What are you playing?

[Don Flamenco]

the game clock says 6 and a half hours! 

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3 were afk  :'(

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[demi]

> HE BOUGHT BAYONETTA EARLY AND STILL DOESNT PLAY IT

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[duckman2000]

Flower sure is purty. Wish I had some shrooms.

[chronovore]

Flower is crazy pretty -- but why did all you guys get free codes? How...?

I'm playing Assassins Creed 2, and am stunned at its size and such compared to the original. I spent the first 2 hours thinking "more of the same" and then got to the new stuff. It will take a long while to finish this off.

[Cormacaroni]

my guess on the free codes is game sharing.

[demi]

I gave up on my DQ series playthrough. I cannot stomach playing these older games on emulators. There's too much incentive to just cheat, save state, and speed your way through. Maybe its just the old yucko graphics too.

I started DQ4 DS (my main reason for playing 1-3) and I'm instantly washed over and relaxed on how I can enjoy this game.

[cool breeze]

Flower is crazy pretty -- but why did all you guys get free codes? How...?

my guess on the free codes is game sharing.

The Spike VGA thing had a contest where you pick what you think would win best Indie game and you'd be entered to win it.  Flower won.

[demi]

Flower is crazy pretty -- but why did all you guys get free codes? How...?

my guess on the free codes is game sharing.

The Spike VGA thing had a contest where you pick what you think would win best Indie game and you'd be entered to win it.  Flower won.

Osmos got codes sent out too. No reports of Splision man or Trials yet.

[magus]

I gave up on my DQ series playthrough. I cannot stomach playing these older games on emulators. There's too much incentive to just cheat, save state, and speed your way through. Maybe its just the old yucko graphics too.

I started DQ4 DS (my main reason for playing 1-3) and I'm instantly washed over and relaxed on how I can enjoy this game.

i can't play NES rpg,you just get swarmed in random battles and they last like forever!

[demi]

I was using the SNES versions. Maybe if they ran good on the DS emulators I would play them before I went to bed. I really wasnt getting into playing it on my Wii.

[Ichirou]

Finished the third mission in Assassin's Creed.  I missed out on some of the investigations, though...can I go back and replay the assassination missions at some point in the game?

[Ichirou]

DS doesn't play GBC games...unless you're talking pirated ROMs, then, I dunno.

[demi]

hurr

[Rman]

Started playing PixelJunk Shooter.  Definitely PixelJunk's best game so far.  Not a tower defense fan and Eden got repetitive.  Good value for ten bucks.  Still looking to beat Punch-Out Wii and Etrian Odyssey 2 post game.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I haven't touched Flower since I beat it last Feburary or March or whenever the hell it came out but I really ended up liking it for whatever it was trying to be.  I wasn't initially sold on the first couple of levels but by the time the end rolled around I bought in on the concept.  Just a really nice one of a kind experience.

And around the same time Flower came out, Royksopp's album Junior was released with their song "Vision One" on it and since then I've always associated it with Flower.  The lyrics are amazingly spot on.  I really kind of want to make a video featuring the two together.

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[chronovore]

Playing a borrowed copy of Stuntman Ignition today. The game is pretty fun; the auto-reload makes initiating a re-do, which is pretty much constant, nearly painless. In as much as that, it's like Trials HD. It's not nearly as painful and exacting as that game, but it feels similar.

Started and finished Flower on PS3. I've paid more for movies that lasted about the same amount of time and were less enjoyable. The game is gorgeous and full of charm. I like the controls but am a little surprised they didn't go with full motion controls instead of including a stick. I also liked the playable credits but wished they'd ended them a bit earlier or been a bit more loose with them.

Though I've finished it, I'm clearly missing one big flowerpot in the middle of the selection screen desk, and I may have also screwed up the first "dark" level where you can get shocked and burned down to your base petal.

I dont think that flowerpot is ther bro. We tried to unlock it with all the testers last year but no banana.

Ah, OK, thanks for that. I'm guessing you had testers who found each of the three hidden flowers in all of the levels? That's the only thing I can guess would put a pot there.

Finished the third mission in Assassin's Creed.  I missed out on some of the investigations, though...can I go back and replay the assassination missions at some point in the game?

The Animus allows you to go back and replay any memory, which allows you to perform the missing actions and complete the sequence. That's what I ended up doing for several early missions, I think after I'd even finished the final mission.

[Ichirou]

Figured it out and completed the sequence, started the fourth memory sequence now.

[Brehvolution]

The kids bought wii sports resort, another wiimo+, and nunchuck with their xmas money last night so we played that for a long time. Archery is pretty cool. I hit a bulls eye on the bridge.

[BlueTsunami]

Installing Fallout 3 GOTY

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Battlefield 1943 - I got the controls down, kind of.  I need to adjust to FPS controls.

Lumines Live - I loved the first one on PSP.  What happened here?

I got a Gamefly account so I have Bayonetta, L4D2, Borderlands, and Batman on queue.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Trying to play Ace Combat 6, but I just can't get into it for some reason. I remember really enjoying Ace Combat 4 back in the day, and this doesn't seem that much different.

[Stoney Mason]

I got a Gamefly account so I have Bayonetta, L4D2, Borderlands, and Batman on queue.

Just a heads up but if you are new to Gamefly don't fill up your queue if you are trying to get the latest games. They will always send you the more available stuff (older) and never send you the latest stuff. You have to leave it empty except for the new stuff and they will eventually send you that.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I got a Gamefly account so I have Bayonetta, L4D2, Borderlands, and Batman on queue.

Just a heads up but if you are new to Gamefly don't fill up your queue if you are trying to get the latest games. They will always send you the more available stuff (older) and never send you the latest stuff. You have to leave it empty except for the new stuff and they will eventually send you that.

Thanks for the tip.

I guess the game I'd get first is Batman, which is fine I guess and has high availability.

[cool breeze]

Indigo Prophecy.  Playing this killed any mild interest I had in Heavy Rain.  Holy shit the is writing intolerable.  Some ideas about actions affecting the story are interesting but it is soooo boring.  The QTEs don't even make sense here; I talked to this chinese guy and there was a QTE for saying hello...what.

[Stoney Mason]

I like Indigo Prophecy especially the early parts of the game, which supposedly is where Heavy Rain is taking more of its emphasis from rather than the later parts. We'll see. Certainly a niche title but I'm part of that niche.

[cool breeze]

Everything up to the autopsy and the office scene is pretty cool imho swaggaz.

yeah, those parts were interesting.  Occasionally there are other moments that seem cool too.  But then there is "I'M SCARED OF CLOSED SPACES...YEP, YOU'VE HEARD THE WORD BEFORE: 'CLAUSTROPHOBIC'" *press left/right for ten minutes while walking around slowly solving a simple puzzle*

by those parts I mean the diner and cleaning up the apartment, btw.

I like Indigo Prophecy especially the early parts of the game, which supposedly is where Heavy Rain is taking more of its emphasis from rather than the later parts. We'll see. Certainly a niche title but I'm part of that niche.

yeah, we'll see.  If the writing in Heavy Rain isn't so bad and there is more a feeling that the actions you take do impact the story, then I might rent it or something.

[Stoney Mason]

yeah, we'll see.  If the writing in Heavy Rain isn't so bad and there is more a feeling that the actions you take do impact the story, then I might rent it or something.

I view Heavy Rain the same way I view Culdcept Saga. Culdcept Saga is a game I absolutely love and is actually one of those very minor decisions that slightly impacts which system I might buy that its on. Its also very niche and specifically targeted towards a narrow audience. The only difference is that Heavy Rain is being treated by the media as if its not a niche title. Which is a bit unfortunate.

[cool breeze]

I havent gotten pass the office QTE yet.

I didn't think it was too bad.  Are you playing with a controller? I had WSAD and the arrow keys for that stuff and the QTEs have been mostly easy.

mouse movement actually gets annoying, and i won't spoil it, but one section was really hard because of it.  Even sweeping the blood in the diner was difficult with a mouse.

[cool breeze]

actually, the scenes where you have a limited amount of time to do something (there have been a few more of those) are really tense.  If Heavy Rain is a lot of that stuff, I'd be interested.

[fistfulofmetal]

Dead Space Extraction

meh.

[Mr. Gundam]

Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS
Lego Rock Band

[duckman2000]

The fortress part of Torchlight has been a drag. Think I might fire up Mass Effect instead.

[cool breeze]

Indigo Prophecy isn't that bad; I overreacted a bit.  I've narrowed the problems down to unnecessary QTEs, internal monologues, Tyler, stealth sequences, QTEs that go on too long, bad writing, and Tyler.  Other than that it is passable. 

[duckman2000]

Wipeout HD

[pilonv1]

HOLY FUCK MIRRORS EDGE PC Looks so pretty.

Getting some stupid vsync problems though even with it turned on. apparently i need to restart it for it work

[Bebpo]

Uncharted 2 just froze on me after the longest firefight in the game   Only PS3 freezes I have ever had were once in Uncharted 1 and now once in Uncharted 2.  Naughty Dog Engine breaks my PS3

*edit: thank god it autosaved immediately after the fight ended so when I continued it was post-fight.  Yay.  Time to beat the game!  Been playing 6 hours straight and it's 2:30am lol.  Game is good.

[The Sceneman]

just finished Borderlands, Brutal Legend and Mass Effect. Not sure what to play next. Will probably go through Mass Effect again for more achievements and stuff, and to be evil this time. Such a funny game

[iconoclast]

Been playing Dragon Age lately. About 20 hours in, pretty decent game so far. I'd probably like it more if it didn't take me 16 hours to finally recruit a healer into the party. Trying to finish this before I get Bayonetta in a couple days... Don't think I'm gonna make it at this rate.

Also started up Patapon 2 tonight and played it for 3 hours straight. Awesome game, don't know why I waited so long to play it.

And finally I'm still playing Mushihime-sama Futari. Nearly made it to Larsa in 1.5 Original just now, which would have been a first for me. Been struggling to even make it to stage 5 over the last few days, but I just did it while being half asleep  go figure... Nearly doubled my previous high score at least (got 160ish million now) and got a couple achievements out of it so I'm happy.

[CHOW CHOW]

dragon age ps3
tv show king (great game) psn
bomberman ultra psn
also beat the avatar game which was fun, i might write a review for it

[Ichirou]

Assassin's Creed (finished the first assassination in Mission 4)
Gundam Vs. Gundam NEXT Plus

Blue Dragon and Bayonetta are on hold till I finish AC.

[Don Flamenco]

played a few minutes of Twin Snakes this morning. 


"there's no one I'd rather have in a foxhole than you" 

[chronovore]

Stuntman Ignition is pretty neat, but I wish there was an official, no-stress "dry run" mode, because it feels unrealistic that the director is letting me go back and do stuff 20 times. This would be a series of catastrophically expensive mistakes if it were a real movie production.  Sadly, this game feels like it would have been a really nice rental, it's practically made for the rental crowd, which means no sales which means no sequel. If memory serves, THQ closed this studio and abandoned this IP. It's tragic, because this could have had some insane opportunities for furthering the license.

just finished Borderlands, Brutal Legend and Mass Effect. Not sure what to play next. Will probably go through Mass Effect again for more achievements and stuff, and to be evil this time. Such a funny game

I'm still up for multi in Brütal Legend; I've got most of those 'cheevs, but would help you get some if you like.

[MCD]

ninja gaiden 2 weapon run complete.

time to TheBlackStallion is hysterical this game.

[tiesto]

DQ7, still not even done with the first disk yet. And it's back to work tomorrow... probably won't get to play any till next weekend.

[Don Flamenco]

ninja gaiden 2 weapon run complete.

time to TheBlackStallion is hysterical this game.

you did all the weapons?  I didn't have the patience...well, I was all about it and then I saw that each one is only worth 5G!  fuck that noise.  Though from what I understand, you can pretty much run to the boss in a lot of levels.

[demi]

ninja gaiden 2 weapon run complete.

time to TheBlackStallion is hysterical this game.

you did all the weapons?  I didn't have the patience...well, I was all about it and then I saw that each one is only worth 5G!  fuck that noise.  Though from what I understand, you can pretty much run to the boss in a lot of levels.

I did it too just now. Not a big deal.

[duckman2000]

The Wipeout Fury pack is awesome, but I really don't like the new "wallpaper" in the menus. The clear white was a hell of a lot sexier. Anyway, now to get good at these tracks.

Also, this game fucking sucks online. Tried playing with my brother, and not only did the voice chat not work, but our friends only match was invaded by strangers. But then again, with the lack of bot support I guess that's for the best. Two-player Wipeout isn't that great.

[pilonv1]

Stuntman Ignition is pretty neat, but I wish there was an official, no-stress "dry run" mode, because it feels unrealistic that the director is letting me go back and do stuff 20 times. This would be a series of catastrophically expensive mistakes if it were a real movie production.  Sadly, this game feels like it would have been a really nice rental, it's practically made for the rental crowd, which means no sales which means no sequel. If memory serves, THQ closed this studio and abandoned this IP. It's tragic, because this could have had some insane opportunities for furthering the license

I really enjoyed this, but you're right about the dry run. I don't even think you get an overhead map view beforehand to plan out your run.

It's the ultimate in infuriating trial and error, especially on some of the later ones. "HIT THE JUMP", yeah ok, but I can't fucking see it you dick.

[Third]

Darksiders and started to play some Half-Life 2 mods. Currently playing Minerva. It's pretty good. How could I miss this...

[Vizzys]

try research and development for a fun puzzle hl2 mod, its one of the best

[ch1nchilla]

Finished Modern Warfare 2 last night, now not sure what to play between the God of War Collection, Demon's Souls, Tales of Vesperia, FFXIII, or Borderlands. I still need to finish Bioshock as well, but I'm getting Bioshock fatigue so I might just skip it. Leaning towards God of War with Tales of Vesperia / Borderlands on the side. Haven't played too much GoW before, so...

[Third]

try research and development for a fun puzzle hl2 mod, its one of the best

will do, thanks.

[drew]

ninja gaiden 2 weapon run complete.

time to TheBlackStallion is hysterical this game.

congratulations on declaring to the world that you are a masochist and completing arbitrary achievements that are no indication of any actual skill!

[The Sceneman]

holy shit I am so into Mass Effect right now. Going through a Hardcore run now, and for more achievements.

This game is so funny when you play as an asshole 

*scientist is freaking out as his whole camp has been murdered* "Whats wrong with him? I can sort him out" *Shepard punches scientist over*  such a badass

[MCD]

ninja gaiden 2 weapon run complete.

time to TheBlackStallion is hysterical this game.

congratulations on declaring to the world that you are a masochist and completing arbitrary achievements that are no indication of any actual skill!

[Bebpo]

I started playing Ratchet & Clank a Crack in Time and wow the graphics look terrible.  Man, Resistance 2 looked like shit but I didn't expect Ratchet to look weak as well.  Hopefully it's just the starting planet that looks bad.  The IU is pretty ugly too.  I think this might be my last Insomniac game for a while.  At least the platforming seems better this time around.

[duckman2000]

Is there some custom config trick to make Mass Effect look less like rotten ass? I have everything set to the highest, and it still looks like flat and low res shit.

[Cormacaroni]

possibly turn off the grain filter (if you have it on and don't like the look of it)

[duckman2000]

Turned that off right away. I'm just a bit surprised that it doesn't look better than it does. It's got every single visual shortcoming I can think of, and in heaping helpings too. Designs are nice, though.

[iconoclast]

Finally 1CC'd Black Label Original with Reco in Mushi Futari. Thought I had a decent score (354m) until I looked at the leaderboards :'( Guess I got some learnin' to do. Been spending most of my time playing 1.5 Original so hopefully a 1CC of that isn't too far behind.

Now I'm gonna try to marathon Dragon Age and finish that before Bayonetta arrives on Tuesday.