Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4673504 times)

Bebpo · « **Reply #6660 on:** August 12, 2010, 02:26:29 AM »

So apparently in GRID the toughest opponent is the guy you hire to drive with you. In my first race with him, I had THREE times where on a turn he rammed my back and spun me out. WTF, I AM PAYING YOU TO PLACE 2ND FOOL, STOP HITTING ME.

Bildi · « **Reply #6661 on:** August 12, 2010, 02:55:24 AM »

Fire that fool. I'm sure there's plenty of people who'll ram you in the ass for free.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6662 on:** August 12, 2010, 05:17:47 AM »

I spent six hours doing all branches of the Selvaria DLC in Valkyria to get the bonus mission where you play as her in Valkyria form.

It was pretty much the same as her in normal form wtf. I couldn't believe it when I ran up to some stupid generic soldier in my ULTIMATE VALKYRIA FORM and shot 8 million shots at him and he dropped to the ground and dodged them all. wtf. Was not worth all that effort. At least I got her super gun for shocktroopers in the main game. Bleh.

magus · « **Reply #6663 on:** August 12, 2010, 11:14:55 AM »

replaying the original SOTN on my psp
it's still like the coolest shit ever but i wish it was harder,bosses are total pushovers!

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6664 on:** August 12, 2010, 12:48:53 PM »

use crapola equipment, duh

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6665 on:** August 12, 2010, 05:48:05 PM »

yeah, magus. Dont blame the game becuase you've played it before and snagged the good gear early.

My gaming playlist is currently disgusting.

Grinding golden guns in Red Dead, at the expense of actually playing to win. Soooo over it but almost done.

Farming items and grinding spell levels in Castlevania HD.

Thats it for the next few weeks.

grindan

Having a new, immersive, games are art single player experience for the first time

Third · « **Reply #6666 on:** August 12, 2010, 08:04:01 PM »

Quote from: magus on August 12, 2010, 11:14:55 AM

replaying the original SOTN on my psp
it's still like the coolest shit ever but i wish it was harder,bosses are total pushovers!

SOTN

One of the best games ever imo. My first Castlevania game. I tried to play the Castlevania games before that, but they were pretty shitty.

magus · « **Reply #6667 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:05:17 PM »

ahahahahahahah
same! i love SOTN to death but i can't get into old castlevania at all,even rondo of blood which is supposedly super awesome looks pretty meh to me

demi · « **Reply #6668 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:08:00 PM »

Not even SC4 which is super casual and easy? Yikes...

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6669 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:13:30 PM »

demi's just trying to downplay the only good pre-Igarashi Castlevania because the SNES cart is worth a small fortune and he wants you to sell him yours so he can ebay it

I'm on to you

demi · « **Reply #6670 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:19:21 PM »

SC4 isn't worth anything and I already own it. It's just fact that it's super casual and easy. The NES games are ball-busting hard.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6671 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:28:27 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 12, 2010, 09:19:21 PM

SC4 isn't worth anything

Looks like your plan is working

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6672 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:31:12 PM »

Alright seriously, the original and Dracula's Curse are great, but I had more fun with the poop I just made 15 minutes ago than I did with Simon's Quest, so I think that kinda taints my memory of the NES installments

And I do miss the days when they were producing legitimately difficult games :'(

demi · « **Reply #6673 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:43:05 PM »

I think they were difficult just because of the hardware restrictions - like Ninja Gaiden's scrolling, making enemies reappear just because you went past their spawn spot.

Himu · « **Reply #6674 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:47:47 PM »

I'm sick to death of metroidvania's. there hasn't been a truly great metroidvania since aria. bring back linear platformer style vania.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #6675 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:55:15 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 12, 2010, 09:43:05 PM

I think they were difficult just because of the hardware restrictions - like Ninja Gaiden's scrolling, making enemies reappear just because you went past their spawn spot.

Yeah someone (slime? Sceneman?) made a great post saying basically the same thing, except that it was about how old RE and Silent Hill were so much scarier than Alan Wake. These days I'm sorta of the opinion that a game being difficult should be something that comes about through design rather than shitty controls and technical constraints, but I guess that doesn't really work when devs are so concerned about pandering to all the baddies

edit: http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32655.msg1167129#msg1167129

Beezy · « **Reply #6676 on:** August 12, 2010, 09:58:27 PM »

Nier's last few achievements are distinguished mentally-challenged. Fucking Japan. I'll settle for 930/1000. Sending it back to gamefly tomorrow after I see ending D.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6677 on:** August 12, 2010, 11:28:06 PM »

Just finished Halo ODST on Legendary with a friend. We went back and did all the firefight and vidmaster achievements as well. It's an okay game, but the campaign would have been better if you didn't have to run around a gigantic, dull city in order to get to the next mission. And firefight is terrible compared to Gears. So slow and boring.

Still playing BlazBlue CS as well. Finished the story mode with 100% completion, and I liked it waaaaay more than BBCT's story. There's still some boring sections, but overall I thought it was pretty great. For a fighting game, the amount of effort ASW put into the story is kinda ridiculous. So after I unlocked Mu, I went and got the achievement for completing 100+ challenges. The challenges in this game are a whole lot harder than SF4's. I think there's 160 total, and there's no way in hell I'm going to try to complete all of them. Just completing 100 was hard enough.

Quote from: OptimoPeach on August 12, 2010, 09:55:15 PM

These days I'm sorta of the opinion that a game being difficult should be something that comes about through design rather than shitty controls and technical constraints, but I guess that doesn't really work when devs are so concerned about pandering to all the baddies

edit: http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32655.msg1167129#msg1167129

These games still exist, but they mostly come from niche developers whose entire focus is making games with hardcore difficulty, like Cave. There's still some big budget, mainstream games that will destroy you without mercy, but you can count them on one hand for this gen.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6678 on:** August 12, 2010, 11:45:33 PM »

I'm trying to play Wolfenstein (the one from last year), and it seems decently fun, but the amount of head bobbing is ludicrous. Every time I sprint it feels like my head is splitting. I can't remember the last time this has happened in a game.

chronovore · « **Reply #6679 on:** August 13, 2010, 12:50:27 AM »

600 bucks worth of new 360 crap (including the price of the new 360), and I'm staring down 30 hours of travel with a DSi and the GTA Chinatown Wars installed as the only cart I brought with me.
/ironywinsagain

Oh, crap, wait: I just got that new iPhone version of Civ Rev while it was free. Looks like I know what I'll be schooling myself up on during the flights home and layovers.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6680 on:** August 13, 2010, 03:29:29 AM »

So I guess I have found the genre I am awesome at? Tile based srpgs.

Everyone kept saying Devil Survivor is really hard for the first 3 days and then gets easy. I just finished Day 3 and the only time I've died was the first boss in the game day 1 because I hadn't started skill cracking, so I did that and went back and kicked his ass. I don't get what was supposed to be so hard about this game. It's just as easy as most megaten games these days. Hit the weaknesses or hit hard physically, do all party attacks, focus on the leader in a pinch. And the added srpg elements are pretty simple too: bring a +7 move demon to start out with and switch him when you've gotten where you want to be on the map in a turn or two; heal before/after attacks, use long range attacks when possible. I dunno, it all seems pretty straightforward and the demon auction + demon search means you can get yourself a badass team of demons at anytime in a few mins. I mean you want hard megaten you talk about Uroborous 2nd form in SJ, this stuff is no problem compared to that.

And then in the Tactics Ogre thread on gaf, everyone talks up the difficulty but uhh, it was one of my first srpgs and I never thought it was particularly frustratingly hard or anything. I remember having a good ole' time playing through it.

But then I found Valkyria Chronicles to be incredibly hard and frustrating and 1000x more difficult than devil survivor, yet everyone says VC is pretty easy.

So yeah, I've discovered I am aligned with tile based srpgs and anything other type of srpg breaks my brain.

magus · « **Reply #6681 on:** August 13, 2010, 05:23:30 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 12, 2010, 09:47:47 PM

I'm sick to death of metroidvania's. there hasn't been a truly great metroidvania since aria. bring back linear platformer style vania.

it's their fault for dumbing it down with each metroidvania,heck i haven't played harmony of dissonance but it looks insulting when they don't even bother into making new music or monsters or characters

iconoclast · « **Reply #6682 on:** August 13, 2010, 12:15:36 PM »

Network mode in BlazBlue CS is really a step back from Calamity Trigger. I know they don't want you to pick and choose who you're fighting in ranked match, but this matchmaking is SLOOOOOOOOW. Hope they patch this ASAP. At this rate it's going to take forever to get to level 50. $:-\$

Makoto is kinda hard to play online too. The lag really messes up the timing on her drive attacks. Think I'll be sticking with Ragna as my main with Makoto, Lambda, and Tsubaki as my side characters.

tiesto · « **Reply #6683 on:** August 13, 2010, 06:33:52 PM »

Final scenario of Treasure of the Rudras... apparently I'm gonna need to grind 20 levels to beat the end guy from what I hear. Hopefully that's just b/c the FAQ writer sucks.

demi · « **Reply #6684 on:** August 13, 2010, 06:34:55 PM »

If it really bothers you just use a cheat.

Akala · « **Reply #6685 on:** August 13, 2010, 09:28:47 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on August 12, 2010, 09:13:30 PM

demi's just trying to downplay the only good pre-Igarashi Castlevania because the SNES cart is worth a small fortune and he wants you to sell him yours so he can ebay it

I'm on to you

the cart is worth like $15...

Bebpo · « **Reply #6686 on:** August 14, 2010, 12:41:19 AM »

Devil Survivor
quick: if I let magical girl dori into my party on day 4 will that prevent me from getting musical girl hal in my party? I'm supposed to save her later on today and in my route she is my waifu and I want to get her in my party.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6687 on:** August 14, 2010, 01:00:18 AM »

You mean Haru? I wouldn't worry about recruiting her into your party.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Because you can't. She's not playable.

[close]

Bebpo · « **Reply #6688 on:** August 14, 2010, 01:07:34 AM »

OH MY GOD

DUCKROLL JUST TOLD ME YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SKILLS FROM THE SKILL BANK FOR ALL YOUR CHARACTERS

I can't believe I went 4 days in the game without knowing this! I thought it was like Nocturne where you had to make HARD NO TURNING BACK choices about which skills to keep and which to overwrite and lose forever. haha, I've been building my main party like 3 nocturne MCs to complement each other so they have all the bases covered. This is going to make an already fairly easy game into a super easy game where I destroy everything muhahhahahaha

iconoclast · « **Reply #6689 on:** August 14, 2010, 01:21:48 AM »

Same thing happened to me actually. I got half way through the game trying to carefully build my 3 guys so I have all the bases covered, then randomly noticed I could change Atsuro's skills when I was messing around with my setup.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6690 on:** August 14, 2010, 02:06:01 AM »

Yeah, the game is super awesome but the interface is crap. Hopefully the next one has a better UI

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6691 on:** August 14, 2010, 10:16:24 AM »

Old school Castlevania >>> Generic, uninspired Metroidvania

Anyway, I'm at Gran Pulse in FFXIII and at first I was all uguuing and shit but now I'm getting tired of the obnoxious grinding. Stage 8 of the Crystarium is designed to capitalize on that grinding, requiring you to rack up 5,000 to 10,000 CP to get a new ability. Now I'm bored fighting the same enemies because of the mission set up.

Half of me wants to send this back today and the other half wants me to push forward since I'm far enough into the game. There always seems to be a catch with this game. It is fun but it is like SE wanted to punish or troll the player for playing the game as well.

Himu · « **Reply #6692 on:** August 14, 2010, 01:32:58 PM »

ff13 sucks send it back in

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6693 on:** August 14, 2010, 02:36:35 PM »

I just sent it back in an hour ago.

I played through two more Cie'th stone missions and could barely stand it anymore. Played about 30 hours of it (about 5 hours or so was me leaving the game paused to do other things) The game makes it hard to like it. Every enemy at this point has about 500,000 HP and much like gaining new abilities on the Crystarium at Stage 8, you just have the grind the enemy down.

Thought about playing around on emulators for the rest of today. Gamefly says I'm finally getting The Saboteur, after having it on my queue for over eight months now!

demi · « **Reply #6694 on:** August 14, 2010, 03:18:30 PM »

Sounds like you are doing it wrong. You can defeat enemies with 5 million HP (Adamantoise) in under 2 minutes

Himu · « **Reply #6695 on:** August 14, 2010, 03:57:32 PM »

what games have you played recently texp? maybe playing crappy AAA games is a part of the burnout. It was for me.

demi · « **Reply #6696 on:** August 14, 2010, 03:59:36 PM »

Being jaded and having anxienty problems helps too

Himu · « **Reply #6697 on:** August 14, 2010, 04:00:44 PM »

well sorry for being jaded

Positive Touch · « **Reply #6698 on:** August 14, 2010, 04:40:45 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 14, 2010, 03:18:30 PM

Sounds like you are doing it wrong. You can defeat enemies with 5 million HP (Adamantoise) in under 2 minutes

wtf how

i'm having the same problem as t exp but i payed full price for this p.o.s. instead of gameflying it

Himu · « **Reply #6699 on:** August 14, 2010, 04:42:26 PM »

Enemies have weaknesses. Hit them with their weakness magic, hit rav/rav/com and watch the fireworks and go to sleep. A lot of enemies have to be un-buffed at that stage of the game, so make syn/sab/med or some shit your default paradigm. When battle starts buff party and unbuff enemies, when de-protect and de-shell or whatever are activated, switch to rav/rav/com and unload a shit sandwich.

demi · « **Reply #6700 on:** August 14, 2010, 04:50:29 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on August 14, 2010, 04:40:45 PM

Quote from: demi on August 14, 2010, 03:18:30 PM
Sounds like you are doing it wrong. You can defeat enemies with 5 million HP (Adamantoise) in under 2 minutes

wtf how

i'm having the same problem as t exp but i payed full price for this p.o.s. instead of gameflying it

chronovore · « **Reply #6701 on:** August 14, 2010, 07:51:53 PM »

I'm playing "transfer my license," an interactive farming simulation where you accommodate Microsoft's DRM by redownloading everything you ever bought from them, and tending the download queue with constant nursing, since it will only allow 30 items at a time.

And it just dawns on me that I still need to get my game saves off the old HDD, or all my mid-game progresses will die, er, mid-progress.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6702 on:** August 15, 2010, 10:13:37 AM »

At the end, I had COM/SAB/SYN until my characters had every status upgrade they can get and the enemies have every downgrade they can get. Then I hit with RAV/RAV/COM or MED/MED/SYN as necessary.

The YT video is interesting but it looks like every character needed to have 5 ATBs. I have that for Lightning but I can't be bothered to continually grind to get it for the others.

Quote from: Himuro on August 14, 2010, 03:57:32 PM

what games have you played recently texp? maybe playing crappy AAA games is a part of the burnout. It was for me.

Tales of Vesperia and Final Fantasy XIII

I guess burnout is the wrong word. I've just been working long hours. With that, hitting the gym, and current drama with a girlfriend, I just don't feel like gaming. I really only play on the weekends and even then, I have to force myself. I wanted to get a Wii and SMG2 but I know I'll never play it so I don't bother. The SNES roms I do play are often for short periods of time.

magus · « **Reply #6703 on:** August 15, 2010, 12:11:44 PM »

i finaly finished arc rise fantasia,i guess i'll tackle the bonus dungeon next

demi · « **Reply #6704 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:07:06 PM »

Order of Ecclesia is such a bad Castlevania game. I never made it past the Crab boss because it was distinguished mentally-challenged, but I sat down while playing DR and I powered through him. I'm not sure how far I am exactly (going to the Mansion after visiting the village a 2nd time), but everything about this game is so shit.

- The story progression and map layouts
- The relics
- The glyph system
- The weakness system
- Useless glyphs
- The loot is god awful
- The quests are dumb and yield zero reward
- Shanoa is the most cardboard bimbo in the entire series
- She doesn't even have a downward kick move

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6705 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:10:20 PM »

all your points are valid.

Problem is I enjoy the gameplay hooks of Metroidvanias so much that even the worst Metriodvania is still good :'(

MCD · « **Reply #6706 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:11:05 PM »

This is why

JONATHAN CHARLOTTE JONATHAN CHARLOTTE JONATHAN CHARLOTTE JONATHAN CHARLOTTE JONATHAN CHARLOTTE

Was the better game.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6707 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:15:03 PM »

I liked PoR becuase it was massive and there were a ton of maps to battle through.

demi · « **Reply #6708 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:16:29 PM »

btw I tried the shop online and couldnt find a single one. What a useless feature. Also the goodies you get from connecting to Judgment Wii doesn't stay on new games, it only affects the one you saved on. Fuckin a.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6709 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:17:27 PM »

DoS > OoE >>>>>>>> Portrait of Shit

Actually, I'd say DoS and OoE are pretty equal. DoS is an easy metroidvania to breeze through, OoE is a slightly more challenging level-based side scroller. They're not completely comparable so it's hard for me to say which one I prefer. I do like the setting, story, and art in OoE a lot more though.

Portrait of Ruin is just terrible though. Worst metroidvania I've played by far*

*I haven't played some of the GBA ones.

chronovore · « **Reply #6710 on:** August 15, 2010, 06:19:03 PM »

Guitar Hero 5.

...It's Guitar Hero, but unlike GH3, it doesn't seem repetitive and mean-spirited. The graphics are quite good; they make Rock Band look really, really low-res in comparison.

magus · « **Reply #6711 on:** August 15, 2010, 07:15:26 PM »

i love SOTN because there is so much cool shit to find,you punch a monster and he drops a sword-boomerang! YAY! or pick aria of sorrow,you murder a maid and suddenly you can now summon a skeleton vacuum!

in order of eclessia you get a "melio sword" literaly a "better sword" what the heck happened to all the other cool toys?

demi · « **Reply #6712 on:** August 15, 2010, 07:18:25 PM »

It also doesnt tell you what spells are stronger than the other.

Why do I want to use lightning spell when the shitty ass twirling lightballs spell does more damage?

Bebpo · « **Reply #6713 on:** August 15, 2010, 10:19:54 PM »

It really is.

Too bad Wipeout is apparently dead. Such a great franchise.

tiesto · « **Reply #6714 on:** August 15, 2010, 10:35:14 PM »

Final battle of Rudras... gonna beat it tomorrow. Level grinding wasn't bad at all, there were a lot of enemies that gave great EXP in the final 2 dungeons.

iconoclast · « **Reply #6715 on:** August 15, 2010, 11:24:19 PM »

Played through Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA over the last few days. What an awesome game. There's some stuff I really hate about (endless key collectan, stupid trial-and-error switch puzzles, constantly spawning enemies behind you after you enter a room...), but it's still excellent. It's a real shame that they don't make FPS like this any more. I guess that's because this is a game from when PC gaming was still relevant.

Also, the XBLA port is shit. Yes, let's force you to slowly cycle through every god damn weapon you have in order to get to the one you want. At least map them to the d-pad ala Half-Life 2, jesus christ.

Still playing BlazBlue as well. Played a couple hundred ranked matches over the last few days in my quest to level 50. Once you get to the mid thirties, it really starts to take a while to level up. But anyway, I really love playing as Ragna. His combos aren't terribly difficulty and they can get you a good 4000 damage. Love it. I need to spend more time on dustloop though because I only know a few combos with him.

Honestly, right now I think BlazBlue is more fun to play than Street Fighter 4, but SSF4 is no doubt the superior game. Looking forward to downloading Valkenhayn and Platinum, at any rate.

Third · « **Reply #6716 on:** August 16, 2010, 02:16:13 AM »

Quote from: The Experiment on August 14, 2010, 10:16:24 AM

Old school Castlevania >>> Generic, uninspired Metroidvania

No.

Quote from: a slime appears on August 15, 2010, 08:42:34 PM

I've been playing a lot of PS3 this weekend. Plowing through God of War 3 and Uncharted 2. Holy fuck those games look GREAT.

Welcome to real next gen console gaming.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6717 on:** August 16, 2010, 03:09:32 AM »

Got Puzzle Quest 2 for the pee sea. Played for about two hours, beat the Cat Man. Game is awesome.

chronovore · « **Reply #6718 on:** August 16, 2010, 07:49:30 AM »

Quote from: Third on August 16, 2010, 02:16:13 AM

Quote from: a slime appears on August 15, 2010, 08:42:34 PM
I've been playing a lot of PS3 this weekend. Plowing through God of War 3 and Uncharted 2. Holy fuck those games look GREAT.

Welcome to real next gen console gaming.

Yeah, Slime! Enjoy both those games! Try not to run through them too fast, or you'll run out of exclusives.

bork · « **Reply #6719 on:** August 16, 2010, 11:21:08 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on August 15, 2010, 06:17:27 PM

DoS > OoE >>>>>>>> Portrait of Shit

Actually, I'd say DoS and OoE are pretty equal. DoS is an easy metroidvania to breeze through, OoE is a slightly more challenging level-based side scroller. They're not completely comparable so it's hard for me to say which one I prefer. I do like the setting, story, and art in OoE a lot more though.

Portrait of Ruin is just terrible though. Worst metroidvania I've played by far*

*I haven't played some of the GBA ones.

I still like Aria Of Sorrow far more than any of the DS Metroidvanias. It and SoTN are the best in the series.

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4673504 times)