 AM
i played lots of wow this past weekend, trying to get a hunter to 40.

Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: demi on January 07, 2008, 09:45:01 AM
i'm playing deep labyrinth and it's making me want to put King's Field 1 - 2 and Shadow Tower on my PSP
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: DJ_Tet on January 07, 2008, 09:55:47 AM
I played 4 player Rock Band and had people google-eyed at my falsetto.  Years of singing Roxanne in the car paid off  :-*
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: bork on January 07, 2008, 10:12:23 AM
I played some VF5 for 360 today.  Got my ass kicked up and down online, although I DID manage to get a perfect round against a much higher-ranked player, which caused me to laugh my ass off and lose the next round badly.   :lol  I beat another guy a couple of rounds just alternating between standing and ducking punches.  These guys don't seem to expect or know how to deal with the simple stuff; it's weird.  I got KOF Neowave for XBox today in the mail.  No one is playing it online.   :-\
Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: abrader on January 07, 2008, 10:49:05 AM
i'm playing deep labyrinth and it's making me want to put King's Field 1 - 2 and Shadow Tower on my PSP

Shadow Tower eh?

I have that game and its hard to the core hard.....

Try it on PS3 in 720p - looks great actually!


Title: Re: Whatru playing the first week/weekend of 2008?
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 07, 2008, 07:31:32 PM
I just played Rock Band at Best Buy with some random dude for like an hour and a half. It was awesome. :lol I can almost beat all the songs on Hard drums now just from one night of playing on Festivus and a couple of times at Best Buy. :rock