What are you playing?

[SpeedStats]

Thanks for the TW101 impressions, iconoclast.  I've had a copy of the game since last year but haven't found the time to play it at all since with action games I just want to sit down a few hours with them and learn them instead of progressing through the game normally.  The only thing I did with that game was play the demo and I thought it was okay but didn't really know which control scheme I should use (ie: off-tv or on-tv), and I had a feeling that balancing would be off at the beginning of the game which you'd pointed out.

One day I'll play it.  One day.  Summer.  Maybe.

I started a replay of Rudora no Hihou yesterday, but this time with the fantranslation (which was how I'd experienced the game the first time I played through it).  I've started to notice more of the Little Things this time around like the animations in the shop/menu whenever a character can use something (they have a laugh animation instead of a victory animation), some of the battle animation are pretty nice, and a lot of the tilesets used in the game and the colour use for day/night/dawn are pretty detailed/varied.  The balancing feels pretty good.  I dunno if it's how I feel about newer games lately that's making me notice a lot more about older games that I play for the first time or replay, but I guess I've come to miss a lot of attention to detail in this nature.  There's a lot of attention to detail in current and last-gen games, but I guess it just doesn't feel the same.  Or maybe I've started to feel like I can just get by playing older games, or games that resemble older games, more often than newer games lately.  That usually happens when I'm stressed out and I need to return to older games that I'm very used to like Suikoden II, Chrono Trigger, or FF5 or something like that. 

I'd been struggling with these thoughts that I don't like games anymore, but since I'd had a lot of fun with playing SNES games yesterday and continuing my first time through Grandia III today (which has legitimately only one good cast member but the battle system is red hot because it encourages aerial attacks and finishers), that isn't really the case.  I've probably gravitated towards handhelds and mobile games for a reason.

Or I'm getting old, I dunno. 

I also forgot to download Pier Solar HD this week. 

[Rufus]

I think I don't like games any more every once in a while, too. It's just fatigue most times. The more games you've played, the easier it is to become disillusioned with them. Especially the ancient genres that are stuck in their ways in every way.
I usually go back to older games that I've missed or have some nostalgia for, or in the case of adventure games, a love hate relationship.

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Alternatively I pour hundres of hours into the same game while watching streams on the side.

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That reminds me, I've recently "finished" Skyrim and as usual with TES/-like games, it ended up feeling hollow by the end. I knew the moment had come when I approached and opened treasure chests knowing that they would contain nothing worth picking up. Despite that (the usual mistake) I went and mopped up all the unique quests while glancing at a list of them on UESP.net. I even thought of leveling to 80 by re-leveling my main skills, but there would have been no point to that and then I realized there was no point to playing 20 hours ago. Get existential angst from a video game, brehs.
I dragged myself through Dragonborn in this mood (strike two). I liked it a lot initially, no doubt because of nostalgia, but by the end I just wanted it to be over. I've had a similar experience with Morrowind. Tribunal sapped my spirits completely, started and tried to care about Bloodmoon right after and it just wasn't happening. Played like I image someone would eat on a mashed potato diet two years in. Still kinda hope that Skywind gets finished though...

[Himu]

I like games still but I'm in the same rut as you, Speed. I mostly get enjoyment from old games I've played, haven't played, or new games that have similar sensibilities like Spelunky or something. Mobile is really good with this for me. I'm still replaying Ace Attorney 1 on my iPhone and it's still as A+ as I remember. Finished DQ4 and 8, on ios, and I should be playing Lunar soon. I haven't bought DQII yet. I should correct that and get to replaying that.

The only new games this year that are remotely on my blip meter are The Evil Within and Samurai Warriors 4. I've resigned to the fact that my tastes just aren't what most gamers like or is made these days. I'm fine with that, because the games that are made that appeal to me REALLY appeal to me (evil within, sw4) and I've got mobile and indie going for me. It helps that as I said in another thread that I am DONE buying Overhyped Western Game (tm) and my enjoyment of games has increased a lot since then.

I'm satisfied with mobile being my main platform these days. Nothing to be ashamed of. Ios gets new games on a WEEKLY basis and it's constantly evolving and changing. I say that if you're tired of Big Budget Overhyped Western Poop Fest give iOS a shot. Toucharcade has release lists every week and I usually post them and review on what's cool that week if I'm not busy.

[I'm a Puppy!]

So I'm exploring a woods in the dark. And stumble upon an Ogre. I chuckle a little and grin. "Orge? No problem" I launch myself at it. As I'm going through the fight another Ogre comes into view and starts attacking. OK. This could get bad, but I can handle it. As I'm fighting the two I get drop kicked from an Ogre I didn't see behind me.

Post Game Dragon's Dogma

[Shaka Khan]

In Okami, is the sword weapon complete shite or am I doing something wrong? It requires charging attacks to do meaningful damage which renders it comparatively slow.

[SpeedStats]

I think I don't like games any more every once in a while, too. It's just fatigue most times. The more games you've played, the easier it is to become disillusioned with them. Especially the ancient genres that are stuck in their ways in every way.
I usually go back to older games that I've missed or have some nostalgia for, or in the case of adventure games, a love hate relationship.

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Alternatively I pour hundres of hours into the same game while watching streams on the side.

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I like games still but I'm in the same rut as you, Speed. I mostly get enjoyment from old games I've played, haven't played, or new games that have similar sensibilities like Spelunky or something. Mobile is really good with this for me. I'm still replaying Ace Attorney 1 on my iPhone and it's still as A+ as I remember. Finished DQ4 and 8, on ios, and I should be playing Lunar soon. I haven't bought DQII yet. I should correct that and get to replaying that.

The only new games this year that are remotely on my blip meter are The Evil Within and Samurai Warriors 4. I've resigned to the fact that my tastes just aren't what most gamers like or is made these days. I'm fine with that, because the games that are made that appeal to me REALLY appeal to me (evil within, sw4) and I've got mobile and indie going for me. It helps that as I said in another thread that I am DONE buying Overhyped Western Game (tm) and my enjoyment of games has increased a lot since then.

I'm satisfied with mobile being my main platform these days. Nothing to be ashamed of. Ios gets new games on a WEEKLY basis and it's constantly evolving and changing. I say that if you're tired of Big Budget Overhyped Western Poop Fest give iOS a shot. Toucharcade has release lists every week and I usually post them and review on what's cool that week if I'm not busy.

Yeah, I think I've played more stuff on my phone lately in conjunction with handhelds.  I should really think of going to mobile more often since there are some RPGs and indies/puzzle games that I genuinely like on there like The Room 2, Lyne, etc. on there.  I also think that turn-based RPGs work really well on the platform.  Now that FF6's menus seem more user-friendly on mobile and the DQ games feel user-friendly, I hope that they go forward with some of those menu designs since the traditional menu format feels a little cumbersome for some games on mobile.

It does probably have to do with fatigue. I was feeling really worn out after last year with respect to console games. Now it's like I have to force myself to play one of the newer consoles.  Don't feel like playing anything on PS4 (and even then there isn't a lot on the PS4 that I want to play to begin with), and I don't feel like playing the Wii U even though I have the option to play everything off of the TV.  It just doesn't do it for me as much as it used to. I can get off my ass and play a PS2 game or a SNES/SFC game, at least.  But these days I don't like sitting down for hours playing one thing on a console for some reason.  This moreso relates to RPGs, though.  Years of trying to get a ton of RPGs under my belt including shit like Neptunia and Time and Eternity and whatever is enough to put someone off of the genre completely if he or she doesn't like that kind of stuff.  And I think I've had my fill.

We've got new fantranslations coming out soon, so that ought to keep me a little busy.  I'll try to main my phone for a bit since there's a lot of cool stuff coming out on the platform anyway.

Progressed a little more into Grandia III today.




 

[Positive Touch]

In Okami, is the sword weapon complete shite or am I doing something wrong? It requires charging attacks to do meaningful damage which renders it comparatively slow.

nope it sucks. I use it for variety sometimes, but you're best off sticking with the default weapon.

[The Legend of Sunblade]

The initial glaive that you get is terrible. The final one though, once fully upgraded? Godlike. 

[Trent Dole]

Progressed a little more into Grandia III today.

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Not Iwadare's best work, that. I got up to the final boss of GIII or close and wandered off instead of grinding to be able to beat him. II was the best of the series anyway. The main guy behind it has since passed on so we're probably not going to be getting anymore of the series.

[Beezy]

II was the best overall. III's battle system doe...

[Rufus]

That music...
I abandoned Grandia 3 a thrid of the way in, I think. Maybe even earlier. The second was was good, but I still liked the first one best.

Finally made it past stage 6 in Shinobi. God damn that level. Beat stage 7 right after and it was so much easier it's not even funny. This game is all about positioning and timing. Spaz out even a little bit, one dash too many, one errant jump and you're fucked. Every level with death pits is inordinantly more difficult than the ones with solid ground under your feet. Stage 8 is another giant death pit. Probably doesn't help that I'm rushing through at this point, but fuck it, I'm almost at the end. I really like the tate system, but fuck this level design.

[cosmicblizzard]

We need a Grandia 4 already.  Too bad Game Arts is too busy swimming in their parent's Puzzle and Dragons money

[Mr. Gundam]

Progressed a little more into Grandia III today.

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Not Iwadare's best work, that. I got up to the final boss of GIII or close and wandered off instead of grinding to be able to beat him. II was the best of the series anyway. The main guy behind it has since passed on so we're probably not going to be getting anymore of the series.

I got to the final boss of Grandia III and didn't feel like grinding enough to defeat him.

Awesome battle system. Meh game.

[Beezy]

I don't remember having to grind at all. Then again, I loved the battle system so much that I'd always be looking for fights throughout the game.

[Your Stalker]

I simmed 6 games in NBA 2K15 my career. All of them were Ls. 

[Freyj]

On iOS/Mobile vs AAA+ Console Gaming, I'm pretty much in the same boat. I just returned to iOS from years with Android and holy shit the App Store has so much more to offer. The last thing I played (on a 3GS) eons ago was Chaos Rings, which really surprised me at the time in a "there's potential here to be more than time waste shit" way. Excited to catch up.

I thought both Grandia 3 and X sucked. The first two are still great though with the second as my personal favorite.

A lot of people say X and 3 suck because their stories suck, but I don't look to Grandia for a story outside the first game which captures the bog standard Adventure story with perfect marks.

X has basically 2's battle / leveling system with some pretty significant upgrades. I actually really don't care for the coin system to Grandia's far superior levels, but X's is several degrees better than 2 so as to make me not really like playing through 2 anymore.

3 has basically the same leap in systems as 1 -> 2. Some of the best ideas in the series, but a really really awful story and cast of characters (hello 95% of JRPGs).

[demi]

You'll get bored. Console gaming still rules

[Rufus]

Holy shit the last boss in Shinobi sucks. First he wastes your time with invincibility (which you have to break first), then he has this cheap teleport move which will hit you unless you hear him go "ha!", which unless I'm just deaf he's not doing every time. On top of all that, the adds he spawns have a really shitty hitbox, making it extra hard to pull off a tate in him. And to top it all off, he's at the end of the longest stage in the game, meaning you can't just quit and retry later.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah, none of that really matters in the everfall.
My first play through I just went straight there. This playthrough I'm exploring a lot more. Killed some drakes last night. It was great fun. Maybe I'm ready for that beholder.

[tiesto]

Up to about 30 hours of Wild Arms 2, and according to this faq I'm at the final dungeon of the first disk. (Disk 2 looks significantly shorter, but I want to go and do some of the secret bosses). Unfortunately, the last few hours have been a bit of a drag... so, it's go to this one dungeon to cut off the enemy's energy supply... but after making it through the dungeon, you find out that the energy supply comes from 4 pillars scattered all over the world... so first you have to find the pillars by going into nearby towns and looking for clues (stuff doesn't appear on the world map unless you 1) get a clue from the villager and 2) scan the area on the map by pressing the [] button)... and one of the pillars can't be accessed by your hovercraft or by walking, so you need to find an entrance via a village that serves as a mini dungeon... oh and all the pillars have 2 boss fights in and a bunch of crappy puzzles/reflex-based traps that are flawed due to the poor hit detection in these parts. Not to mention the graphic sets in the pillars are all palette swaps. So yeah I did all those pillars and am now at the enemy's HQ.

Game difficulty is still fairly easy but has ramped up in some boss fights (they are doing much more damage and my healer can't always keep up), and I got my first game over due to getting all my characters petrified by an enemy attack.

Also, I've noticed that as I'm playing, the translation has been slowly degrading, to the point where things are almost illegible. There are some acts in this game featuring a joke-character duo "Liz" and "Ard" who try to hinder your progress, and these acts and the banter between your characters and Liz (Ard just repeats his name over and over) make no sense whatsoever.

Overall not a bad game but I liked 1, 3 and XF much more.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Last night I got caught between a pack of hobgoblins a cyclops and a dark golem.
Barely survived. But I have this pawn called (I kid you not) Mah nicca. And the dude is a beast.

[I'm a Puppy!]

What happens in the everfall stays in the everfall.

[demi]

The whole idea of the everfall is so awesome. Then the final area. Dragons Dogma forever

[Cerveza mas fina]

Played some Trine 2 coop, its a nice coop game to chill out to an do some light puzzling.

[tiesto]

Played some Trine 2 coop, its a nice coop game to chill out to an do some light puzzling.

Have you played the first one? I got the first a while back in one of those humble bundles and it wasn't bad, but I'm not a fan of floaty physics-platformers... the second one seemed more of the same based on what little I've seen... if you've played the first one, is the second one much better?

[Joe Molotov]

If you need help explaining, Mandingo is on Amazon Prime.

Just sayin'. 

[I'm a Puppy!]

  not my main pawn. Just found him in the everfall. Normally I'd not consider it, but the dude is decked out in incredible equipment.
I do have to admit that it's funny, because I tend to yell at my pawns during some intense moments and my wife will be doing her work and hear my say "Help me Mah nicca! No! Not over there. Over here! Over here Mah nicca!"

[demi]

Ur-Dragon first. Also I dont know how strong it is at this point. It grows stronger every time it dies due to the combined efforts of  everyone online. And only the killing blow from the (random) person when playing online gets loot.

Play offline if doing Ur-Dragon, it does a "set" level and you get the achievement and loot.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Played some Trine 2 coop, its a nice coop game to chill out to an do some light puzzling.

Have you played the first one? I got the first a while back in one of those humble bundles and it wasn't bad, but I'm not a fan of floaty physics-platformers... the second one seemed more of the same based on what little I've seen... if you've played the first one, is the second one much better?

Didnt play the first one beyond the demo, this one seems about as floaty.

Main attraction here for me is the online coop with my highschool buddy Its fun for that, better then Destiny.

[StealthFan]

Mario Kart 8

[Himu]

Looks to be a solid week on the App Store.





Not in this list: Helix.

Impressions later.

[cosmicblizzard]

Persona 4 Golden looks pretty not bad on PS TV.  Once I can figure out how to capture footage with this thing, my purchase will be completely justified.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Tried to take on a gore cyclops in Dragon's Dogma.
Yeah, bad idea. Not ready yet.

Also tried out Mistwalker's new game. Great music. But it sorta solidifies my opinion about toilet gaming.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Today in I'm a Puppy's dragon's dogma:

- Gore Cyclops: I got reckt
- Elder Ogre: I got reckt
- Gazer: I got reckt


Looks like I need better gear and skills.

[StealthFan]

Is Gazer that big ass eye in BBI? That shit was whack

[I'm a Puppy!]

Is Gazer that big ass eye in BBI? That shit was whack

Yup that's the same.

[Supermanisdead]

i got the purple velvet suit in lightning returns

gaming wasn't ready for fashion icon lightning farron.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Man, what level were you at? Cause I can't imagine taking that on solo.

[Supermanisdead]

what job are you? i remember snatching elder ogres regularly by luring then into tight areas and spamming ricochet hunter with a magick archer.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Currently an assassin.
Lots of quick but low damaging attacks.
Admittedly not the best job for taking on Ogres...but still. The thing destroyed me. I had an easier time with the Gazer.

[tiesto]

i got the purple velvet suit in lightning returns

gaming wasn't ready for fashion icon lightning farron.

Best outfit is the "Candy Raver" one

[StealthFan]

Getting guts while avoiding that the lagaricus or whatever the fuck in MH3U Goddamn that was terrifying.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah I hated that. I turned it all the way down and just used my stereo. In Paradise I turned off everything except the classical music.

[tiesto]

What's up with the bizarre selection of angsty emo teen rock music in Burnout 3? The DJ is also weird, but luckily you can turn that motherfucker off.

It seems kind of odd that it's only rock music. I think SSX3 has a good combination of different genres, and they were mostly appropriate too. The shitty music kind of wears me out on the game, thinking of disabling it, but I would rather prefer music.

Gotta get Forza Horizon 2, I haven't played it yet but looking at the tracklist it's the best racing game soundtrack since Wipeout 3 

[Beezy]

Gotta get Forza Horizon 2, I haven't played it yet but looking at the tracklist it's the best racing game soundtrack since Forza Horizon 1

fixed

[The Sceneman]

Hey guys!

Wow its been awhile since I've posted here. I've started playing paper Magic the Gathering competitively and that means I lost interest in videogames or something. Or just taking a break!

I just catassed Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (prof layton 2?) in a couple of days. Freaking great game and a strict improvement over the original. The puzzles were more engaging and intuitive, and connected with the narrative a lot more than in the first game. And the story was frickin sweet, I shead a tear at all the final vampire revelations. A touching story with wholesome endearing characters is always sweet.

[The Sceneman]

I want the device so bad, so that I can get 1000/1000 in Lococycle and Magic 2015

But yeah it's crazy that I havent been cheevo whoring for a few months, Im kinda confused, but they dont call Magic "cardboard crack" for nothing!

Is Evil Within out yet?

[Rufus]

Yes
http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=40772.0

[demi]

Maybe you should google it and find out, Magic Nerd

[The Sceneman]

I was going for the easy way out or something.

So Bore impressions are the game is poop? Sweet, I'll pass

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I want to play the game

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Just answer me this question one, is it worth buying on 360 or is next gen enough of a performance upgrade?

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Is it as good as Resident Evil 2

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[Rufus]

Runs like shit on any console, old or new, and doesn't look good enough to earn it. On top of being letterboxed.

Resonance of Fate
Starting to get tired of the hero gauge, especially in boss fights (or almost exclusively then). You crush most normal mobs outside of side mission encounters and then get your face caved in by the bosses. "Critical condition" my ass, it may as well be game over with how lucky you have to get to recover from it. I mad.
Doesn't help that I'm currently a man down, which feels very crippling when the party normally consists of three people. The boss froze the other guy? Congratulations, you're useless.

[Supermanisdead]

got "dust: an elysian tale" off ps+ and i've been playing it a bit. this would be a good game if i didn't have some some fur-loli companion thing 

[I'm a Puppy!]

Runs like shit on any console, old or new, and doesn't look good enough to earn it. On top of being letterboxed.

Resonance of Fate
Starting to get tired of the hero gauge, especially in boss fights (or almost exclusively then). You crush most normal mobs outside of side mission encounters and then get your face caved in by the bosses. "Critical condition" my ass, it may as well be game over with how lucky you have to get to recover from it. I mad.
Doesn't help that I'm currently a man down, which feels very crippling when the party normally consists of three people. The boss froze the other guy? Congratulations, you're useless.

Yeah. Resonance of Fate is sorta like that.
It starts off and you're like "WHOA!! This is cool!!"
Then you go through the huge tutorial and are like "Really? Well whatever."
The next few  hours you're going to enjoy.
But after that it starts to get old and annoying after a while I just put it down and never picked it up.

[Rufus]

I think I'll finish it, the systems are fun enough, but it really is ticking me off very quickly now when things go wrong. Gonna try this stupid boss again and call it a day. Finger's crossed. <.<
Turns out he's actually piss easy if you take off his mask and shoot him in the face. One shot will kill him. God damnit, game.

[Purple Filth]

Sequence: nice little music rhythm game with a twist and decent music. Also all that snark in every discussion the MCs patake in is kinda hilarious   

Thanks to Steam's free weekend i played the next game listed below

Injustice Gods Among Us: they basically aped MK9's story mode and placed it in here, which is great since i loved that style. The story is comic book shit (super pill )but enjoyable enough to still keep going and superman TAKE THAT L DEEP IN YOUR CHEST SON 

Gameplay is kinda stiff tbh but its nice how the characters feel different enough from each other and its based on their personality (with story mode allowing you to check a good chunk of them).

[I'm a Puppy!]

Finally finished Dragon Quest VI.
Now I can say I've finished all the mainline ones other than X and VII. I'd go after VII again but I'm still too heartbroken over that 80 hour lost save. Also I feel like Final Fantasy and other series you can't really play Dragon Quest games back to back, they start to blend into each other for me if I do.

[Himu]

I've done DQ8, 4, 1 and now 2 back to back with the iOS releases. no problems here.

[Positive Touch]

holy balls the broken english russian "accents" in dq4 are killing me

[Himu]

ye' get used te eet.

[Positive Touch]

willages is my new favorite word, tho