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Title: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: brawndolicious on March 14, 2008, 05:23:02 PM
I'm catching up on older games.

The Godfather (X360): It's a great GTA clone and a half-decent games.  Definitely better than GTA in gameplay and side-missions though.  I hated The Godfather storyline so that's still crap but it seems they got all the original actors to do VA work and so the acting is actually pretty decent.  The facial animation also looks good since it seems like they put 95% of their texture memory into the faces.  I'm still pretty early in the game so I haven't leveled up my attributes or guns that much but the combat is very satisfying.  I definitely recommend this as a rental.

Star Trek Legacy: Screw you, I love these starfleet games.  I just finished the second mission and there's only 5 missions in the enterprise era so I should at least finish the first era this weekend.  The graphics look all right by DX7 standards and occasionally the AI does weird stuff I don't want it to do.  However, so far I'm loving the story and the way the combat works.  I'm playing this on Admiral difficulty and not really having any trouble, but there's 15 missions in the game so I could get buttfucked later on for using this strategy.  I hope the achievements stack at least.

MP3: I finished the game recently so I'm playing on the new difficulty to get some points for the art gallery.  Way better game then I expected.

That's pretty much it.  I might try finishing off the last boss in Conan but it's pretty fucking hard and I gave it 10 tries at least a month ago.  I really want to finish the story though.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: T234 on March 14, 2008, 05:27:18 PM
I'm catching up on older games.

The Godfather (X360): It's a great GTA clone and a half-decent games.  Definitely better than GTA in gameplay and side-missions though.  I hated The Godfather storyline so that's still crap but it seems they got all the original actors to do VA work and so the acting is actually pretty decent.  The facial animation also looks good since it seems like they put 95% of their texture memory into the faces.  I'm still pretty early in the game so I haven't leveled up my attributes or guns that much but the combat is very satisfying.  I definitely recommend this as a rental.

Star Trek Legacy: Screw you, I love these starfleet games.  I just finished the second mission and there's only 5 missions in the enterprise era so I should at least finish the first era this weekend.  The graphics look all right by DX7 standards and occasionally the AI does weird stuff I don't want it to do.  However, so far I'm loving the story and the way the combat works.  I'm playing this on Admiral difficulty and not really having any trouble, but there's 15 missions in the game so I could get buttfucked later on for using this strategy.  I hope the achievements stack at least.

MP3: I finished the game recently so I'm playing on the new difficulty to get some points for the art gallery.  Way better game then I expected.

That's pretty much it.  I might try finishing off the last boss in Conan but it's pretty fucking hard and I gave it 10 tries at least a month ago.  I really want to finish the story though.

what
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 14, 2008, 05:32:26 PM
LO and I think Pikmin.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Darunia on March 14, 2008, 05:34:02 PM
DQ VIII. Gonna try some of the Dragovian Trials. I love that game so much I just wanna do everything there is to do.

And where are the localized versions of those DS remakes, I want to get into more DQ after I found VIII to be most entertaining to say the least
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Mupepe on March 14, 2008, 05:34:28 PM
nothing.  got a problem?
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: brawndolicious on March 14, 2008, 05:41:57 PM
what
it is a pretty crappy story.
nothing.  got a problem?
nah, somebody has to play Brawl.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: demi on March 14, 2008, 05:45:23 PM
My goal is to 100% Bully

Hovering around 75% right now
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: demi on March 14, 2008, 05:50:58 PM
soon you'll be asking for a boosting buddy for the multi achievements

best spot to do those is the long staircase in the first mission
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Rman on March 14, 2008, 06:16:26 PM
Darunia, DQ8 is awesome.  I got everything in that game.  I was kinda sad when there wasn't anything else to do.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: MCD on March 14, 2008, 06:18:31 PM
lol at ssbb shitty fmvs.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Rman on March 14, 2008, 06:18:57 PM
I'll be playing Ace Attorney and DMC4.  :bow Capcom :bow2
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: CajoleJuice on March 14, 2008, 06:22:22 PM
COD4 and Burnout.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 14, 2008, 06:22:45 PM
PS3
Lost Planet -- Almost done, I think.

PS2
RahXephon -- The visual novel portions are interesting, I guess, but the ZoE-style action sections are much better.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: hyp on March 14, 2008, 06:27:01 PM
hopefully get in some game time with lost odyssey, patapon, and dmc4.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: CajoleJuice on March 14, 2008, 06:28:21 PM
I'll actually start up with Mass Effect again this week since I have break.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Robo on March 14, 2008, 07:04:02 PM
Company of Heroes and Audiosurf  :bow2
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: T234 on March 14, 2008, 08:03:03 PM
what
it is a pretty crappy story.
nothing.  got a problem?
nah, somebody has to play Brawl.
BETTER NOT BE TALKIN BOUT THE MOVIES
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: CurseoftheGods on March 14, 2008, 08:03:41 PM
God of War: Chains of Olympus.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: brawndolicious on March 14, 2008, 08:05:41 PM
what
it is a pretty crappy story.
nothing.  got a problem?
nah, somebody has to play Brawl.
BETTER NOT BE TALKIN BOUT THE MOVIES
the movie AND the viddy game!  OH SNAP >:(
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: T234 on March 14, 2008, 09:24:28 PM
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Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 15, 2008, 12:12:34 AM
I little Lost Odyssey. Some Mass Effect.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Cormacaroni on March 15, 2008, 09:48:37 AM
God of War: Chains of Olympus.

:bow

(me too)
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Shins on March 15, 2008, 11:06:35 AM
Folklore at some point.
Title: Re: what are you playing this weekend besides Brawl?
Post by: Beezy on March 15, 2008, 11:18:44 AM
Just Brawl.