Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4674323 times)

Positive Touch · « **Reply #10260 on:** March 09, 2011, 08:47:29 PM »

oh my god why did i just watch that

iconoclast · « **Reply #10261 on:** March 09, 2011, 10:02:55 PM »

Well I was just playing Minerva's Den in Bioshock 2 for an hour or so. It was good, the story and characters were interesting though it was kinda annoying how almost every enemy you came across had a security bot with him. But anyway, I accidentally hit one of the red bars during a hack, got swarmed by security drones when I had no health, got killed, and got sent back to the main menu because I forgot I turned vita chambers off a year ago. Never saved, so now I lost all progress.

And that's the end of that game.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #10262 on:** March 09, 2011, 10:52:22 PM »

i played a little Mafia 2. seems pretty alright. graphics are really nice.

edit: also played the Dragon Age 2 demo. i can see myself playing that when it's cheap.

Diunx · « **Reply #10263 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:48:47 AM »

Quote from: magus on March 09, 2011, 05:30:26 PM

i got myself super street fighter 4 (even if i can't play it online) just out of curiosity since the internet wouldn't stop talking about it (i guess the fact that capcom seems to release a new version of the game every 3 month is also to blame) aaaaand i don't really feel it,i don't know it feels like everything goes too fast and what you do just doesn't flow naturaly,maybe i just suck at the game (i blame the horrible 360 D-Pad) i certainly had more fun playing as ryu than i had with sakura

there is an iphone version right? how the heck people play it without shattering their touch screen in thousand tiny little pieces?

Get a man's man fighting game like MvsC 3.

naff · « **Reply #10264 on:** March 10, 2011, 03:47:26 AM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #10265 on:** March 10, 2011, 04:52:28 AM »

Finished Saya no Uta...lolololol at that thread. The VN is about as much of a great story as your typical hentai. It wasn't a "good story with sex scenes thrown in because they need to sell it" like say KEY stuff, it was a porn story with a better than average porn plot. It even has tentacle rape for christs sake.

There are plenty of GOOD visual novels out there, I feel it's kind of creepy/embarrassing that instead of those, this is what gets a thread of people spelunking over it on gaf. I haven't played 999 yet, but it'd have to be pretty trash to not be better than a porno.

That being said, I have no problem with the occasional trashy sci-fi horror porno taken for what it is and Saya no Uta was an entertaining one with a few good music tracks. Don't regret the 4-5 hours spent reading it, but uh, would not hold it up as a legit work of literature anymore than I would Elfen Leid. Was surprised the game had several big name actors, didn't think they did this kind of stuff.

magus · « **Reply #10266 on:** March 10, 2011, 05:02:31 AM »

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the fierce shoryuken with Ken can only be canceled on the first two hits (it hits three times). So you need to do the super in that time frame, otherwise you won't get anything.

actualy it's with ryu,as i said i do two quarter + punch motion and either

1) a shoryuken comes out
2) a shinku hadouken comes out
3) a shoryuken comes out and then even before ryu gets in the air the shinku hadouken comes out

as i said i give the fault to the 360 D-Pad

iconoclast · « **Reply #10267 on:** March 10, 2011, 05:45:48 AM »

Oh woops, I confused shinku hadouken with Ken's super for some reason... probably because no one uses Ryu's stand fierce in a combo.

But anyway, for the trial, you need to cancel a shoryuken into his super, so you should be doing this: 623P236P - all in one motion. So that's basically a shoryuken first and a fireball immediately after. If you do it fast enough, the first hit of the shoryuken gets canceled into the super.

Corporal · « **Reply #10268 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:44:45 PM »

Come to daddy!

Update is 1.1MB.

Patchnotes:

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Version 1.56

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1) Performance: Freed up memory usage of challenge list now once you quit the challenge list screen.
2) Bug Fix: Hopefully a final fix for the unclickable buttons and occasional flicker at the top of the screen in fullscreen mode on certain video cards.
3) Mod Support: You can now have a comma-separated list of randomly picked weapon sounds in module files.
4) Mod Support: Module stacking effectiveness can now be positive values (> 1.0) and this value is no shown in the GUI alongside everything else.
5) [campaign] Support for extra maps for the campaign.
6) [campaign] Rebalancing of campaign game to make it easier overall and start with higher resources.
7) [campaign] Fixed corrupt data in new ships log entries. Existing entries may remain corrupt though.
8) [campaign] Added 3 new maps!

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3 new maps, yay!
They made the game... easier? $:-\$ Why?

I'm certainly no Master ship designer, but always felt that the difficulty was fair.

Oh well. Who cares. As long as I'm having fun I certainly don't.

magus · « **Reply #10269 on:** March 10, 2011, 03:10:55 PM »

this is seriously becoming the japanese equivalent of madden,each year there is a new one (one for the ds and one for the psp) which is identical to the previous one just with an updated (card) rooster

and yet because i'm such a TCG whore i keep playing these

Vizzys · « **Reply #10270 on:** March 10, 2011, 03:24:16 PM »

sorry bebpo

Maybe the gore and small bits of loli material wasnt for you.

Saya no Uta is the best VN of our times. Alien fucking is supa cool and deep.

magus · « **Reply #10271 on:** March 10, 2011, 03:35:02 PM »

you know i played those type moon game and i hate them,i hate them so much,i can't understand how the fuck they are so popular

Vizzys · « **Reply #10272 on:** March 10, 2011, 04:06:51 PM »

because everyone would fuck king arthur if he was a chick

magus · « **Reply #10273 on:** March 10, 2011, 04:25:24 PM »

that's no reason to suffer all that horrible text,just go draw some queen arthur fan art or something geez

Bebpo · « **Reply #10274 on:** March 10, 2011, 04:56:48 PM »

I've never played the Type-Moon games (well, I played Melty Blood and maybe 5 mins of Tsukihime), but I watched the anime versions of Kara no Kyokai and Tsukihime and I understand why Type-Moon is popular. The stories are pretty interesting with good mystery hooks and dark violence. Are they good stories? Uh, I dunno, both of those kind of fell apart in the end and I haven't touched Fate with a ten foot pole. But I enjoyed the stuff while I was watching it. Plus the art style is solid. Maybe you guys will like the new Fate/Zero that's written by the Saya no Uta guy instead of Type-Moon.

In general, I'm maybe a VN newbie, maybe not. Depends on if you count watching anime adaptations of VNs as experiencing them. Personally I do, since the VN is about the story and the anime is the story if its done well. I've played some KEY stuff like Kanon, Air (didn't finish either, but watched the anime versions through), watched some Higurashi, played some Higurashi (never got past part 5 though), watched a bunch of VN adaptations over the years of random stuff, played through my fair share of VN pornos back when I was a teen learning about porn on the internet, and have played stuff like Hotel Dusk, Phoenix Wright which are essentially VNs.

Out of all the stuff I've read/watched, Higurashi and KEY stuff has been the best. I really respect Higurashi because the mysteries are good, the storytelling is good, the violence is great for horror fans, it can be scary/creepy as fuck when it wants to be, and the way everything interlinks with the TIPS and stuff is pretty cool. While it might fall apart in the end since I never got there, what I did play/watch was truly a reason to give VNs credit as credible literature. KEY stuff is pretty good too, good stories/writing/music/art; they're good at being depressing and emotionally moving, though some of them are just boring (Kanon zzzzzzzzzzzzz).

Spoilers for Saya no Uta:

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Saya no Uta didn't feel anything near the quality of those two. Compared to Higurashi it's a total joke. It felt much closer to the hentai stuff I played decades ago. It focused mainly on being erotic, rather than being mysterious, scary, or gory. There were very few mystery hooks and the reveals were more "lol" than "hey, that's a good twist". It was never scary after the first 5 mins since it was about a cute tentacle monster (while I give them credit for never showing the monster and leaving it to your imagination, due to the MvC3 DLC stuff lately I just pictured the monster as Shuma Gorath which wasn't particularly scary but just lolz), and there was no gore so it was disappointing from a horror perspective. The only "gore" that was shown the entire game was 1 frame of some guts in a refrigerator; I've seen worse in Doom 2. The game was mainly just a way to write a hentai about a semen sucking tentacle monster that looks and acts like a moe loli who will do anything for her goshujin-sama~~. Entertaining? Yes. Seriously overrated? Definitely.

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But at least reading Saya got me in the mood to read some real quality VNs, so I'm going to restart Higurashi from scratch since it's been years and play all the eps and I just ordered Umineko PS3 so I'll play that afterwards.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10275 on:** March 10, 2011, 05:24:23 PM »

I got Ending A in Nier last night. How much time does it take to get Endings B, C, and D?

iconoclast · « **Reply #10276 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:25:07 PM »

The art style is the worst thing about Type Moon. It's the most generic anime art style in existence, but at least the actual character designs are solid.

I started reading Fate about two years ago, but I stopped after deciding I don't want to spend 70 hours reading a damn VN. The short length is one of the main reasons I'm going to check out Saya no Uta eventually.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 10, 2011, 05:24:23 PM

I got Ending A in Nier last night. How much time does it take to get Endings B, C, and D?

Replays are really short if you just go straight for the finish. Ending B will only take a couple hours. For Endings C and D, you need to collect 100% of the weapons in the game, and that could take some time.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10277 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:47:10 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 10, 2011, 05:24:23 PM

I got Ending A in Nier last night. How much time does it take to get Endings B, C, and D?

about 3-4 hours to get ending B if you just boost to the finish. Same for ending C, you need all the weapons to get ending D, which takes some sidequesting for cash etc.

magus · « **Reply #10278 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:57:29 PM »

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The art style is the worst thing about Type Moon. It's the most generic anime art style in existence, but at least the actual character designs are solid.

i actualy like the art style (maybe because it's so generic) it's just that the actual plot is so blah,devoid of any mysteries or any real plot progress and it just goes on and on and on and on

and when you finaly reach the end,you realize the whole thing was REALLY just a setup to a tacky lame love "because everyone would fuck king arthur if he was a chick" story that ends up in DRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10279 on:** March 10, 2011, 07:54:15 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 10, 2011, 06:47:10 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 10, 2011, 05:24:23 PM
I got Ending A in Nier last night. How much time does it take to get Endings B, C, and D?

about 3-4 hours to get ending B if you just boost to the finish. Same for ending C, you need all the weapons to get ending D, which takes some sidequesting for cash etc.

Well fuck that shit.

Third · « **Reply #10280 on:** March 10, 2011, 07:57:33 PM »

Started playing Enslaved. Ehhh, looks good, I guess. But what's with the auto-platforming? It's even worse than in Uncharted 2? And the character doesn't control well.

Enslaved descibes this generation well: nice looking game with no attention to gameplay.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10281 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:03:09 PM »

Is there anything better in the videogaming world than grindan metal slimes?

Answer: No, there is not.

Been rocking the DQV. Just hit the cave where you can fight metal slimes and I've been grinding the fudge out of that. I've already decided that my monster party is going to be made up entirely of slimes. If it's not a slime, I don't want it. Got a Slime and a Slime Knight so far. Can you recruit a Metal Slime? I want one so bad, just join my damn party, you bastards!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10282 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:12:34 PM »

*fap fap fap*

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10283 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:41:36 PM »

replaying Deadly Premonition on Hard, and doing all the trading cards and sidequests. Fuck, theres soooooooooooo much content in this game. First playthrough I just did the story, and theres so much stuff you miss if you don't explore. This game is so amazing.

demi · « **Reply #10284 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:53:09 PM »

I didnt use monsters when I could finally have a human party... leave that shit to pokemon.

demi · « **Reply #10285 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:58:20 PM »

Well, I had a heal slime in reserve for quick MP usage. That is useful at least. So at least try to find a Heal Slime, Joe. Will make grindan easier.

Also Sancho is my waifu. I hope there is Rule 34 on him. So hot.

Rman · « **Reply #10286 on:** March 10, 2011, 09:22:51 PM »

Never finished DQV's postgame stuff. It just wasn't as fun as DQIV's postgame.

tiesto · « **Reply #10287 on:** March 10, 2011, 11:08:06 PM »

I need to go back and do DQ4 and 8's postgames one day. Only DQ game I ever finished the postgame in is 7, the longest one ironically enough.

Just d/led the SpaceChem demo on Steam, will play on Sat and let you folks know how it is.

iconoclast · « **Reply #10288 on:** March 10, 2011, 11:46:43 PM »

Got Wet from Gamefly today. Too bad I can't play it because the disc is scratched to hell. Glad I didn't get any achievements before the game stained my gamercard.

Gamefly

Back to Minerva's Den I go.

edit: aaaaaand I just finished Minerva's Den. GREAT piece of DLC, one of the best I've ever played. Absolutely lives up to the hype. Storywise: BioShock 1 > Minerva's Den >>> BioShock 2 >>> BioShock 1's ending

magus · « **Reply #10289 on:** March 11, 2011, 06:07:02 AM »

aaaaaand 1000/1000 bayonetta,playing on non stop climax was a chore! good thing i'm done with it
this is the 3rd game i 1000/1000 and also the first non-rpg,i think i'll diddle a little more with SSF4 just to see if i can get into the groove and then i'll pick nier next since you guys won't shut up about it

if i didn't pick nier i would probably pick another action title but i haven't no idea what to pick next... dead rising? dead rising 2? ninja gaiden on the original xbox? ninja gaiden 2?

iconoclast · « **Reply #10290 on:** March 11, 2011, 06:39:35 AM »

Ninja Gaiden Black if you want to see how close to perfection a 3D game can get
Ninja Gaiden 2 if you want a god tier battle system & the hardest game this generation
Dead Rising 1 if you want one of the 360's best exclusives
Dead Rising 2 if DR1 was too hard for you

or

none of the above and play Mushihime-sama Futari

magus · « **Reply #10291 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:16:41 AM »

isn't that a bullet hell game? it didn't end up good the last time i tried one (espgaluda i think it was?)

also i heard the 360 emulation of ninja gaiden is bad... is it true?

iconoclast · « **Reply #10292 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:30:19 AM »

Yeah it's a bullet hell game. Futari is more straight-forward than Espgaluda, but if you don't like that style of game it probably won't change your mind. Although I think Death Smiles would interest you more since it has lolis and a story (in English).

I haven't played NGB on the 360 in a couple years, but IIRC it runs perfectly fine. Some missions in Mission Mode run poorly, but the campaign is fine anyway.

demi · « **Reply #10293 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:45:17 AM »

Last Remnant

magus · « **Reply #10294 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:52:37 AM »

alright alright next rpg after nier but don't ban me if i tell you it sucks after i play it

chronovore · « **Reply #10295 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:54:16 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on March 10, 2011, 11:46:43 PM

Got Wet from Gamefly today. Too bad I can't play it because the disc is scratched to hell. Glad I didn't get any achievements before the game stained my gamercard.

Gamefly

Back to Minerva's Den I go.

edit: aaaaaand I just finished Minerva's Den. GREAT piece of DLC, one of the best I've ever played. Absolutely lives up to the hype. Storywise: BioShock 1 > Minerva's Den >>> BioShock 2 >>> BioShock 1's ending

Sho Nuff was going off on that Bio2 DLC when it came out. Apparently it craps all over the Bioshock 2 game itself?

I had enough of Bioshock after I completed it. Probably the next time I revisit that franchise will be Bioshock Infinity.

iconoclast · « **Reply #10296 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:04:21 AM »

The story in Minerva's Den is pretty damn good -- not as good as the first game, but it can stand on its own pretty well as a self-contained episode. BS2 has a lot of gameplay improvements that makes it more fun than the first game, but the story and characters are all much worse. It's like a straight to DVD sequel or something.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #10297 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:13:04 AM »

Still not feeling the subtitle, Infinity. Mayhaps they should change it. Here are some suggestions

Bioshock Skyrimmed
Bioshock Skyward Shotgun
Bioshock Skies of Arcadian Ideals

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10298 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:46:49 AM »

Yes! Finally got a ~~Shiny Ponyta~~ Metal Slime, and it only took four hours of grinding. My characters all went from around LV 13 to 30 and I've banked over 35,000 gold. Now time to grind Metal King Swords in the casino!

demi · « **Reply #10299 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:48:24 AM »

lol, 30? I beat the game at like 40.

You should play more Radiant Historia with me, baby.

Cravis · « **Reply #10300 on:** March 11, 2011, 11:53:59 AM »

I'm playing through Mafia II. I'm really enjoying the atmosphere and story. I didn't bother following the game or reading up on it so I've experienced some really cool twists that I never expected.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10301 on:** March 11, 2011, 12:03:41 PM »

Decided to finish up Resonance of Fate. Looks like I'll have plenty of time before my copy of RGG Of the End comes, I'm guessing shipments will be delayed due to the earthquake.

magus · « **Reply #10302 on:** March 11, 2011, 12:08:45 PM »

are you going for the 1000/1000?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10303 on:** March 11, 2011, 12:12:03 PM »

No. I don't have enough free time to do that with games.

Raban · « **Reply #10304 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:02:46 PM »

OMG DEMONSBANE FINALLY DROPPED. Back on the FFXII express, baby!

Himu · « **Reply #10305 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:18:42 PM »

you're joking

finally?!?!

Raban · « **Reply #10306 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:24:41 PM »

Yep, finally. I was trying to figure out what game to play, and I thought of FFXII, decided to pop it in again, I stroll down the staircases and boom, Demonsbane on the first try. Now I'm just wrecking the shit out of this dungeon.

Raban · « **Reply #10307 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:26:22 PM »

Btw, is there any point after the Tomb of Raithwall where I lose any one of Vaan, Fran or Balthier? They're way more leveled than the rest of my party, and if I lost them, I'd probably get raped.

Himu · « **Reply #10308 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:31:42 PM »

you can use demonsbane a good majority of the game. unlock fomalhauts later.

Himu · « **Reply #10309 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:32:36 PM »

Quote from: Raban on March 11, 2011, 02:26:22 PM

Btw, is there any point after the Tomb of Raithwall where I lose any one of Vaan, Fran or Balthier? They're way more leveled than the rest of my party, and if I lost them, I'd probably get raped.

There's no point in the game aside from when Fran freaks on the airship where you lose control of any teammate in FF12. All 6 are available the entire game.

Raban · « **Reply #10310 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:36:58 PM »

Oh man, my pussy is so wet for this game.

Diunx · « **Reply #10311 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:54:21 PM »

Best FF ever

Raban · « **Reply #10312 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:55:49 PM »

You're not wrong, buddy.

Raban · « **Reply #10313 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:57:31 PM »

The Leviathan

Good riddance. That cutscene was tits.

patrickula · « **Reply #10314 on:** March 11, 2011, 04:12:28 PM »

I'm finally playing ME2 (on PC) and LOVING IT. Can't believe I waited so long.

Now I'm faced with choosing to pick up the DLC before I'm too far in the game for it to have much impact... and there's 24 dollars of mission content for a game that's now 20 new $:-\$ That empty character slot is mocking me!

edit: Screw it, I bought the stuff. Enjoying the game too much not too.
Hopefully there's some payoff in ME3.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #10315 on:** March 11, 2011, 04:53:59 PM »

good job, the dlc is worth the investment

Himu · « **Reply #10316 on:** March 11, 2011, 05:01:19 PM »

Quote from: Raban on March 11, 2011, 02:57:31 PM

The Leviathan

Good riddance. That cutscene was tits.

Leviathan is a great dungeon.

Don't you mean Shiva?

On the plus side, Golmore Jungle is coming up, and that's one of the greatest early loot grind spots. Right inside Golmore are these cats. Chain them. Don't pick up their loot until the loot gets big, because by avoiding loot, your chain level gets higher faster. That means more couerl pelts, and couerl pelts is your goal. It helps to kill 100 cats. Get 99 pelts, and sell other stuff. This nets a whopping 40k gil to my memory. You'll notice eventually that when you kill off the cats that they aren't appearing anymore. Exit the jungle, go two screens back onto Ozmone Plane. This will reset the cats. Go back and keep killing them until you get all the supplies and loot you want. DO NOT touch the save point of your chain will reset, and DO NOT engage the Marlboros within the immediate vicinity of the Jungle. Always check to see if a Marlboro is nearby or you risk axing your chain.

Mt. Bur-Omisace, Paramina Rift are coming up. And when you get to Mt. Bur-Omisace, you're mid way. Also, that portion of the game contains arguably the best set of cutscenes in a Final Fantasy game. Ever.

Raban · « **Reply #10317 on:** March 11, 2011, 05:03:23 PM »

Pretty sure it was the Leviathan the Dawn Shard blew up on. I liked the dungeon, it's just where I got stuck the first time I played this game (if you recall from the FFXII thread) and I'm glad all the douches aboard are now dead.

Himu · « **Reply #10318 on:** March 11, 2011, 05:06:16 PM »

Shiva is after Raithwall, is all.

Raban · « **Reply #10319 on:** March 11, 2011, 05:08:06 PM »

Oh, word. That boss fight was mad easy.

*summon Belias*
/battle

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