Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4650249 times)

archie4208 · « **Reply #3480 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:21:05 PM »

@TEXP: have you played and enjoyed games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden? It sounds like your complaints lie with the genre as a whole. Bayonetta is the best at what it does, but if you don't like action games then it isn't for you.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #3481 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:23:41 PM »

Never played them. I did think about checking out Ninja Gaiden II and Devil May Cry 4 but if this is how the genre is, I might skip those games.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3482 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:26:08 PM »

Yeah you just don't like the genre. I personally think of those games as 3D versions of Final Fight with alot of fancy stuff added on.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #3483 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:27:04 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 17, 2010, 12:26:08 PM

Yeah you just don't like the genre. I personally think of those games as 3D versions of Final Fight with alot of fancy stuff added on.

That sucks because I really like 2D beat 'em ups.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3484 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:34:38 PM »

I'm not a fan of that genre myself to much anymore along with 99% of fighting games. Too Difficult and too niche for my tastes although when I tried that Bayonetta demo I was definitely liking that one and will eventually gamefly it.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #3485 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:11:08 PM »

Just sent the game back to Gamefly.

Now it is time for more Borderlands.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3486 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:11:45 PM »

I do really like Bayonetta, and action games in general, and I know it's a great game...but at the moment I'm just not in the mood for an action game. I'm still on Chapter 5 or 6 and will continue eventually. I think Darksiders' incredibly dull combat temporarily killed my buzz for action games.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #3487 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:18:12 PM »

I liked Bayonetta a lot more than I thought I would. The game made it easy to feel badass. But for all its depth (most of which is probably way beyond my abilities), I think it whores the Big Badass Auto/QTE Punishment Sequences even more so than God of War. Which is fine with me, since God of War is just about the only action series I like. The frequency of cutscenes and the damned music eventually got to me, but I liked what I played.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #3488 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:25:47 PM »

Only thing i played was GOW: Chains of Olympus

not a bad game but was short IMO, plus i love how the grab system is basically broken

Reb · « **Reply #3489 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:47:46 PM »

Batman: AA, I love playing a game on full settings on my laptop, and this game is awesome too!

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #3490 on:** January 17, 2010, 03:56:36 PM »

Madworld isn't that bad. Though sometimes the motion stuff isn't too responsive. I'd swing left/right and he'd swing down. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Plus dat soundtrack.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3491 on:** January 17, 2010, 10:56:55 PM »

I'm starting to get addicted to League of Legends. I've been reading strategy guides online. :/

chronovore · « **Reply #3492 on:** January 17, 2010, 11:18:46 PM »

Foolishly I bought the Magic the Gathering XBLA title while it's on sale for 400 points. Thankfully there are no booster packs this time around. The original card game had me by the balls up until about Ice Age. It looks like a decent representation of the gameplay; better than the PC version they had for awhile, at least.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3493 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:21:41 AM »

I played the mod Minerva for Half Life 2 (episode 1? maybe, that's what it needed to download anyway). Pretty great for a mod.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #3494 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:24:11 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19342109&postcount=622

zero shift moves? sold ten more times

cool breeze · « **Reply #3495 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:26:47 AM »

sold.

now to see what game that is.

I was buying KH PSP anyway, now I'm more sold on it...or something. More games need zero shift. I'm looking forward to Versus XIII only because of the zero shift moves in the trailer.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3496 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:28:07 AM »

Finished KH psp with roxas lookalike. Game was awesome. I'm OCD gotta get everything so 1 character playthrough took me 22 hours, but if you just do the main story and don't grind and fuse skills to get every attack/spell/ability/d-link it's probably 10 hours per character.

at the ending.

The battle system kicks so much ass. After Crisis Core and TWEWY and BBS, I think Nomura has the best arpg battle concepts in the Japanese game industry. Versus will be awesome if SE doesn't reign him in. Everyone made a big deal about how the main guy in Versus will have ZoE2's zero shift teleport attacking but in BBS you get like 4 zero shift attacks lol. They all look badass.

I guess my only complaints are the hitting start to bring up the menu screen takes like 2 seconds to LOAD it and I wish you spent more time in the Disney worlds. They are like 30 mins long, maybe even shorter. I guess the idea is that each of the 3 characters experiences 1/3rd of the world, so with all 3 playthroughs you get about the same world length as KH1/2 and this way it becomes very bite-sized which is good for portable systems, but it just goes by so fast.

Still I'd say it's one of the best original portable games I've played. Probably will just blow through the other 2 chars in 8-10 hours each since I know what I'm doing now. There is so much to take in with BBS that your first playthrough is more of a learning experience.

*edit, oh hey it's me ^^;

Jansen · « **Reply #3497 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:30:42 AM »

bebpo loves it? well in that case i'm expecting nothing but disappointment.

MCD · « **Reply #3498 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:31:29 AM »

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battle system kicks so much ass

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Crisis Core

you lost me there

cool breeze · « **Reply #3499 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:31:52 AM »

wait, is that crisis core praise? buzz has been killed.

Jansen · « **Reply #3500 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:34:35 AM »

crisis core was the reason i bought a psp and it is so bad that i will never finish it.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #3501 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:44:08 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on January 18, 2010, 01:31:52 AM

wait, is that crisis core praise? buzz has been killed.

he was talking battle system.

I would assume its the DMW since that thing was crazy

Quote from: swaggaz on January 18, 2010, 01:26:47 AM

sold.

now to see what game that is.

I was buying KH PSP anyway, now I'm more sold on it...or something. More games need zero shift. I'm looking forward to Versus XIII only because of the zero shift moves in the trailer.

agreed
the fighting was cool but the zero shifts carried it over the top

ManaByte · « **Reply #3502 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:08:56 AM »

Finished ODST tonight. Want to finish Mass Effect before next week but I'm in a Gears of War mood right now.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3503 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:12:05 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on January 17, 2010, 11:18:46 PM

Foolishly I bought the Magic the Gathering XBLA title while it's on sale for 400 points. Thankfully there are no booster packs this time around. The original card game had me by the balls up until about Ice Age. It looks like a decent representation of the gameplay; better than the PC version they had for awhile, at least.

Its pretty decent, esp. for 400 points. I play the cardboard game quite often still :'( Its so much fun. Let me know if you wanna boost the cheevs

I have the viral achievement (0 points!)

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3504 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:13:35 AM »

Going through Mass Effect on Insanity now... fuck this game owns so hard. Im going to check out/buy the DLC this playthorugh becuase I want MOAR Mass Effect! Dick is so hard for the sequel Rawr!

ManaByte · « **Reply #3505 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:13:43 AM »

Only problem with MTG is no deck management.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3506 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:16:57 AM »

yeah that pissed me off too, theres some garbage you want to take out of the decks.

I think the game is designed as an entry level M:TG product so It kinda needs to be simple. I had no problem with it really, I mean it was the price of a 1 1/2 boosters, and I had plenty of fun with it. I even sent away for limited edition Xbox foil promo card

Still need to assemble a big green deck to put him in. Ive only got oldskool green fatties like Force of Nature and Verdant Force.

Nintendosbooger · « **Reply #3507 on:** January 18, 2010, 04:10:19 AM »

I'm trying to get perfect "S" ratings on each track in ExciteBots in order to unlock the Super Excite mode, but the task is becoming quite painful.

This game is better in virtually every single way than ExciteTruck but I can't seem to get over the lame Bot designs and options.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #3508 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:36:43 AM »

So uh, why isn't the God of War 3 demo 1080p? Isn't the final version supposed to be 1080p native?

dark1x · « **Reply #3509 on:** January 18, 2010, 08:11:22 AM »

I finished Bayonetta last week and am going through Darksiders. Took a while to get into it, but I'm starting to enjoy it now.

Quote from: ch1nchilla on January 18, 2010, 07:36:43 AM

So uh, why isn't the God of War 3 demo 1080p? Isn't the final version supposed to be 1080p native?

Are you kidding me? The visuals are among the most impressive I've seen on a console...which means there is no chance you'll see it at 1080p. If they can't hold a stable framerate at 720p, there's no way that 1080p would even be possible.

Still, due to the type of camera angles present along with the soft lines in the scenery, it still looks smooth at 720p. High contrast games with sharp lines (such as Mirror's Edge) benefit the most from higher resolutions.

dark1x · « **Reply #3510 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:37:57 AM »

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i need to ask .... why does your framerate whorism chip ALWAYS get bypassed when it's a PS3 game? Usually i would be drowning in a see of "I CANT PLAY THIS SHIT!!! It dropped a frame once!!!111oneoneone"

I've given that up this gen. Has nothing to do with PS3.

Only when the framerate takes a huge dive does it bother me anymore.

Bionic Commando on PS3, for instance, was unplayable for me thanks to a shitty framerate and load times. On the PC? It was awesome.

Where have you heard me complain about 360 framerates lately (in recent games)? I haven't been bothered by any issues as of late. I used to bitch about it all the time, but the days of stable framerates are pretty much over. Western devs never seemed to give a shit about high framerates in the first place (on consoles) and Japanese developers can't handle current hardware.

I prefer the PS3 like you prefer the 360, I think that much is obvious.

I just hate building a game collection around an unreliable system especially when all of the new games ship in those awful recycle friendly cases with the huge gaps in them.

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some one needs to fill me in : does this look better than the demo because i've no idea why people keeps saying it looks amazing. It looks good, but certainly didn't pop my socks off so i can only assume there's some massive upgrade that's happened .... ?

What does knock your socks off? The demo looked great, but the screens of content beyond the demo look even more impressive. It's a beautiful looking production.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #3511 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:46:09 AM »

PC:
Risen(thanks to EB

)
CIV 4:BTS

360:
MW2 multi
Madden '010

~~PS3:~~
Haven't played anything since I rented UC2 when that came out. I only plan to buy MLB 10: The Show anytime soon.

Third · « **Reply #3512 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:50:33 AM »

- Topatoi on PSN. The Arcade levels are fucking hard. The game is pretty entertaining

- Overlord II, bought the game for cheap for the Ps3. Pretty fun so far. The first game bored me rather quickly. I hope I can play this one for longer.

Also finished HOTD Overkill again with my nephew this weekend. The dialogue is still

cool breeze · « **Reply #3513 on:** January 18, 2010, 10:28:28 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on January 18, 2010, 04:17:48 AM

I really enjoyed Excite Truck, but yeah - there was something about Excite Bots that just put me off.

I'm sure it's great and will try it out some day.

For me it felt more focused on wacky kooky things to do in the level like kick a soccer ball or waggle on a pole instead of the racing. I liked Excite Trucks because it felt like off-road burnout, and gaining stars felt like you were still part of the race. Excitebots seems like a mini-game collection trapped on a track.

demi · « **Reply #3514 on:** January 18, 2010, 03:00:05 PM »

Fatal Frame 4 English Translation... never played one of these before.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3515 on:** January 18, 2010, 04:15:07 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 18, 2010, 03:00:05 PM

Fatal Frame 4 English Translation... never played one of these before.

It's probably a good one to start with since Grasshopper worked on it and they are good stuff.

I own all 4 and I've still only played the first one ^^; It was really good! Just never finished it because it was too scary.

demi · « **Reply #3516 on:** January 18, 2010, 04:19:47 PM »

Well 2 and 3 are on Xbox so I'll get those when I get around to unpacking ol' clunky

Bebpo · « **Reply #3517 on:** January 18, 2010, 04:33:39 PM »

2 runs pretty well in X360 BC. I tried it and was satisfied with performance.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3518 on:** January 18, 2010, 05:04:01 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on January 18, 2010, 04:50:54 PM

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I own all 4 and I've still only played the first one

i had the Japanese version of 2 , but sold it when i later got the US version. Japanese version is now worth $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

(well, up to 39k yen for a mint condition copy)

But yeah, Fatal frame actually feels unsettling.

39,000 yen? ~$390?

Whoa.

Beezy · « **Reply #3519 on:** January 18, 2010, 05:54:56 PM »

Almost every time that I play something that I bought on Steam, my laptop randomly shuts down. It just happened again during the final wave of a mission in Defense Grid, so I have to start all over from the beginning. Fuck this shit, I'm sticking to my 360 for a while.

Third · « **Reply #3520 on:** January 18, 2010, 06:59:14 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 18, 2010, 03:00:05 PM

Fatal Frame 4 English Translation... never played one of these before.

Yep, just played it for 30 minutes. The game is pretty trash so far. It's way too slow. The character moves at like 0.1 miles per hour. And the controls are horrifying. And lol, the game has massive framedrops. Unbelievable, its not as if the graphics are any good...

I loved the first three Fatal Frame games. But this one doesn't seem to impress me much. I guess asian ghost just aren't scary anymore. And the whiny leading girl annoys me to death already.

Not a great start. But I'll keep on playing and hope that it'll get any better. But I'm sure I'm going to stop playing this thanks to the shitty controls.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3521 on:** January 18, 2010, 06:59:33 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on January 18, 2010, 04:50:54 PM

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I own all 4 and I've still only played the first one

i had the Japanese version of 2 , but sold it when i later got the US version. Japanese version is now worth $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

(well, up to 39k yen for a mint condition copy)

But yeah, Fatal frame actually feels unsettling.

Yeah I have the Japanese version of 2 on xbox that's worth the $$$$$$

One of the few games I have that's worth anything. Cost me a lot when it came out though so profit margin isn't huge (my copy is not sealed). I think I paid about 6000yen used for it a month or two after release.

I have 1/3 on JP PS2, 2 on JP Xbox, and 4 of course on Wii. Main reason I shelled out for FF2 on Xbox at the time was I heard the gameplay additions over the PS2 one were huge.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3522 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:01:20 PM »

Quote from: Third on January 18, 2010, 06:59:14 PM

Quote from: demi on January 18, 2010, 03:00:05 PM
Fatal Frame 4 English Translation... never played one of these before.

Yep, just played it for 30 minutes. The game is pretty trash so far. It's way too slow. The character moves at like 0.1 miles per hour. And the controls are horrifying. And lol, the game has massive framedrops. Unbelievable, its not as if the graphics are any good...

I loved the first three Fatal Frame games. But this one doesn't seem to impress me much. I guess asian ghost just aren't scary anymore. And the whiny leading girl annoys me to death already.

Not a great start. But I'll keep on playing and hope that it'll get any better. But I'm sure I'm going to stop playing this thanks to the shitty controls.

It's Grasshopper. Of course it will be a technical mess and have awful controls, but it should have style+++ and be good where it really counts (atmosphere & story)

Third · « **Reply #3523 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:11:38 PM »

Yeah, the story is pretty great so far. Not one, but three persons have lost their memories this time and go on an adventure to recover those memories.
Oscar-worthy material right there.

But the game has some style. The environments are pretty good and have lots of detail. Something you'd expect from a Fatal Frame game. And I already expect the story to have a crazy ass plot twist in the end.

TripleA · « **Reply #3524 on:** January 19, 2010, 12:57:16 AM »

-PC: TF2 (Daily

), Dead Space, Dragon Age, and Machinarium.
-DS: Just finished NSMB(got it after seeing NSMB:Wii)
-Ps3: Still waiting for Gamefly to ship Demons Souls

Raban · « **Reply #3525 on:** January 19, 2010, 01:02:58 AM »

Started playing MW2 solo campaign

Beezy · « **Reply #3526 on:** January 19, 2010, 01:04:36 AM »

Quote from: Raban on January 19, 2010, 01:02:58 AM

Started playing MW2 solo campaign

I still haven't done this.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3527 on:** January 19, 2010, 01:16:27 AM »

Yeah I still haven't opened MW2

I don't know why I bought it...

bork · « **Reply #3528 on:** January 19, 2010, 01:20:41 AM »

Valkyria Chronicle 2 is "out" for PSP in Japanese. Might give it a try although I have yet to play the original. Seeing as how they seem to be ignoring continuity and brought back several dead characters, it probably doesn't matter anyway.

Still going through Queen's Blade on PSP. Over halfway done; screwed up royally on the last mission-- "finished" it pretty easily (you just have to take out the lead enemy to clear the stage, and I had two powerful characters placed right where she appears), but fucked up and chose a healer by accident to then take her on in the one-on-one queen's blade battle that follows. I did 25 points of damage before she killed me with one hit.

:'(

Quote from: Bebpo on January 19, 2010, 01:16:27 AM

Yeah I still haven't opened MW2 I don't know why I bought it...

WTF Bebpo

Bebpo · « **Reply #3529 on:** January 19, 2010, 01:30:08 AM »

Well I mean I played all the other CoD games besides CoD:WaW (since I hate treyarch) so I figured I would play it. Just haven't been in the mood.

In other news N1 finally put up a PV for their followup to Disgaea 3. It looks hotttttttttttttttt

N1

Look at all those beatiful sprites:

/note Boogiepop Phantom on page 3 top left

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #3530 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:19:20 AM »

I'm giving up on ODST. I can't play this crap

MCD · « **Reply #3531 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:21:08 AM »

are you playing it solo?

go coop dude.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #3532 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:22:51 AM »

No way to do matchmaking and find someone to play coop with me.

MCD · « **Reply #3533 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:24:27 AM »

why so ronery?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #3534 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:25:49 AM »

ODST is old and busted, nobody wants to play with me uguu

MCD · « **Reply #3535 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:31:54 AM »

i dunno man, game is old and bad yes but halo is mad fun with bros.

maybe dcharlie or lyte edge will play with you since you three are bros.

bork · « **Reply #3536 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:39:15 AM »

You were on earlier when I was-- shoulda sent me an invite to ODST, Sho Nuff! I would have played with you. No doubt that the only reason I still have ODST is because of the Halo 3 Mythic MP disc, however; even that rarely gets played that much these days. Usually only when a certain friend of mine comes over, since it's still one of the few games where you can play split-screen online deathmatch with guests.

ManaByte · « **Reply #3537 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:46:34 AM »

I enjoyed the ODST campaign more than the MW2 campaign. MW2 just felt like a rail shooter ripping off Red Dawn and Michael Bay. ODST was more fun.

bork · « **Reply #3538 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:48:54 AM »

I guess you could say I enjoyed the ODST campaign more-- I actually played through half of it. I have yet to play MW2's campaign...just buy these games for the multiplayer.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #3539 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:53:08 AM »

well sheeit, maybe I'ma play with joo guys tomorrow then, if you're on

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