Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4631181 times)

Huff · « **Reply #17400 on:** September 10, 2012, 10:20:59 PM »

super hexagon (ios) is amazing. everyone should play

Raban · « **Reply #17401 on:** September 10, 2012, 10:27:45 PM »

Quote from: Huff on September 10, 2012, 10:20:59 PM

super hexagon (ios) is amazing. everyone should play

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #17402 on:** September 11, 2012, 12:05:00 AM »

I'm about 7 hours into SMT Strange Journey now and I checked an FAQ to see how far I had made it through the game.... like less than 10%. Why are these SMT games always so damn huge?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17403 on:** September 11, 2012, 12:06:31 AM »

Quote from: Momo on September 10, 2012, 04:53:31 PM

I better level up to get mu horsee :'(

do you have GOTY edition/DLC? The online Grand Prix's give you heaps of experience. If you don't have GOTY edition be sure to grab the FREE co-op mission pack. The missions are real fun, and another good source of XP

Bebpo · « **Reply #17404 on:** September 11, 2012, 12:56:05 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on September 11, 2012, 12:05:00 AM

I'm about 7 hours into SMT Strange Journey now and I checked an FAQ to see how far I had made it through the game.... like less than 10%. Why are these SMT games always so damn huge?

SJ is about 40-50 hours I think. It'll go faster when you get the hang of it and have a good party. Then you'll get to the final boss and be stonewalled and have to grind for 3-5 hours to see the ending

Momo · « **Reply #17405 on:** September 11, 2012, 01:01:48 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on September 11, 2012, 12:06:31 AM

Quote from: Momo on September 10, 2012, 04:53:31 PM
I better level up to get mu horsee :'(

do you have GOTY edition/DLC? The online Grand Prix's give you heaps of experience. If you don't have GOTY edition be sure to grab the FREE co-op mission pack. The missions are real fun, and another good source of XP

Have the version that was free on PSN+, will check if DLC is included (suspect not). My Metal Gear co-op partner is being an ass, always too busy to play :'(

Eric P · « **Reply #17406 on:** September 11, 2012, 08:48:58 AM »

Demon's Souls is much easier as the Royal. You can basically just sit back and pew pew to your heart's content. Some stages are still really difficult (like the storm stage) because I've focused my supremacy in long distance attacking so if anything gets close to me, I'm essentially fucked. I was, however, able to beat Phalanx and then I turned around an was able to kill Executioner Miralda on my second try (first time I didn't even know she was there and she killed me in two hits I didn't even see coming). Also Ostrava managed to get himself killed so now I have the key to that area behind that one knight.

archie4208 · « **Reply #17407 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:38:56 AM »

Quantum Conundrum is a poor man's Portal, but I still enjoy it. Let's be honest: how many first person puzzle games do you normally see? I'll take what I can get.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17408 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:45:38 AM »

And how many first person puzzle games do you get starring John de Lancie?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17409 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:02:36 AM »

Yeah, QC wasn't great, but I still had some fun with it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17410 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:07:20 AM »

the game does look cool, I'll check it out if I see a sale.

Robo · « **Reply #17411 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:17:15 AM »

I played through An American Nightmare over the weekend. I love Alan Wake, but if I'd paid full price for that game, I'd probably have been more than a little upset. Arcade mode is a bore, and the Story portion of the game is beyond tedious—and how could it not be when the concept is rooted in so much repetition? An interesting Twilight Zone episode, possibly, but a bad idea for a game.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17412 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:17:17 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on September 12, 2012, 10:07:20 AM

the game does look cool, I'll check it out if I see a sale.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/kr/en/pc/games/puzzle/quantum-conundrum/

Then you can throw on another 25% off with this coupon
GMG25-1BW0K-K1A3G

demi · « **Reply #17413 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:19:15 AM »

lol, PC version. Jokes, right?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17414 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:20:45 AM »

I didn't even realize it had a console release.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17415 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:56:43 AM »

Yeah its on XBLA which is my main gaming platform. I'm not running a decent enough computer for much gaming.

Lan · « **Reply #17416 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:19:43 PM »

I'm playing nothing right now but the occasional iOS game on my ipad.

demi · « **Reply #17417 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:35:17 PM »

You cant even list names? smh.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17418 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:38:44 PM »

tell us what you playing yo. Thats the whole point of the thread

chronovore · « **Reply #17419 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:48:23 PM »

Started TRON last night. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I'm feeling disappointed; the game is a poor-man's Prince of Persia, with a spastic camera, poorly tuned controls, and fairly mashy combat so far. The lightcycle sequences, which should have been an easy opportunity to feel like a badass are instead sabotaged by do-it-again-stupid fall-to-death gameplay. Oh, and the cinematics are muddy, low-resolution, and unsaturated. I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish it.

I'm playing more Rock Band Blitz than I expected. It's fun, but it's a small confection of a game, prancing around in RB3's clothes.

And once back in RB3, it's weird that the 25-song pack that Blitz provides doesn't show up as a separate "source" for DLC, it just gets tossed in with the rest of the DLC purchases unlike every other Export Pack.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17420 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:51:58 PM »

Isn't that a good thing? Easy DLC integration?

Bebpo · « **Reply #17421 on:** September 12, 2012, 04:32:42 PM »

I hooked up my videogame systems again and am back to the world of gaming and watching movies after a two month hiatus. It's good to be back.

I grinded a ton in Matsuno's game in Guild01. It's kind of a cool game but unfortunately it also sort of fucking sucks

The battle system is well designed (although a little too luck based with some of the dice roll stuff) and the skill/equipment system is interesting and the writing/music is good. But it requires grinding to get the right equipment drops and correct skills to beat bosses and a single normal peon battle that you would grind takes 10 mins+ per battle and you might need to do it 10+ times. Boss fights can last 30-45 mins. Basically the battle system just moves at a snails pace like some of the old PS1 rpgs. If it had a FF button, it'd be great, but as it is, it's kind of a janky game you put up with because it's Matsunooo.

Hopefully for his next game at L5, Matsuno will be granted more than 5 interns to program his game.

chronovore · « **Reply #17422 on:** September 12, 2012, 05:02:17 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on September 12, 2012, 12:51:58 PM

Isn't that a good thing? Easy DLC integration?

It's just one way of viewing what you have, or quickly cycling through your collection. I don't know many of the songs on Blitz, so practicing playing them in RB3 is another way to enjoy them while learning them.

The exports from RB1, RB2, and Lego RB are all separately categorized. Since this is a new game under the brand, it's surprising that it's not separated out. There also aren't any other 25-song DLC Packs.

Lan · « **Reply #17423 on:** September 12, 2012, 05:19:35 PM »

Quote from: demi on September 12, 2012, 12:35:17 PM

You cant even list names? smh.

uuuuuhhhh diamond dash

Huff · « **Reply #17424 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:28:55 PM »

Fallout NV is a janky piece of shit.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #17425 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:33:46 PM »

truth

buggy as hell, shitty map, lack of interesting quests

Raban · « **Reply #17426 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:05:09 PM »

I thought I was totally alone in preferring Fallout 3 to New Vegas.

I don't think that the writing is any better, I won't dispute that, it just felt like a better game overall.

Huff · « **Reply #17427 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:17:10 PM »

I'm only about 5 hours in but it's so buggy I can't see myself playing any more.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #17428 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:59:08 PM »

who gives a shit about writing in these games anyway; its all horrible. the best part about them is exploring a giant-ass world filled with WHO KNOWS WHAT. new vegas completely fucked that up by giving us a linear world where you trudged from point a to point b and listened to lots of shitty writing and did nothing that could remotely be considered fun.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17429 on:** September 13, 2012, 01:07:48 AM »

ruh roh... Ultimate Edition of New Vegas is on my "to play" list after I 1k Dragon's Dogma...

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17430 on:** September 13, 2012, 01:24:19 AM »

I loved New Vegas. Whatever.

chronovore · « **Reply #17431 on:** September 13, 2012, 01:43:47 AM »

TRON is turning out to be truly horrible. Super frustrating.

Edit: Fetish-dressed Olivia Wilde just told me to look for her "service tunnel." Things may be looking up.

Momo · « **Reply #17432 on:** September 13, 2012, 02:32:14 AM »

be sure to drive right into that tunnel, full force

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17433 on:** September 13, 2012, 09:10:19 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on September 13, 2012, 01:43:47 AM

TRON is turning out to be truly horrible. Super frustrating.

Edit: Fetish-dressed Olivia Wilde just told me to look for her "service tunnel." Things may be looking up.
(Image removed from quote.)

will this babe drive you to 1000 gamerscore?

tiesto · « **Reply #17434 on:** September 13, 2012, 11:19:59 AM »

I really really need to play New Vegas. I liked Fallout 3 (which is weird since I normally don't go for western RPGs or open-world games), but I've heard so many contradicting opinions about New Vegas. Like from "amazing game so much better than 3!" to "a horrible and buggy mess that's not nearly as interesting as 3". It also seems that people who generally prefer Japanese RPGs seem to also enjoy Obsidian games a lot (for whatever reason).

Right now I'm playing Mario 3D Land and NSMB2. 3D Land is pretty cool but the controls feel kinda stiff compared to the Galaxy games. NSMB2 is OK, it's better than NSMB1 but not as good as NSMBWii. The music fucking sucks in the NSMB series though, that "bap bap!" is so annoying. I was never big on Kondo's Mario soundtracks (though Galaxy's music was pretty good) but they were at least not offensively bad.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #17435 on:** September 15, 2012, 07:54:08 PM »

The Witcher 1

http://www.viddler.com/v/46ab6e8b

$:-\$

when does this game get cool?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17436 on:** September 15, 2012, 08:02:06 PM »

The first couple of sections aren't that good, but it starts to get a lot better once you finally make it to the city.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17437 on:** September 15, 2012, 08:03:12 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #17438 on:** September 16, 2012, 01:33:07 AM »

The first chapter of Witcher 1 is awful until the end. So much running on foot back & forth, back & forth.

Game gets a lot better in chapter 2.

I still need to finish it though. On Chapter 4 myself.

archnemesis · « **Reply #17439 on:** September 16, 2012, 01:50:54 AM »

I never made it past the first chapter.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #17440 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:29:30 AM »

I guess they took the opposite approach with the 2nd one.

heyyo

Momo · « **Reply #17441 on:** September 16, 2012, 06:49:21 AM »

Ordered - Formula 1 2012 (21st September)
- One Piece Pirate Warrior (Due sometime this month)
-Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Due Monday)
- Borderlands 2 (21 September)

patrickula · « **Reply #17442 on:** September 16, 2012, 05:15:22 PM »

Been playing Hitman: Blood Money, which has convinced me to preorder Absolution (for 35% off at GMG

). There's some jank but it's great fun. I just got to the boat level and I'm loving the variety.

tiesto · « **Reply #17443 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:17:02 AM »

Been playing more of NSMB2, finished all the regular stages with all the secret exits and coins, except the stupid Fireflower Cannon world. Now it's onto the Star world.

Also gave Theatrhythm a shot... I'm actually surprisingly decent at this, which is funny since I normally am terribad at rhythm games. It's pretty fun and I like how they use the original versions of the music instead of remixes. Not sure what "levels" do or what my aim is in the game, just grind to get Rhythma or whatnot? And that will automatically unlock new songs/movies/etc?

archnemesis · « **Reply #17444 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:19:01 AM »

Yep, that's pretty much it. Just continue to play songs and you will unlock new modes and higher difficulties.

tiesto · « **Reply #17445 on:** September 17, 2012, 10:18:44 AM »

Is there an "ending" to the game? Or is the whole game just unlocking stuff?

archnemesis · « **Reply #17446 on:** September 17, 2012, 10:37:39 AM »

Very minor spoilers below:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Once you reach a certain amount of points there is a surprise boss fight and if you win you get to see the end credits.

[close]

You can still continue to play and unlock new things if you like after that.

Fifstar · « **Reply #17447 on:** September 17, 2012, 05:53:25 PM »

Finally beat all three main quests of Avernum. Great game overall. Now back Fallout 3 & Darksiders.

demi · « **Reply #17448 on:** September 17, 2012, 06:57:36 PM »

Max Payne 3 sucks fat dick. FUCK Rockstar's proprietary shitty physics engine. Makes everything so clunky and shit.

Luckily I didnt unlock any achievements so I wont have this stained on my Gamercard.

Sent right back to Gamefly.

patrickula · « **Reply #17449 on:** September 17, 2012, 10:55:02 PM »

Hitman: Blood Money is still fun though I kind of suck at it. I've killed three guys now by putting bombs in boxes and throwing them in their direction, which for some reason the AI doesn't seem to mind

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17450 on:** September 17, 2012, 11:50:22 PM »

Quote from: demi on September 17, 2012, 06:57:36 PM

Max Payne 3 sucks fat dick. FUCK Rockstar's proprietary shitty physics engine. Makes everything so clunky and shit.

Luckily I didnt unlock any achievements so I wont have this stained on my Gamercard.

Sent right back to Gamefly.

yeah lucky there was no achievement for playing the tutorial section or watching the first cutscene or something. You may have had to grind out 100 hours of multiplayer for 1000 and everything

iconoclast · « **Reply #17451 on:** September 18, 2012, 12:37:04 AM »

The Bayonetta 2 announcement made me want to start playing the original game again. I'm gonna do another Pure Platinum run through NSIC. So far I've completed the Prologue and Chapter 1, and I've done Chapter 2 three god damn times already, but something got screwed every time while I was recording... First, I forgot I stopped recording when I paused it to do something, so I had to start over, then the second time through I apparently never hit record in the first place, and in my third attempt the audio got messed up in one of my files. So frustrating.

chronovore · « **Reply #17452 on:** September 18, 2012, 02:07:45 AM »

Finished Tron: Evolution. It was... not a good game, but somehow I am interested in the multiplayer, which no-one is playing. It looks like it could be a lot of fun, if people were actually playing it.

Playing Mark of the Ninja. It's great. My only complaints are that RESTART CHECKPOINT and RESTART LEVEL are right next to each other on the Pause Menu, and the audio is too loud by default, and whatever they're doing to bump it appears to blow out the levels pretty badly.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #17453 on:** September 18, 2012, 10:17:49 AM »

Quote from: demi on September 17, 2012, 06:57:36 PM

Max Payne 3 sucks fat dick. FUCK Rockstar's proprietary shitty physics engine. Makes everything so clunky and shit.

Luckily I didnt unlock any achievements so I wont have this stained on my Gamercard.

Sent right back to Gamefly.

yeah, euphoria's a piece of shit, i thoroughly enjoyed running in circles around ladders in red dead redemption

so realistic!

chronovore · « **Reply #17454 on:** September 18, 2012, 12:15:33 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on September 18, 2012, 10:17:49 AM

Quote from: demi on September 17, 2012, 06:57:36 PM
Max Payne 3 sucks fat dick. FUCK Rockstar's proprietary shitty physics engine. Makes everything so clunky and shit.

Luckily I didnt unlock any achievements so I wont have this stained on my Gamercard.

Sent right back to Gamefly.

yeah, euphoria's a piece of shit, i thoroughly enjoyed running in circles around ladders in red dead redemption

so realistic!

It's even worse in LA NOIRE, when I'm targeting some tiny clue instead of a nice, big ladder. It looks like the guy is square-dancing a doh-see-doh around it, just to piss me off.

tiesto · « **Reply #17455 on:** September 18, 2012, 10:29:56 PM »

Beat NSMB2, with all the star/moon coins and paths found... not grinding 1110 free lives just to get a 5th star next to my save game, nor am I grinding 1 million coins so I'm effectively done with it. Definitely better than the original but not quite on par with NSMB Wii. The optional levels have the most interesting level design in the whole game, though the way the game hands out free lives like candy effectively eliminates the challenge. There were a few coins I had trouble with (namely, any one that requires a whole stage's worth of Mini Mario) but nothing bad, NSMB Wii world 9 was much harder.

Been playing SM3DLand, seems like a grind to unlock the final level (beat every level with both Mario and Luigi, get all 3 coins, and also hit the top of the flagpole? srsly?) but the game has some cool levels. One of them in world 5 is a pretty awesome tribute to a certain other Nintendo series (no spoilers).

FTL is pretty cool too, d/led it and played a bit. But I seriously have no idea what I'm doing.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17456 on:** September 20, 2012, 04:58:47 PM »

Deleted Dota 2 again, 30ish hours played but i cant commit to LEARNING this game anymore

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17457 on:** September 21, 2012, 08:17:19 AM »

Snagged Kirby's Dream Collection.

I'm a Kirby cigarillo since Adventure on the NES when I borrowed the cartridge from a neighbor girl.

Six games plus a couple of episodes of some shitty anime for 40 bux (well, it was free for me since I used Best Buy gift cards). Not a terrible deal but there were some great Kirby games that could have been included like The Amazing Mirror. Hell, they probably could have packed in Epic Yarn too since I doubt that sells much these days but this is Nintendo we're talking here. My thoughts is that it probably should have been on 3DS instead.

demi · « **Reply #17458 on:** September 21, 2012, 08:55:50 AM »

I know you dont care about Club Nintendo, hook it up with the code

tiesto · « **Reply #17459 on:** September 21, 2012, 01:15:31 PM »

Just beat Mario 3DLand and unlocked the special stages... I'm actually pretty impressed with this game... I thought it was a cash-in at first but it's pretty damn good. Nice level design without the gimmicks of the other 3D Marios (was never big into the 3D Mario games), plus there's a lot of levels (even if the levels are really short).

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