Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 2212501 times)

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #6240 on:** July 07, 2010, 05:54:50 PM »

Does PS3 3D work with non-Sony TVs?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #6241 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:02:43 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 07, 2010, 05:35:40 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on July 07, 2010, 04:26:35 PM
Beat No More Heroes (PS3) today; absolutely loved it.

Yeah, the game is great. Lots of memorable moments.

Now do yourself a favor and don't play the sequel even if it comes to PS3. It's baaaaaad.

What's even the point of the sequel? The game seems pretty self-contained and a sequel is totally unnecessary.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6242 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:17:12 PM »

There is no point. The sequel has no plot.

chronovore · « **Reply #6243 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:17:34 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on July 06, 2010, 09:34:06 PM

Quote from: chronovore on July 05, 2010, 09:27:52 PM
Quote from: etiolate on July 05, 2010, 05:43:54 PM
I finally got to play some Red Dead Redemption. Really enjoyed it. I found the random ambient events more enjoyable than anything I came across in GTA.

One thing I hated was the frickin icon displays. There would be a "Push *this* to..." but almost all the icons were blurry gray squares. I could not decipher what the hell it was asking me to push.
Yeah, the whole world really feels alive in RDR single-player. Ironically, it makes wandering around the multiplayer, even a fully populated Free Roam, feel less vibrant.

What icon displays are you talking about? Are you playing on a hdtv?

I am not sure if it was a hdtv or not, but the 360 was hooked up just through the r/y/w RCA jack.

One of the sequences I am bitching about is the last mission I played, which was helping the snake oil salesman push his product by shooting a guy's hat out of the air. It tells you to use dead eye, but I had not used it yet and whatever button was suppose to activate it was undecipherable on screen.

I had the same issue with the dueling/quick draw mechanic. The game will explain basic blackjack and poker every time, whether or not the STATS show you winning a dozen times, but the dueling mechanic is explained only on the first use, and on Stranger/Story missions where it's required.

Dead Eye is introduced early on, but I don't think there are any subsequent chances to learn it. I've a number of friends who played for hours without using it. They just thought it was a hard game.

Oh, and as you prolly already know: standard RCA jacks (Red-White-Yellow) are only good for SDTVs... and not even the best option in most cases there. You're going to get better results from an S-vid or component cable even on an SDTV, but if the TV has VGA or HDMI/DVI ports, you should use 'em!

ManaByte · « **Reply #6244 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:50:37 PM »

Started re-playing the Xbox 360 Conan. Forgot how fun it was to chop off arms.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #6245 on:** July 07, 2010, 08:19:12 PM »

Dark Void -- Only $5. The prologue/tutorial with the jetpack was cool, but now it's just a DudeBro shooter. $:-\$

Bebpo · « **Reply #6246 on:** July 08, 2010, 12:20:51 AM »

Xenoblade
Done with classes for the week and last time I stopped I was 97 hours in at the final dungeon with a bunch of the final batch of endgame quests gathered. WILL FINISH THIS WEEKEND. Gonna try to 100% it because the game is so good, but might be impossible on 1st run (new game+ keeps lvls and most stuff). Longest game with a game clock I've played at this point. Past title holder was FFXII @ 92 hours. Although SRW games are notoriously long and have no counter so some of those could be longer.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on July 07, 2010, 08:19:12 PM

Dark Void -- Only $5. The prologue/tutorial with the jetpack was cool, but now it's just a DudeBro shooter. $:-\$

I liked the intro but got bored and gave up by ch.5 of act 2. Level design is super repetitive and the combat is shallow.

Bildi · « **Reply #6247 on:** July 08, 2010, 12:34:24 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on July 07, 2010, 08:19:12 PM

Dark Void -- Only $5. The prologue/tutorial with the jetpack was cool, but now it's just a DudeBro shooter. $:-\$

But it's VERTICAL man!

ManaByte · « **Reply #6248 on:** July 08, 2010, 12:59:24 AM »

Hit lvl 20 in Age of Conan and finally got off the newbie island into the main game and holy shit the game is gorgeous. Best looking MMO on the market by far.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6249 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:02:33 AM »

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fate

I'm really liking this game to the point where I'll probably buy the sequel right after I finish this. I think that's the one that came out on the Wii too, so I might check out that version.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6250 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:04:18 AM »

Yeah, I really enjoyed the first game. It was like Zelda-lite.

Never got around to playing the 2nd, but I heard its worse.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6251 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:09:05 AM »

Played a bit of Puzzle Kingdom. boooring

cool breeze · « **Reply #6252 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:23:23 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 08, 2010, 02:04:18 AM

Yeah, I really enjoyed the first game. It was like Zelda-lite.

Never got around to playing the 2nd, but I heard its worse.

That's a shame. I'll read up on it later, but this first DS game is great.

Yeah, I guess Zelda-lite works, but also has some Diablo-lite loot game charm. Gurumin for the PSP was a similar surprise game for me.

demi · « **Reply #6253 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:28:40 AM »

The Wii version is literally a DS port. The game is played via a little window where the DS game is. It's not a fullscreen game.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6254 on:** July 08, 2010, 02:59:45 AM »

I'm watching a video of it. wow, that is a poor effort. Looks like a ps1 game run through an emulator in window mode while running MS Paint next to it.

chronovore · « **Reply #6255 on:** July 08, 2010, 03:45:17 AM »

Quote from: ManaByte on July 07, 2010, 07:50:37 PM

Started re-playing the Xbox 360 Conan. Forgot how fun it was to chop off arms.

Yeah, I've got to go back to that and finish it before I forget all the moves. Chopping people up is great fun. The bosses are giant, cinematic affairs which look good but play like utter crap. The one-vs-many stuff works much better.

tiesto · « **Reply #6256 on:** July 08, 2010, 09:03:24 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 08, 2010, 02:02:33 AM

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fate

I'm really liking this game to the point where I'll probably buy the sequel right after I finish this. I think that's the one that came out on the Wii too, so I might check out that version.

I liked it at the beginning, but once they started throwing in more AI party members into the mix, the game went really downhill - the AI is godawful and it's obvious the DS can't handle all the extra characters on screen... frame rate chugs like a bad N64 game during some of the more intense combat scenes. Was pretty disappointed since I was looking forward to a fun SOM style ARPG.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6257 on:** July 08, 2010, 11:30:05 AM »

I'm at the point where the frame rate is dropping now that I have a third character, but the poor AI isn't really a problem. I just press L and they teleport next to me, then I go off and destroy enemies alone while they occasionally help. I do wish they would at least auto-heal me when I play as Yuri.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #6258 on:** July 08, 2010, 11:32:32 AM »

Ryu ga Gotoku 4

Started this morning. Game begins with a bang, so awesome.

archie4208 · « **Reply #6259 on:** July 08, 2010, 11:59:04 AM »

I got sick of the Ghostbusters game. The stone angel fight was beyond cheap so I just watched the ending on Youtube and deleted it.

I'm playing Crysis on Delta and it is actually pretty good.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6260 on:** July 08, 2010, 10:12:03 PM »

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED NO ONE LEFT BEHIND 75P

FUCK YES MASS EFFECT 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool breeze · « **Reply #6261 on:** July 08, 2010, 10:34:33 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 08, 2010, 09:03:24 AM

Quote from: Linkzg on July 08, 2010, 02:02:33 AM
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fate

I'm really liking this game to the point where I'll probably buy the sequel right after I finish this. I think that's the one that came out on the Wii too, so I might check out that version.

I liked it at the beginning, but once they started throwing in more AI party members into the mix, the game went really downhill - the AI is godawful and it's obvious the DS can't handle all the extra characters on screen... frame rate chugs like a bad N64 game during some of the more intense combat scenes. Was pretty disappointed since I was looking forward to a fun SOM style ARPG.

ok, yeah, you're right about how bad the AI is. They stand around in environmental hazard waiting to die, and in battles they don't even attack.

still really liking the game, but these are some dumb characters. Even basic commands would have helped a lot.

also, more and more the isometric camera is clashing with the designs of the levels. If they make on on the 3DS, I'd like it in full 3D with camera control.

tiesto · « **Reply #6262 on:** July 09, 2010, 12:05:45 AM »

Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - up to the final battle... made it to the final form of him and died once. But it's late and I'm gonna get some sleep, finish it up tomorrow.

naff · « **Reply #6263 on:** July 09, 2010, 04:17:29 AM »

Just grabbed Joe Danger, it's lots of fun! Any sfag worth his salt will buy this.

bork · « **Reply #6264 on:** July 09, 2010, 05:33:04 AM »

Lost Planet 2 on 360. The game got patched again yesterday, and among other things, you now can get a lot more credits per level in campaign. I ended up grinding a bit on 5-3 and unlocked everything from the game's (stupid) slot machine pretty quickly.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6265 on:** July 09, 2010, 05:23:45 PM »

I was playing one of the final stage battles in Brutal Legend and I just couldn't beat it so I bumped it down to "groupie" difficulty. I just finished the game now and yay I got the roadie and groupie achievements (they're probably stacked though). The funniest thing is that it actually gave me a warning when I lowered the difficulty that it would prevent certain achievements from unlocking.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6266 on:** July 10, 2010, 04:15:19 AM »

Xenoblade
Finished it. Longest rpg I've ever played ~120 hours, but one of the few I've actually tried to 100% completely.

Darn good rpg.

Bulleta©™® · « **Reply #6267 on:** July 10, 2010, 05:53:29 AM »

Now you can shoot zombies again.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6268 on:** July 10, 2010, 09:26:27 AM »

Tales of Vesperia - This game is boring the hell out of me. I will keep playing but I'm not impressed so far.

tiesto · « **Reply #6269 on:** July 10, 2010, 10:24:20 AM »

Beat Mask of the Sun, beat S&P2 on Normal with Kachi...

now I dunno. Maybe taking the day off from gaming till DQ9 comes out.

Eric P · « **Reply #6270 on:** July 10, 2010, 12:17:32 PM »

Mass Effect

i just killed some giant plant thing

kinda cool

chronovore · « **Reply #6271 on:** July 10, 2010, 12:52:09 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on July 09, 2010, 05:23:45 PM

I was playing one of the final stage battles in Brutal Legend and I just couldn't beat it so I bumped it down to "groupie" difficulty. I just finished the game now and yay I got the roadie and groupie achievements (they're probably stacked though). The funniest thing is that it actually gave me a warning when I lowered the difficulty that it would prevent certain achievements from unlocking.

Which battle?

I had big trouble with Dry Ice Wet Graves, but after I figured out how to play it as an RTS, it was simpler. Then the last two battles are all overly-scripted, so I had trouble again, until I realized that I could take my time with them in a way that would be suicide in an actual RTS.

treythemovie · « **Reply #6272 on:** July 10, 2010, 04:38:49 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 08, 2010, 02:02:33 AM

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fate

I'm really liking this game to the point where I'll probably buy the sequel right after I finish this. I think that's the one that came out on the Wii too, so I might check out that version.

Ring of Fates is stupid because its a dungeon crawler/loot game that runs short on both dungeons and loot.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6273 on:** July 10, 2010, 10:19:48 PM »

Quote from: T EXP on July 10, 2010, 09:26:27 AM

Tales of Vesperia - This game is boring the hell out of me. I will keep playing but I'm not impressed so far.

This game is growing on me but it is still too

for my tastes. It seems to be a traditional JRPG though, which I haven't played in ages. Simplistic combat but I'm sure the game will continue to build on the combat system.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6274 on:** July 10, 2010, 11:04:13 PM »

Remember to change which character you are playing as every so often. Yuri's combat is pretty shallow even after all systems are opened and you'll get bored if you stick with him. Spear girl is more interesting to play as.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #6275 on:** July 10, 2010, 11:06:30 PM »

friends and I are on our second play of Borderlands. I'm lvl 48 right now and so is another. our other friend is 55 and has already logged over 130 hours in the game.

i got a sick shotgun that does 180 x12 with a four shot magazine.

MCD · « **Reply #6276 on:** July 11, 2010, 12:09:44 AM »

i never get bored of yuri. no one gets bored of yuri.

fuck you bebpo.

demi · « **Reply #6277 on:** July 11, 2010, 12:12:22 AM »

Bebpo plays girl characters like lyte edge. CREEPS

Bebpo · « **Reply #6278 on:** July 11, 2010, 01:23:54 AM »

I play as every character in Tales games!

bork · « **Reply #6279 on:** July 11, 2010, 01:34:49 AM »

Quote from: demi on July 11, 2010, 12:12:22 AM

Bebpo plays girl characters like lyte edge. CREEPS

Huh? I use both. I picked the male in P3P.

tiesto · « **Reply #6280 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:16:06 AM »

Wow, Isa+Kachi mode is pretty awesome... 2 whole lifebars

Gonna go through the game once more on this mode, since supposedly you get a better ending... and then put the game to rest for a bit.

Finally got the first 120 stars in Galaxy 2, and did a few of the green stars... Not sure if I'm gonna give up once I get to the super hard final galaxy but we'll see.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6281 on:** July 11, 2010, 11:33:45 AM »

Finished Alan Wake. It was a pretty fun game, though it could have used more variety and the ending was garbage. Going to play through it again on Nightmare once the DLC comes out I guess.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Deadly Premonition is better

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Also playing Sega All Star Racing every once in a while. This game is pretty awesome. My only real complaint is the track variety. Do we really need three house of the dead tracks, three monkey ball tracks, three samba tracks, etc? Would have been nice if they had tracks from other Sega games that aren't really represented, like Phantasy Star (a track going through PSO's Forest would be amazing) and Nights or something. Oh well, I hope Sumo keeps making Sega games because they do great work.

I started a couple RPGs as well -- namely Persona 3 Portable and FF12 International. P3 is still godlike. The P4 combat enhancements are very welcome and the new music is nice too. I'm playing on Maniac mode and it hasn't been too hard so far, but I'm only 10~ hours in. FF12 on the other hand I'm probably going to drop for a while since the gameplay is zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I'm thinking this has to be the most auto-pilot game I've ever played. I would like to finish it some day, but probably not any time soon.

Oh and I've been playing some more SSF4 lately. Watching EVO 2010 all day every day this weekend put me in the mood for more fightan. I'm hoping to burn through the rest of my backlog pretty quickly over the next couple of months so I can mainly focus on [real] arcade games, because I'm quickly losing interest in everything else.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6282 on:** July 11, 2010, 08:57:36 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 10, 2010, 12:52:09 PM

Quote from: am nintenho on July 09, 2010, 05:23:45 PM
I was playing one of the final stage battles in Brutal Legend and I just couldn't beat it so I bumped it down to "groupie" difficulty. I just finished the game now and yay I got the roadie and groupie achievements (they're probably stacked though). The funniest thing is that it actually gave me a warning when I lowered the difficulty that it would prevent certain achievements from unlocking.
Which battle?

I had big trouble with Dry Ice Wet Graves, but after I figured out how to play it as an RTS, it was simpler. Then the last two battles are all overly-scripted, so I had trouble again, until I realized that I could take my time with them in a way that would be suicide in an actual RTS.

Yeah that one. I wish they made the stage battles less RTSish in general.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #6283 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:00:59 AM »

Just finished my Zelda marathon. Now I'm playing Okami Wii. This shit is tight

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6284 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:12:15 AM »

Okami is the best Zelda game. Actually funny and good looking, amazing soundtrack. Nintards OWNED

Im up to case 4 in Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth. Game is pretty good, kinda miss the courtroom action though. Its decent but is still outshone by PW1 and PW3. All the Badger theme park stuff was pretty awesome.

Picking away at Puzzle Quest 2, its not as addictive as PQ1 IMO, so I generally have 5 battles or so then get bored, game is fun in short bursts though. My dude is level 20 or so currently.

REALLY pressuring myself to finish Phantasy Star II (3/4ths through), Last Remnant (20 hours in), Persona 3 (60 hours in, up to final dungeon) and Tales of Vesperia (30 hours in). I havent finished a jrpg in a couple of years or so

Dudebro shooters ruined my attention span! Gotta beat all of these games, then get FFXIII and Resonance of Fate

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6285 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:28:48 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on July 12, 2010, 01:12:15 AM

Okami is the best Zelda game.

YOU MEAN ALUNDRA

bork · « **Reply #6286 on:** July 12, 2010, 12:11:52 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on July 12, 2010, 01:28:48 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on July 12, 2010, 01:12:15 AM
Okami is the best Zelda game.

YOU MEAN ALUNDRA

YOU MEAN LANDSTALKER

demi · « **Reply #6287 on:** July 12, 2010, 12:12:33 PM »

uh, no, definitely alundra

chronovore · « **Reply #6288 on:** July 12, 2010, 12:52:46 PM »

You mean "Darkstalkers."

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6289 on:** July 12, 2010, 02:08:27 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 12, 2010, 12:12:33 PM

uh, no, definitely alundra

truth

super-hard puzzles + shitty townspeople all die = mind-blowing

Quote from: chronovore on July 12, 2010, 12:52:46 PM

You mean "Darkstalkers."

reported

magus · « **Reply #6290 on:** July 12, 2010, 03:10:52 PM »

alundra would have been the most kickass zelda clone ever if it wasn't for that extremly annoying hunter dream sequence where you have to play freakin sokoban

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6291 on:** July 12, 2010, 03:19:14 PM »

Quote from: Good Day Sir on July 12, 2010, 12:11:52 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on July 12, 2010, 01:28:48 AM
Quote from: The Sceneman on July 12, 2010, 01:12:15 AM
Okami is the best Zelda game.

YOU MEAN ALUNDRA

YOU MEAN LANDSTALKER

YOU MEAN DARK SAVIOR

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6292 on:** July 12, 2010, 07:40:18 PM »

LARGE FONT
Er, I'm playing Mass Effect 2. It's really fucking good and destroys FFXIII. Japan is dead.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6293 on:** July 12, 2010, 07:47:01 PM »

Thats like comparing urine and faeces, completely different content and styles

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6294 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:21:43 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on July 12, 2010, 07:47:01 PM

Thats like comparing Pinot Grigio and faeces, completely different content and styles

tiesto · « **Reply #6295 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:36:21 PM »

Feces is giving FF13 too much credit. Play Resonance of Fate before you declare Japan dead.

Eric P · « **Reply #6296 on:** July 12, 2010, 09:59:37 PM »

getting to the end of ME1, i think

i'm chasing after saren to some jungle planet

it's pretty fun, but i didn't realize just how much they would pass out levels like it was candy. i'm up to 33 and haven't done shit but steady Paragon / Main Quest stuff.

Ichirou · « **Reply #6297 on:** July 12, 2010, 10:04:29 PM »

Quote from: Good Day Sir on July 11, 2010, 01:34:49 AM

Quote from: demi on July 11, 2010, 12:12:22 AM
Bebpo plays girl characters like lyte edge. CREEPS

Huh? I use both. I picked the male in P3P.

I picked the female since I'd already beaten the male path on the PS2 version. I tend not to play as female characters if I have the choice, but I made an exception because I wanted to see the story changes. Named her Eiko Endo.

Junpei started hitting on me in the game and it creeped me the fuck out, though. A lot of the s-links are changed for the female version and the battle music got changed (dunno if it was also changed for the male version...I hope not).

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6298 on:** July 12, 2010, 10:08:14 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on July 12, 2010, 09:59:37 PM

getting to the end of ME1, i think

i'm chasing after saren to some jungle planet

it's pretty fun, but i didn't realize just how much they would pass out levels like it was candy. i'm up to 33 and haven't done shit but steady Paragon / Main Quest stuff.

yeah youre fairly close to the end. And yeah, it isnt much of an RPG, you level up pretty hard. Getting to Level 60 in subsequent playthroughs takes awhile though.

1200/1200 club here

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6299 on:** July 12, 2010, 10:25:06 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 12, 2010, 08:36:21 PM

Feces is giving FF13 too much credit. Play Resonance of Fate before you declare Japan dead.

Well yeah, for example Vesperia fucking ruled. Maybe it's just Squaresoft that're fucked.

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 2212501 times)