Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4673505 times)

chronovore · « **Reply #6600 on:** August 06, 2010, 11:47:02 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2010, 09:30:31 AM

First order of business this weekend is Zombie Genocider + Indoorsman + Outdoorsman + Karate Master (if possible). I won't be going for Saint or anything that requires a full play until I hit Level 50 (34 right now).

If you're over level 25, Karate Master is simple. If you're over 40, it's so easy as to be dumb. I think I got it using the Lariat move over and over.

demi · « **Reply #6601 on:** August 06, 2010, 11:51:02 PM »

Darkstar was $14 for 360? Damn thats flopzilla. I will have to look for that, then. I would buy it for $14

Bebpo · « **Reply #6602 on:** August 07, 2010, 12:41:44 AM »

I think I got it for like $3.74 last steam sale.

PC gaming

Been on a PC kick lately. Blew through Kane & Lynch. Just finished Dirt 2 which was mainly sex except that it barely has any tracks so everything after 5 hours is a repetitive grind, but those first 5 hours are golden. Playing Dirt 1 which is pretty sucky after Dirt 2 and playing Serious Sam HD First Encounter which is an insane and ridiculous game

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6603 on:** August 07, 2010, 12:41:59 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on August 06, 2010, 11:41:53 PM

Quote from: demi on August 05, 2010, 11:19:59 PM
I just started this

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PC Gaming

That was 14 bucks at Walmart today; I thought about it, and honestly wondered if it was "a demi game." In the end, I passed on it. In the end, if I'm going to get into something space-combatty and complex, I'll use a PC.

It came out on PC four years ago.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6604 on:** August 07, 2010, 05:24:03 PM »

Serious Sam is ridiculous. It's just way, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for 1p
I can see this being awesome with 16p coop, but 1p it's just too many damn enemies. Even if you survive it feels like a grind. So many enemies you gotta kill each area before you can move on.

Definitely not gonna play 2nd encounter. But will finish up First Encounter. I have like 4 stars left at this point.

magus · « **Reply #6605 on:** August 07, 2010, 06:50:51 PM »

Good Thing: Someone released a new port of a TCG on the ds
Bad Thing: it's all in japanese and i have to keep a translated list of what each card does in hand to actualy play it
Worst Thing: this list only goes up to set 4 out of 9!

iconoclast · « **Reply #6606 on:** August 07, 2010, 07:24:11 PM »

Have you played Culdcept magus? There's a fan translation for the DS version, but it's incomplete. Not sure how far along it is either. You should check it out if you haven't. It's basically a TCG + Monopoly + RPG.

Since Grifball was up this weekend on Halo 3, I figured I'd finally 1750 it. Since the extermination achievement takes a good amount of luck, I thought it would take me forever, but thankfully it only took an hour or so. Now I guess I'll grind out the 0 GS achievement for getting 50 exp in a playlist since it's the last one I need.

magus · « **Reply #6607 on:** August 07, 2010, 08:14:26 PM »

yea i played the ps2 version,it wasn't bad but it really lacked card combo's and all the cool shit that make a TCG cool plus the card were a little generic,i would probably be all over card hero if nintendo wasn't distinguished mentally-challenged and refused to bring anything that doesn't feature "Wii XXXX" in the title

anyway this one i'm playing is quite neat,imagine playing magic the gathering but

- you automaticaly starts with 4 lands
- you start with 4 cards instead of 7
- you automaticaly get a new land at the start of each turn
- you only have 5 HP so after 5 direct attack you are dead
- monster only have a single value that count both as power and toughness,there are enchantment,spells can be played both as instant and sorceries,usualy instant effect are more of the 'giant growth' kind,no extra lands beside the one you get at the start and the one that card effect net you
- there is no summoning sickness but the player who goes first can't attack on the first turn
- each time you get hit,you automaticaly get a new land
- each card has affinity but it can only works up at a certain point (so for example a card priced 8 might have an affinity of 4 which means that 4 card of the same color will reduce the cost to 4 but not more than that,this is also how the game rewards single color)
- you need to keep at least 1 land locked for each monster you own
- locking more land on a monster can make him stronger or giving him more ability,same for the enchantments (for example one of the enchantment says "draw 1 card,discard 1 card" but if you lock 3 land on it,it simply becomes "draw 1 card")
- also for some weird reason there are 6 colors,there is red also known as "RUSHRUSHRUSHATTACKATTACKATTACK" and has dragons,green which is the mana generating color and has bug and beasts,black which has lands manipulation and has ghost and monster,white which is the defensive color and has robots,blue which seems to be the milling color and has weird beast hybrid and yellow which seems to be more of a support color than anything and has fairy tales related card

Beezy · « **Reply #6608 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:08:49 PM »

I beat Nier and saw the first ending. It might just be my favorite jrpg this gen. I'll decide after I see the other endings.

Edit: Anyone know where I can find the soundtrack? No one is seeding it at what.cd.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6609 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:21:25 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on August 07, 2010, 10:08:49 PM

I beat Nier and saw the first ending. It might just be my favorite jrpg this gen. I'll decide after I see the other endings.

Edit: Anyone know where I can find the soundtrack? No one is seeding it at what.cd.

http://www.gamemp3s.net/2010/04/27/that-battle-was-just-to-keep-that-future-alive/

God tier OST

demi · « **Reply #6610 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:27:46 PM »

I wont listen to that... but its gonna take a lot to top The Last Remnant music...

archie4208 · « **Reply #6611 on:** August 08, 2010, 10:14:32 AM »

Machinarium is really hard.

At least the puzzles so far are generally logical and not the typical 'use gum on dragon' stuff in other adventure games I've played.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6612 on:** August 08, 2010, 11:12:31 AM »

I'm playing through FFXIII and struggling to stay motivated to keep playing.

It seems fine but I'm just done with gaming for a while. Only thing I care to play for more than 10 minutes at a time are SNES roms.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6613 on:** August 08, 2010, 02:14:02 PM »

I hate sitting through the enemy's turn in Valkyria. It's one of those "go make a sandwhich things". SRPGs should not have the enemy turn take 5 mins. Apparently the latest Fire Emblem lets you skip watching the enemy turn completely and just see the results. That's more like it.

Quote from: archie4208 on August 08, 2010, 10:14:32 AM

Machinarium is really hard. At least the puzzles so far are generally logical and not the typical 'use gum on dragon' stuff in other adventure games I've played.

They get easier I think. The first few areas are kind of annoying tough.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6614 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:23:33 PM »

In other news Devil Survivor is super good. Megaten seal of quality continues to apply.

Love the character designs. Getting the Durarararara guy to do them is awesome because he does modern hip and dark really well.
The music is cool, but I dunno why they got some other guy if he was just going to ape meguro's buttrock, synth, and pop style. If you're gonna have someone else do megaten, let them go crazy and sound different.

The branching path stuff makes me a little sad though. Because I don't replay rpgs and there's so many choices and I don't want to miss things!

demi · « **Reply #6615 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:37:59 PM »

You can use a guide that places you at a decision point where you can branch out to any ending.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6616 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:14:48 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on August 08, 2010, 10:14:32 AM

Machinarium is really hard. At least the puzzles so far are generally logical and not the typical 'use gum on dragon' stuff in other adventure games I've played.

The problem with Machinarium was the usual adventure game problem for me of there not being enough feedback provided to determine in some cases what was usable and what was just part of the background. I knew basically how to solve certain puzzles but grappling with the interface and how to achieve that solution was frustrating in many cases.

I compare it to something like Limbo which is a different kind of game but still a puzzle game, but that game handled it a lot more brilliantly about what was actually possible.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6617 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:18:09 PM »

Finished Serious Sam FE. Did not like it at all. Not my kind of FPS.

Quote from: demi on August 08, 2010, 03:37:59 PM

You can use a guide that places you at a decision point where you can branch out to any ending.

I don't like looking at guides :X They are full of spoilerzz

Usually I just youtube the other endings after I beat it once.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6618 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:40:20 PM »

Well at least Devil Survivor's new game+ basically breaks the game. You can power through another route with ease. There's an additional boss in new game+ too.

But yes, Devil Survivor is awesome.

Best RPG on the DS.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6619 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:18:16 PM »

Quote from: T EXP on August 08, 2010, 11:12:31 AM

I'm playing through FFXIII and struggling to stay motivated to keep playing.

same here. i finally made it to the open world level but i'm getting tired of this battle system. i thought it would be great to start coming up with real strategies against all the boss monsters, but instead i'm getting my ass handed to me by the second fucking mark. yay grinding! anyone have a good guide for the terrible upgrading system?

magus · « **Reply #6620 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:35:50 PM »

i stopped playing devil survivor around day 6,it's another one of those SRPG that made me realize i simply don't like the genre,i like the fact that it has the press turn system but that's about it,i couldn't care less about the plot,slapping all the skill you need on a single demon is uber easy making customization joyless and recruiting new demon is as easy as clicking a button

plus there are a lot of annoying "PROTECT DUMBASS NPC!" missions

Himu · « **Reply #6621 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:37:06 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on August 08, 2010, 05:18:16 PM

Quote from: T EXP on August 08, 2010, 11:12:31 AM
I'm playing through FFXIII and struggling to stay motivated to keep playing.

same here. i finally made it to the open world level but i'm getting tired of this battle system. i thought it would be great to start coming up with real strategies against all the boss monsters, but instead i'm getting my ass handed to me by the second fucking mark. yay grinding! anyone have a good guide for the terrible upgrading system?

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Rman · « **Reply #6622 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:40:05 PM »

Mostly Summer of Arcade stuff--Limbo and Castlevania HD.

Himu · « **Reply #6623 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:40:25 PM »

how is castlevania hod

iconoclast · « **Reply #6624 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:55:59 PM »

About 500x better than it looks. Game kicks ass.

demi · « **Reply #6625 on:** August 08, 2010, 06:11:10 PM »

As I have fortold, so it is true. Castlevania is amazing.

Yall busters should listen to me more often...

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6626 on:** August 08, 2010, 06:39:02 PM »

Himuro doesnt actually care

- no 360

- even if he had a 360 will make 4 threads flip flopping over buying it even though everyone says BUY

happens all the time

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6627 on:** August 08, 2010, 06:40:47 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 08, 2010, 05:37:06 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on August 08, 2010, 05:18:16 PM
Quote from: T EXP on August 08, 2010, 11:12:31 AM
I'm playing through FFXIII and struggling to stay motivated to keep playing.

same here. i finally made it to the open world level but i'm getting tired of this battle system. i thought it would be great to start coming up with real strategies against all the boss monsters, but instead i'm getting my ass handed to me by the second fucking mark. yay grinding! anyone have a good guide for the terrible upgrading system?

rav/rav/com
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yeah no that doesn't work. i skip a good amount of wandering monsters so the game's boss fights are actually pretty tough and i have to come up with strategies to beat them. i like it that way, but now i'm paying for it because i can't last over a minute in a fight with most of this level's monsters

Bebpo · « **Reply #6628 on:** August 08, 2010, 06:42:58 PM »

Started playing Grid again, this time on X360 now that I'm done with Dirt 1/2. Wasn't feeling it on PC, but on X360 the motion blur seems a lot better + it has achievements and for some reason it seems to control better than playing with a X360 pad on PC. So I'm enjoying it now. It's no PGR, but it's not a bad B- wannabe.

Getting excited to finally play Forza 3. I love racing games, but after PGR died and GT never came out I kind of bailed on the genre. Dirt 2 PC got me back in by giving me that Rallisport Challenge 2 feeling all over again. So my plan of catching up on racers is Dirt 2 -> Dirt 1 -> Grid -> Forza 3 -> GT5. Might give PURE another shot, but I dunno. I got pretty far a few years back and it was ok but got kind of boring. And I would go back to Motorstorm PR campaign but I think I got to the point in it where I basically said "fuck that AI". Will wait for Motorstorm 3 and hope they finally tone down the AI a bit.

Himu · « **Reply #6629 on:** August 08, 2010, 06:44:36 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on August 08, 2010, 06:39:02 PM

- even if he had a 360 will make 4 threads flip flopping over buying it even though everyone says BUY

happens all the time

what are you talking about

This is about me not buying muscle march isn't

Himu · « **Reply #6630 on:** August 08, 2010, 07:00:24 PM »

Oh, CV: HoD isn't on psn eh?

*shrugs*

Bebpo · « **Reply #6631 on:** August 08, 2010, 07:55:04 PM »

wow, ninja blade is amazing. Why did I wait this long to play it. :O

It's like NG x GoW x RE. All my favorite games in one!
The graphics are soooo nice besides the occasional really low framerate.

From Software

Otogi Team

demi · « **Reply #6632 on:** August 08, 2010, 08:10:35 PM »

Must have missed my AMAZING praise when it came out and everyone was like UMMMM ITS NOT NINJA GAIDEN

Just chalk it up to my AMAZING intution

cool breeze · « **Reply #6633 on:** August 08, 2010, 08:23:48 PM »

really? I only tried the demo and it wasn't too hot

maybe I'll check it out eventually. It's a Japanese game on PC, so it should have loli rape sim elements, no?

Himu · « **Reply #6634 on:** August 08, 2010, 08:46:45 PM »

ninja blade demo sucked

Beezy · « **Reply #6635 on:** August 08, 2010, 09:24:13 PM »

A lot of demos suck.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6636 on:** August 09, 2010, 12:10:23 AM »

COMIX ZONE

I'm loving this Genesis collection

TripleA · « **Reply #6637 on:** August 09, 2010, 12:29:36 AM »

Finally finished Zeno Clash.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

4/10.

+ Fantastic atmosphere, great graphics, intriguing story.

- Horrendous gameplay design, incredibly repetitive, terrible voice acting, terrible sound design, terrible ending.

[close]

Now playing: SC2, SSFIV (Ps3 version).

magus · « **Reply #6638 on:** August 09, 2010, 07:10:36 PM »

the fact that there is a bomberman + zelda game still boogles my mind,maybe i should give it another spin
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
also super robot taisen pinball!

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Bebpo · « **Reply #6639 on:** August 09, 2010, 07:16:00 PM »

That's awesome!

magus, you should join us in the mecha robro thread sometime. Anyone who likes shine spark is welcome.

demi · « **Reply #6640 on:** August 09, 2010, 07:21:11 PM »

That guy playing pinball is garbage.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6641 on:** August 09, 2010, 07:33:26 PM »

Quote from: magus on August 09, 2010, 07:10:36 PM

the fact that there is a bomberman + zelda game still boogles my mind,maybe i should give it another spin
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

The music was pretty great but that's about it. Sooooo boring

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6642 on:** August 09, 2010, 08:44:53 PM »

Sacred 2 keeps sucking me in and I end up playing for several hours at a time.

"Gotta do this one quest over here and then I can finish."

"Ah man, there's a three more quests over here and the closest portal is a long ways away." $:-\$

"Okay, this one more quest here and then I can get back to that other que-NO!! It's a multi-part quest!!" :'( $:-\$ :'( $:-\$

Eric P · « **Reply #6643 on:** August 09, 2010, 09:02:16 PM »

mass effect 2

i don't know if i like it or not

lots of extraneous flourishes.

magus · « **Reply #6644 on:** August 10, 2010, 12:41:12 PM »

another game i could never finish of when i was a little kid is a TMNT metroidvania (there are power-up and you get more power everytime you rescue a turtle which let you explore more so i guess it fits the definition) that's hard as bollock
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

there is a map but it's so badly done that you still end up getting lost most of the time tough i guess this being a 1993 game it's already a miracle that someone tought of putting a map!

anyway apparently it was made by konami so now i know in which direction i should shake my angry fist!

tiesto · « **Reply #6645 on:** August 10, 2010, 06:28:08 PM »

Soon to be playing a real life version of Fallout 3's Point Lookout addon

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6646 on:** August 10, 2010, 06:30:53 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on August 10, 2010, 06:28:08 PM

Soon to be playing a real life version of Fallout 3's Point Lookout addon

Bebpo · « **Reply #6647 on:** August 11, 2010, 12:36:30 AM »

Ninja Turret Gun!
Ninja Missile riding!
Ninja Air Bike Driving!

Ninja Blade was Bayonetta before Bayonetta :O

The only complaint I have is the missions are fucking LONG (~1 hour) and you can't save mid-mission afaik. So once you start a mission you need to committ a lot of time. Will be sticking to 1 mission per night because of this.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #6648 on:** August 11, 2010, 02:04:53 AM »

I'm playing Raven's Wolverine game (the one that came out last year and runs on UE3). This game is FUCKING AWESOME. It plays super smooth and has some of the most hilarious kills I've ever seen, like ramming a dude's head into helicopter blades and impaling a guy on a 50-cal that's unloading into your chest. Then there's shit with boats that's just

Looks like they poured a ton of money into the game too. Too bad Singularity didn't have the same amount of love and care

chronovore · « **Reply #6649 on:** August 11, 2010, 10:17:55 AM »

Crap, I totally forgot about Wolvie's game. The demo for it was pretty badass. I've not seen it ANYWHERE. It must have had a sizable initial print run, tanked at retail, and no follow-up pressings, leading to its current unavailability.

Robo · « **Reply #6650 on:** August 11, 2010, 12:39:09 PM »

Finally getting around to playing through Half-Life 2 in its entirety since Stoney mentioned it a few pages back and I remembered that I'd never finished it. This is the third or fourth time I've started it, and I usually end up quitting during one of the lengthy vehicle chapters or during Ravenholm, but I'm past all of that at this point.

Playing this on a console is dampering my enjoyment of the combat due to the awful weapon-switching, preventing me to reacting to every scenario they way I'd like to. Quickswap would remedy the problem, but requires some care to set up due to the way you cycle through the weapon "tiers", and you'll occasionally end up with a weapon in your swap that you didn't intend. Otherwise it's fine. I would've started on the PC version, but I've got Orange Box for 360 practically untouched and that's where I'll be playing Episodes 1 and 2 anyway.

There's really nothing else to add that hasn't been said already. The game is pretty awesome and every section seems like there was a lot of care put into its design. The puzzles, especially, are so intuitive that you never spend a lot of time on them, but make you feel pretty clever in having solved them anyhow.

Himu · « **Reply #6651 on:** August 11, 2010, 12:53:27 PM »

stoney never said what he thought of ep2

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #6652 on:** August 11, 2010, 12:59:58 PM »

Before starting Wolvie I tried Darkest of Days. Oh my god! So shit. I thought it'd be charming-bad like Deadly Premonition, but it's just BAD.

demi · « **Reply #6653 on:** August 11, 2010, 01:04:11 PM »

You cant quit that game until you get the 100 point horse punching achievement

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6654 on:** August 11, 2010, 04:29:29 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 11, 2010, 12:53:27 PM

stoney never said what he thought of ep2

I'll try to finish it up before the weekend hits but realistically it may be sometime next week before I get back to it. I'm enjoying it so far though.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6655 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:02:54 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 11, 2010, 01:04:11 PM

You cant quit that game until you get the 100 point horse punching achievement

I want that achievement, pity the game never came out in PALland

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #6656 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:58:26 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 11, 2010, 01:04:11 PM

You cant quit that game until you get the 100 point horse punching achievement

Oh, OK, I'll play it then.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #6657 on:** August 11, 2010, 08:22:04 PM »

Fuck Civ4, man.

I had the best game going as Lincoln in 2,000+ games. I got Mansa Musa as a Vassal midway and crushed the Khmer into capitulation. I was just finishing up the last 2 pieces of my spaceship, literally 4 turns left, and Willaim van shithead wins a cultural victory!!!!!!!!!!!?

?

I was 1200+ points ahead of the next person.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6658 on:** August 11, 2010, 11:03:35 PM »

Cultural victories are so gay.

billyofcourse · « **Reply #6659 on:** August 11, 2010, 11:32:20 PM »

LoZ: Majora's Mask

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4673505 times)