Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4653644 times)

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4200 on:** February 15, 2010, 01:56:57 PM »

Sonic and Knuckles came out on the vc today. Its SO AWESOME

I missed out on it as a kid, but waiting so long to get to play it is like, i dunno, getting a real sonic the hedgehog sequel. They even kept all the cart lock on stuff intact. Knuckles kinda sucks though, his jump always feels just a tad bit short. I end up drowning alot because of it.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4201 on:** February 15, 2010, 02:08:56 PM »

you know Knuckles can glide and climb walls, right?

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4202 on:** February 15, 2010, 02:10:29 PM »

Quote from: swaggaz on February 15, 2010, 02:08:56 PM

you know Knuckles can glide and climb walls, right?

Yeah but there was this one wall underwater that had a spring located on a ledge. So when you climb up the wall knuckles gets nudged by the spring and falls back down. So I drowned. :'(

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4203 on:** February 15, 2010, 05:15:59 PM »

And I finally get super sonic the legit way. Ha. Well I got all the emeralds in sonic 1 once. But that doesnt do anything.
Its funny, playing as super sonic is almost how new sonic games feel. Damn crazy directional influence notwithstanding.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4204 on:** February 15, 2010, 05:36:04 PM »

lmao

Wii only gamers: 16 years late to the party

chronovore · « **Reply #4205 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:16:45 PM »

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on February 13, 2010, 04:10:42 PM

Flow PS3 is free on PSN until midnight tonight. I'm going to download it later.

Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.

I actually want ~flOw~, but haven't made the time to go buy points. I read your post, immediately made a US PSN account, jumped through all their hoops, and logged in only to find it is US$9.99. Then I realized I'd not checked this thread in a few days. :'(

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EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4206 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:22:58 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on February 15, 2010, 05:36:04 PM

lmao

Wii only gamers: 16 years late to the party

Hey, fuck you buddy.

I had a genesis when I was a kid. I just had sonic 1-3, but I always got stuck on that damn barrel in carnival night zone.

chronovore · « **Reply #4207 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:28:49 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 13, 2010, 11:29:27 PM

Quote from: ToxicAdam on February 13, 2010, 11:21:29 PM
Yea, that's why I bought it (for the kids! think of the kids). But it's frustrating to play a game when you know it could be something more and it's not.

I have a soft spot for them for a couple of reasons. I genuinely think they are funny or at least charming for the most part with their storytelling.

And I use to know a guy who had a developmentally challenged kid whom he could play the games with and they both got enjoyment out of them.

I seem to remember most people hating the Indy ones but I liked that one as it moved the action away from the action part of the game which I think is kind of poor to a more puzzle solving focus.

Yeah, the first Lego Star Wars game, the one based on the prequels, surprised a lot of people with being reasonably entertaining, combining two delicious licenses and somehow still not SUCKING. Tt seems to have accepted that as cart blanche to basically art-swap the game repeatedly, ad nauseum. Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy should have been pants-wettingly good, but it just was more of the same, with the 360 version being such a straight port of the PS2 version that the save/load flow barely changed their text messages.

I downloaded the demos for Lego: Indy and Lego: Batman and decided it was more of the same. It's a shame really; Tt's PS2/Gamecube Finding Nemo game was actually really good and had substantial replayability.

Ichirou · « **Reply #4208 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:32:59 PM »

Tt = Traveller's Tales? They actually did Sonic R on the Saturn, which was a really good racing game.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4209 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:41:02 PM »

White Knight Chronicles gets really awesome with a mixture of Studio Ghibli and Evangelion. AND THEN IT ENDS.

If Level 5 learns from their mistakes, the sequel could be really awesome.

Ichirou · « **Reply #4210 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:47:16 PM »

White Knight Chronicles 2: White Knighting on the Internet

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4211 on:** February 15, 2010, 06:48:28 PM »

An actual plot comes out of nowhere, but then the game is over. It's ridiculously abrupt.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #4212 on:** February 15, 2010, 07:13:40 PM »

Tried playing STALKER for the first time in years on my new PC. Got 20 seconds in before the extreme head bob made me feel ill.

Bocsius · « **Reply #4213 on:** February 16, 2010, 09:42:58 AM »

Quote from: Bocsius on February 14, 2010, 12:07:32 AM

Well, ME2 is different. It's more like Gears of Mass Effect, huh? Combat system totally overhauled. QTE-hacking system replaced. Weapon upgrades, stats, all changed. Not at all like ME1.

Back on this, the combat similarities are ridiculous (but I love it). Seriously, did they hand the game off to Epic with a note asking for help? Even some of the in-combat dialog is similar (scratch one?). This is my Gears 3 without being Gears. The only thing it's missing is active reload.

demi · « **Reply #4214 on:** February 16, 2010, 09:56:22 AM »

So you're saying its a better game? Thanks for the reminder, enjoy your shitty Mass Effect 1.

Tucah · « **Reply #4215 on:** February 16, 2010, 11:57:34 AM »

Went from playing tons of games to just Bayonetta. So so good, even if I don't care for the story. Everything else is fantastic.

Eric P · « **Reply #4216 on:** February 16, 2010, 12:14:24 PM »

21 hours into Stalker CoP getting to the final segment now.

iconoclast · « **Reply #4217 on:** February 16, 2010, 02:11:18 PM »

Espgaluda II being region free has motivated me to play more Mushihime Futari again. Going to work on clearing as much of it as I can over the next couple weeks. I'm pretty sure Stage 3 was designed by the devil himself, however. I can only no-bomb + no-miss it like 5% of the time... the second half of that stage is such a big leap in difficulty it's ridiculous. If I weren't a chronic bomb hoarder I know I could have 1CC'd this long ago, so from now on I'm going to start bombing like I'm part of the Taliban.

Vizzys · « **Reply #4218 on:** February 16, 2010, 03:09:08 PM »

Been playing some Deus ex, mostly because I wanted to also play the nameless mod which is equally good

http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-nameless-mod

anyway dues ex for such an old game holds up well, the gameplay is solid and the voice acting is unintentionally hilarious at times, like the main character JC denton has the most dry delivery ever, and you can get in the most random ass conversations like having a 10+ minute philosophical debate with a bartender in hong kong out of the blue

[youtube=560,345]IgOKduU05t4[/youtube]

sunuva!-

[youtube=560,345]5DAPXMZk2iw[/youtube]

what a shame

ManaByte · « **Reply #4219 on:** February 16, 2010, 03:11:54 PM »

Playing the new EQII expansion with my guild. Exploring New Paineel and looking forward to diving into the Ruins of Old Paineel and The Hole later on.

Still need to finish ME2 as well.

Raban · « **Reply #4220 on:** February 16, 2010, 03:13:49 PM »

Trying to do a no-continue Mega Man 2 run, and want to go back and finish Mega Man 3. Getting pumped for 10.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #4221 on:** February 16, 2010, 03:45:55 PM »

Almost done with ghostbusters. Shocked at how good it is

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4222 on:** February 16, 2010, 04:02:30 PM »

hooked on nasty old Peggle XBLA again, got 10 challenges to go for 200/200, then I need to do the Peggle Nights challenges for 250/250

Fired up Mass Effect 1 again to try out a female shepard and mop up the last few cheevs. The VA for the female is decent but I have to say I prefer the dude for the lolz

plugging away at Vesperia, getting there (around 30 hours in), amazing game will defo go for the 1000

hopefully getting Bayonetta tomorrow

picking away at Parasite Eve on my lunch breaks, almost done with it

Chronovore, we gotta play some more Saints 2 next time were both on, that shit was so awesome on Sunday

tiesto · « **Reply #4223 on:** February 16, 2010, 04:30:55 PM »

Sceneman - does progress toward cheevs carry over in ME1? Say I use Lift 70 times my first play through, would I only have to use it 5 times in play through 2 to get the cheev?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4224 on:** February 16, 2010, 04:36:14 PM »

yeah Im pretty sure they do. I know that the weapon based achievements stack over playthroughs so I'd assume the biotic/tech based skills ones do the same.

I played as a soldier for my first 3 playthroughs so Im missing all of those, playing through as an engineer now to get my last two ally cheevs, the engineer cheevs, and to prep a female renegade save for my ME2 Insanity playthrough. Then Im just gonna make a throwaway biotic and grind out those skill cheevs. Completion is a bitch sometimes :'(

bork · « **Reply #4225 on:** February 17, 2010, 02:04:23 AM »

Just played some Resident Evil 5. I think the last time I played the game was before last summer, so it's been a while. Could only find one versus match and got tired of waiting for a fourth to pop up, so I did the Mercenaries, which it's been even longer since I played. It was a BLAST, and it helped that the guy I played with was really good...we kept getting S and A ranks. Got me totally pumped up for The Mercenaries Reunion now.

Vizzys · « **Reply #4226 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:13:11 AM »

lol the nameless mod is pretty good

im in this abandoned bunker shutting down this evil AI when i go into a room and see a resident evil poster (the movie) and I think to myself how kinda relevant that is with the AI trying to kill me and all

then i step into another room and a wall of lasers kills me

tiesto · « **Reply #4227 on:** February 17, 2010, 09:17:38 AM »

Did some more sidequests in ME1. Felt kinda weird helping a chick with my crazy Jesus freak ex's name (and first initial of her last name too) solve a dispute with her brother about genetically engineering her baby. But I wanted those paragon points.

Ichirou · « **Reply #4228 on:** February 17, 2010, 09:27:19 AM »

Going through Magna Carta II before I start Mass Effect. If JRPGs are wacky jappy, what would a Korean RPG be? It's definitely a different beast than your typical JRPG...not necessarily in a good way.

tiesto · « **Reply #4229 on:** February 17, 2010, 09:55:40 AM »

Quote from: Ichirou on February 17, 2010, 09:27:19 AM

Going through Magna Carta II before I start Mass Effect. If JRPGs are wacky jappy, what would a Korean RPG be? It's definitely a different beast than your typical JRPG...not necessarily in a good way.

Krazy Korean? We'd have to consult Gillo on this matter...

chronovore · « **Reply #4230 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:31:21 AM »

Quote from: Ichirou on February 15, 2010, 06:32:59 PM

Tt = Traveller's Tales? They actually did Sonic R on the Saturn, which was a really good racing game.

Yeah, that's them. Which would be another good use of the Tt acronym.

I think they were a small studio which transitioned to last gen with aplomb, and then hit a gold mine with the Lego formula and have been grinding it until it's bare.

demi · « **Reply #4231 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:20:57 AM »

lol. the entire game is little sisters

demi · « **Reply #4232 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:24:35 AM »

Its not required to farm adam, unless you going for plasmid achievements, etc.

Cravis · « **Reply #4233 on:** February 17, 2010, 12:24:43 PM »

Bioshock 2 was ridiculously short. I think it took me around 8, maybe 9, hours max. The gameplay is still awesome but I felt like I was replaying the first in a lot of places. $:-\$

Bebpo · « **Reply #4234 on:** February 17, 2010, 12:51:52 PM »

Quote from: Cravis on February 17, 2010, 12:24:43 PM

Bioshock 2 was ridiculously short. I think it took me around 8, maybe 9, hours max. The gameplay is still awesome but I felt like I was replaying the first in a lot of places. $:-\$

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

We are playing it very differently it seems. I'm 9 hours and only midway through. The game feels long as hell. Doing every little sister adam run makes the areas take about 2 hours each.

Cravis · « **Reply #4235 on:** February 17, 2010, 05:12:21 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 17, 2010, 12:51:52 PM

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

We are playing it very differently it seems. I'm 9 hours and only midway through. The game feels long as hell. Doing every little sister adam run makes the areas take about 2 hours each.

Unfortunately I did all the Little Sister Adam runs too. There were only 2 per sister, correct? There was usually a body right there when you liberated the sister from her Daddy and another in only a couple rooms over. I would just hang back and freeze/drill to smash all the splicers. I didn't have a hard time until the last few when the Alpha series would start showing up. Even then a couple of turrets would make easy work of them.

I beat the game in only 2 sittings which royally sucked. Oh well I'm sure I'll want to replay it on down the line. The whole "Big Sister can attack you at any time" hype was BS....

"A little sister is coming, prepare yourself!"
"The little sister is closer."
"Seriously the little sister is almost here!"
"The little sister is at your door!"
"We're not kidding there's a Little Sister right behind you!"

It reminded of a text based action game.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4236 on:** February 17, 2010, 06:03:36 PM »

White Knight Chronicles is done. On to Star Ocean The Last Hope.

Beezy · « **Reply #4237 on:** February 17, 2010, 06:59:04 PM »

Tried playing Splosion Man with my nephew earlier today. His timing is so fucking horrible. We got up to 1-9 or 10 before I had to stop playing. I didn't wanna end up yelling at him over a game.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4238 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:09:19 PM »

Quote from: Cravis on February 17, 2010, 05:12:21 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on February 17, 2010, 12:51:52 PM
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

We are playing it very differently it seems. I'm 9 hours and only midway through. The game feels long as hell. Doing every little sister adam run makes the areas take about 2 hours each.
Unfortunately I did all the Little Sister Adam runs too. There were only 2 per sister, correct? There was usually a body right there when you liberated the sister from her Daddy and another in only a couple rooms over. I would just hang back and freeze/drill to smash all the splicers. I didn't have a hard time until the last few when the Alpha series would start showing up. Even then a couple of turrets would make easy work of them.

I beat the game in only 2 sittings which royally sucked. Oh well I'm sure I'll want to replay it on down the line. The whole "Big Sister can attack you at any time" hype was BS....

"A little sister is coming, prepare yourself!"
"The little sister is closer."
"Seriously the little sister is almost here!"
"The little sister is at your door!"
"We're not kidding there's a Little Sister right behind you!"

It reminded of a text based action game.

I dunno. 6 corpse defense missions + explore every area & get all the voice talkies + get through the main storyline takes me a while. Patel was complaining about how the game felt slow because each area takes forever and I totally agree. It takes me 1-2 gaming sessions to complete a single area. I left Siren Alley at 8+ hours.

I guess some people can play it faster than others. Even if there weren't corpse defense missions, just exploring the maps and making sure I get everything from every single room would probably take about 80-90 mins per location. They're pretty big!

demi · « **Reply #4239 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:13:11 PM »

I'm about to 1000 the game and it hasnt been a week

Bebpo · « **Reply #4240 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:15:40 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 17, 2010, 08:13:11 PM

I'm about to 1000 the game and it hasnt been a week

That's nice. You also play games like a man on speed.

demi · « **Reply #4241 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:17:43 PM »

Bebpo owned...

Bebpo · « **Reply #4242 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:20:29 PM »

because I don't 1000/1000 games in a day like you do?

zomg what will I doooooooo

Ichirou · « **Reply #4243 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:23:28 PM »

What's demi's gamerscore?

demi · « **Reply #4244 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:36:15 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 17, 2010, 08:20:29 PM

because I don't 1000/1000 games in a day like you do?

zomg what will I doooooooo

Wow way to miss the point but ok.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4245 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:43:19 PM »

lol. I love the way how if you don't empty your queue completely and force 1 or 2 games on gamefly they will always just randomly pick from your list. In this case it was okay though because that's what I wanted this time. I put a whole bunch of games that I either haven't played or played a little and stopped playing. The dice roll came up on Fear 2, COD:WaW, and Sacred 2.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #4246 on:** February 18, 2010, 01:34:59 AM »

Got my (or should I say our) first 1000 via Warriors Orochi a few days ago. Mai Waifu is big on the musou stuff and went crazy getting everything in it. Picked up Raiden IV recently and have been messing with that some as well, aaand threw DW5 Empires into the machine to try and polish that one off points wise, lulz.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #4247 on:** February 18, 2010, 05:24:02 AM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on February 14, 2010, 11:46:31 PM

Playing Super Metroid again and attempting to up my already GODLY SKILLZ to new heights of godliness in preparation for a semi-srs segmented speed run. My goal is to match the previous record of 36 minutes for a segmented any% run. Not shit compared to that guy's 30 minute single segment run, but I'm not Asian like him so I think such a handicap is reasonable.

When I complete it I'll post the YouTubes as fap material for anyone that appreciates exhibitions of non-scrub vidya gaming

Completed the first segment tonight. I know that probably none of you are interested this shit, but I don't play much multiplayer stuff anymore so my epeen has been itching for a good flex lately.

[youtube=560,345]cGdkxxiVwSo[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]ExAy7Yn6PbM[/youtube]

Tons of small mistakes, although none really bad enough that I felt like resetting. The in-game timer says I'm at 10 minutes played thus far, so I think I'm on track to meet my goal

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4248 on:** February 18, 2010, 09:14:49 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on February 17, 2010, 06:59:04 PM

Tried playing Splosion Man with my nephew earlier today. His timing is so fucking horrible. We got up to 1-9 or 10 before I had to stop playing. I didn't wanna end up yelling at him over a game.

how old is he? Yeah a bro told me he tried to play it co-op with a friend who was ridiculously useless.

n00bs

luckily I had another bro who had the necessary platforming chops to beat the co-op game and get all the cakes.

looks like Bebpo got owned too

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #4249 on:** February 20, 2010, 02:09:41 PM »

Sent Borderlands back to Gamefly. I love the game and after reading the missions, I'm like 35% into the game but I've lost a lot of interest in gaming recently.

I thought about buying a bunch of XBLA titles before I move away from a broadband internet connection.

archie4208 · « **Reply #4250 on:** February 20, 2010, 02:54:25 PM »

I'm playing Dragon Quest 5 on the DS. Old school grindan

Beezy · « **Reply #4251 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:18:04 PM »

Splosion Man is such an evil game. Just got up to level 3-3.

Raban · « **Reply #4252 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:21:13 PM »

Really hype for SSF4 so I've been playing SF3TS on my PS2. I forgot how awesome it is. With SF4 there will be plenty matches where I just feel bullshitted, but in SF3, I can die for 20 straight rounds and still be having fun. Also the music is amazing. Observe:
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #4253 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:28:11 PM »

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon on the DS. It sucks, but I keep feeling compelled to play it.

Beezy · « **Reply #4254 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:31:19 PM »

Quote from: Raban on February 20, 2010, 03:21:13 PM

With SF4 there will be plenty matches where I just feel bullshitted

I've heard other people say this before, but I don't understand why. Bullshitted how?

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4255 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:37:02 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on February 18, 2010, 05:24:02 AM

Quote from: OptimoPeach on February 14, 2010, 11:46:31 PM
Playing Super Metroid again and attempting to up my already GODLY SKILLZ to new heights of godliness in preparation for a semi-srs segmented speed run. My goal is to match the previous record of 36 minutes for a segmented any% run. Not shit compared to that guy's 30 minute single segment run, but I'm not Asian like him so I think such a handicap is reasonable.

When I complete it I'll post the YouTubes as fap material for anyone that appreciates exhibitions of non-scrub vidya gaming

Completed the first segment tonight. I know that probably none of you are interested this shit, but I don't play much multiplayer stuff anymore so my epeen has been itching for a good flex lately.

[youtube=560,345]cGdkxxiVwSo[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]ExAy7Yn6PbM[/youtube]

Tons of small mistakes, although none really bad enough that I felt like resetting. The in-game timer says I'm at 10 minutes played thus far, so I think I'm on track to meet my goal

Something I noticed about some speedruns is that people make samus constantly switch her diagonal aims back and forth. Why is this?

Raban · « **Reply #4256 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:39:00 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on February 20, 2010, 03:31:19 PM

Quote from: Raban on February 20, 2010, 03:21:13 PM
With SF4 there will be plenty matches where I just feel bullshitted
I've heard other people say this before, but I don't understand why. Bullshitted how?

This isn't to say that SF4 is a bad game in any way, I love it. I just...I can't really explain. Being cheap in SF4 tends to be really rewarding for people, where in SF3, cheapness is rewarded with a hot plate of ass-kicking.

In SF4, more of my matches are lost due to input failure from shortcuts than me actually screwing up.

I'd just say I blame it on me sucking ass, but when I lose enough times at SF4 I just get bored, like I can't do anything. In SF3 I can just keep coming back and I never feel like I'm getting cheated out of a match, it always feels fair.

I really can't explain it clearly.

bork · « **Reply #4257 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:46:47 PM »

Quote from: Raban on February 20, 2010, 03:39:00 PM

Quote from: Beezy on February 20, 2010, 03:31:19 PM
Quote from: Raban on February 20, 2010, 03:21:13 PM
With SF4 there will be plenty matches where I just feel bullshitted
I've heard other people say this before, but I don't understand why. Bullshitted how?

This isn't to say that SF4 is a bad game in any way, I love it. I just...I can't really explain. Being cheap in SF4 tends to be really rewarding for people, where in SF3, cheapness is rewarded with a hot plate of ass-kicking.

In SF4, more of my matches are lost due to input failure from shortcuts than me actually screwing up.

I'd just say I blame it on me sucking ass, but when I lose enough times at SF4 I just get bored, like I can't do anything. In SF3 I can just keep coming back and I never feel like I'm getting cheated out of a match, it always feels fair.

I really can't explain it clearly.

It's you still being a novice and/or lag coming into play. Maybe you are also playing the game with a "3rd Strike mind set." A lot of hardcore SF3 players had trouble adjusting to SF4 when it first came out.

MCD · « **Reply #4258 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:50:25 PM »

just use ken, show them who is the master.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4259 on:** February 20, 2010, 04:07:19 PM »

I bought and am downloading stalker pripyat now, so that.

I've also been playing Dead Space Extraction on the Wii and it's kinda boring. It's way better than the first Resident Evil Wii game, but HotD Overkill was a lot more fun. At least it looks fairly nice for the Wii until a human character comes on screen.

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