Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4653646 times)

iconoclast · « **Reply #4321 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:03:42 PM »

Barely.

Oh wait, ReArmed? HELL YES. The new Bionic Commando? Debatable.

Raban · « **Reply #4322 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:10:52 PM »

the new one. i'm getting rearmed anyway. Hey, can you still get the super joe skin for the new one if you get rearmed? Does that happen automatically or what?

demi · « **Reply #4323 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:13:36 PM »

Raban · « **Reply #4324 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:17:09 PM »

thanks dem.

hey, accept my friend invite on XBL, foo.

demi · « **Reply #4325 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:21:25 PM »

what'll you give me if i do

Raban · « **Reply #4326 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:33:40 PM »

a pic of my cleavage. i'll give you a tit shot if you promise to help me farm mp cheeves on up to 5 different games.

you have to promise not to share them tho

demi · « **Reply #4327 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:50:29 PM »

Friend Invite SO accepted

Raban · « **Reply #4328 on:** February 21, 2010, 08:20:52 PM »

check your pms later tonight!

Ichirou · « **Reply #4329 on:** February 21, 2010, 08:21:55 PM »

Raban, I added you to my friends list too. I WANT THOSE PIX.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4330 on:** February 21, 2010, 08:44:33 PM »

I started playing Red Faction Guerilla on PC and it's fun! Although I can see it getting repetitive reaaaaaally fast. Game looks pretty nice on PC and runs well. 60fps destruction is nice. Watching a building crumble with sexy motion blur is very satisfying. So is beating people with a hammer. I enjoy the quest arrow stuff while driving for these sandbox games. That + fast vehicles makes traveling at least pretty quick.

The only things I didn't like were the PC controls are horrible and even with some monkeying it's still not that great. Thinking about just giving up on the 2ndary fire button and making right mouse be zoom in. The cover never seems to work. Also didn't like that you have to get your cop level down before you can do a story mission. Is the only way to lower your wanted level to drive all the way to a safehouse?

Is it a big deal if you continue and lose morale? I've just been reloading anytime I die so I don't lose morale, but hitting continue is faster if it's not a big deal.

demi · « **Reply #4331 on:** February 21, 2010, 08:47:45 PM »

High morale means more people help you. You can gain morale after you beat the game. the RFG thread here has me rambling about strategies, achievements, etc.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4332 on:** February 21, 2010, 08:55:54 PM »

Did you like the game?

Bebpo · « **Reply #4333 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:11:08 PM »

I tried playing online and there is nobody in the world still playing online RFG on PC.
Being late to PC versions of console games

demi · « **Reply #4334 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:11:45 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 21, 2010, 08:55:54 PM

Did you like the game?

I did

demi · « **Reply #4335 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:12:33 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 21, 2010, 09:11:08 PM

I tried playing online and there is nobody in the world still playing online RFG on PC.
Being late to PC versions of console games

I've proven endlessly that nobody plays PC games.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #4336 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:22:59 PM »

Just bought a snes mini with yoshi's island on ebay

Raban · « **Reply #4337 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:32:48 PM »

but ichi, if I send you those pics, how do I know you'll jack off to them?

Plus, you accepted before the offer was on the table. lttp bro

Ichirou · « **Reply #4338 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:40:57 PM »

FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Raban · « **Reply #4339 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:44:51 PM »

why does everybody wanna see my boobs? They ain't what they used to be : - /

Ichirou · « **Reply #4340 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:45:56 PM »

demi · « **Reply #4341 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:47:44 PM »

Quote from: Raban on February 21, 2010, 09:44:51 PM

why does everybody wanna see my boobs? They ain't what they used to be : - /

I'm not particularly a boob guy. I just like seeing the girth.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4342 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:51:44 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 21, 2010, 09:12:33 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on February 21, 2010, 09:11:08 PM
I tried playing online and there is nobody in the world still playing online RFG on PC.
Being late to PC versions of console games

I've proven endlessly that nobody plays PC games.

I think for PC there's Counterstrike, Blizzard stuff (although I wonder if anyone still plays Diablo online), & L4D and that's about it. Everything else will have between 0-5 people playing it in the world.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #4343 on:** February 21, 2010, 09:59:22 PM »

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

yeah only 20k playing Team Fortress 2, no one plays PC games

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161 247 Red Faction: Guerrilla

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #4344 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:21:52 PM »

... That's it?

There's usually a ridiculous amount of people on XBL for every dumb game.

archie4208 · « **Reply #4345 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:23:53 PM »

Yep. Nobody plays PC games.

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on February 21, 2010, 10:21:52 PM

... That's it?

There's usually a ridiculous amount of people on XBL for every dumb game.

If "every dumb game" is Halo 3 and MW2, then you are correct!

demi · « **Reply #4346 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:25:42 PM »

wowee. 30k. consider this myth... BUSTED

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4347 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:26:09 PM »

got some ME2 in. Enjoyed the Archangel/Jack pick-up missions, did a bit of exploring. Not wild about the prospect of managing resources just in order to fly but there you go. It's a bit farcical - you explore a GAS GIANT which should have practically unlimited resources but it gives you just enough to limp to the next store to buy more fuel....oh well. Such is 'gameplay'. Basically I think i could poopsock this game quite happily.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #4348 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:27:18 PM »

There are probably more than 30,000 people playing the Bad Company 2 demo on XBL right now

demi · « **Reply #4349 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:30:09 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 21, 2010, 10:26:09 PM

got some ME2 in. Enjoyed the Archangel/Jack pick-up missions, did a bit of exploring. Not wild about the prospect of managing resources just in order to fly but there you go. It's a bit farcical - you explore a GAS GIANT which should have practically unlimited resources but it gives you just enough to limp to the next store to buy more fuel....oh well. Such is 'gameplay'. Basically I think i could poopsock this game quite happily.

Hi. I dont understand any of this post. Why are you using minerals to fly?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4350 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:33:30 PM »

I guess I'm not! This was based off 5 mins messing about on the galaxy map. All I know is that I was running out of fuel and had to buy more - i didn't notice what I paid with. Credits you pick up from guard's lockers etc are enough to fuel a starship, then? OK! More game logic.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #4351 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:42:14 PM »

If you run out of fuel you have to pay minerals to return to the nearest Fuel Depot.

You should NEVER run out of fuel for any reason.

Refuel at the Fuel Depot, in the same system as the Mass Relay.

Yes, the credits you find in the Guards' Lockers fuel the starship. It's like a futuristic Shell Station.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #4352 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:49:09 PM »

cheers.

man, i hate picking up games like this after a couple of weeks off. I have to relearn all this basic shit about 10x over the course of the game. I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out how to reload yesterday, before turning to the manual in disgust.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4353 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:01:19 PM »

Yeah, pretty much.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4354 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:11:07 PM »

I realized I really don't enjoy car based sandbox games and their missions. I'd never finished a sandbox game until this gen. Crackdown, Just Cause, Infamous, Assassin's Creed 2 were a lot of fun and made me want to keep playing and finish all of them. But what they all have in common is cars don't matter and the majority of missions aren't CHASE THIS GUY IN YOUR CAR. Otoh, I stopped playing GTAIV by the 2nd city, only got a few hours in Saints Row 2 and after about 3 hours I think I may be done with RFG. Car missions are not my cup of tea. I love blowing shit up in RFG and it does blow up beautifully. But I'm already sick of the car stuff and lack of mid-mission checkpoints like GTA.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4355 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:28:42 PM »

I'm the exact opposite. Running around and jumping about in sandbox worlds like Crackdown or AC 2 I find quite tedious. I need a car and at least a gun before I find the experience immersive.

Red Faction is another good one where although I travel on foot in a lot of areas the long drives are broken up by me hopping in some sort of vehicle.

It probably has something to do with whether a person is a platformer fan in general. GTA/Saints Row etc, aren't about platforming. If there is a large building you can be sure there will be an elevator somewhere or a plane or something which is how you will get there.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4356 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:29:51 PM »

That makes sense, since my feelings seem to align with Bebpo quite a bit. I'm a huge fan of platforming.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #4357 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:42:38 PM »

Yeah, it's been a surprisingly awesome generation for platformers. People just need to let go of the traditional notion of platformers (which sometimes leads to mild hilarity when those same people bemoan the lack of new ideas in gaming today), and embrace the new face of platforming. Bigger, better, stronger, faster and definitely sexier.

Crackdown

Infamous

Assassin's Creed 2

Also, in the more linear but also more stylish category

Mirror's Edge

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4358 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:51:37 PM »

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People just need to let go of the traditional notion of platformers

They don't even need to do that with stuff like N+ and Splosion Man around.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #4359 on:** February 21, 2010, 11:55:20 PM »

Finished Borderlands. It's not really that much fun by yourself - in fact, towards the end it becomes a fairly miserable grind. I think I've already had my fill of this franchise. They're gonna have to do some major revamping to get me interested in it again.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4360 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:10:12 AM »

Honestly I feel that way about most loot games. Playing them by yourself is mostly boring and that includes even some of the very good ones like Titan Quest.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4361 on:** February 22, 2010, 01:21:59 AM »

I'm with Bebpo on the open world game thing. Sometimes it feels like just traveling around is a pain and sometimes you want to just point yourself in a direction and get there. In infamous and crackdown you can scale buildings in seconds and get where you need to go. I'm sure if someone added up all the time you spend just getting to the action in sandbox games, it would be a ridiculously huge number. For those types of games, I like what Mafia did by having a linear game set in an open world. I guess The Getaway did that too, but fuck The Getaway.

Still, I think there needs to be some balance. Prototype is the best example of how to fail. The game makes you so powerful that you feel out of control and it's made worse when missions are all the way across the map. That's the worst part when you have to drive across the map to do something. Fuck prototype.

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 22, 2010, 12:10:12 AM

Honestly I feel that way about most loot games. Playing them by yourself is mostly boring and that includes even some of the very good ones like Titan Quest.

I think Borderlands suffers a lot more than any other loot game because the skills and inventory are so basic. Basic isn't even the word I'm looking for. Even saying a skill set exists feels like giving it too much credit. With other loot games at least you have times when you feel like you're working towards something even while you're going through the game. Recently in Torchlight, I had some weapons I would keep in my inventory knowing that after leveling up x amount I would finally be able to use it. Borderlands didn't really have that feeling, for me at least.

and stalker pripyat continues to be great. There was one situation in the second are that seems like it would be one of those good/evil choices in games with a morality system. I play as a good guy naturally and I still tried to be diplomatic, but the game fucks you over big time for thinking survival isn't the main concern. Guy was trying to get about 15k from me, so I took out my shotgun and killed him and everyone in the bandit camp. Hell, I even went back to the bandit leader and took back the artifact I gave him for the ransom. That prick.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4362 on:** February 22, 2010, 01:49:15 AM »

I started playing Modern Warfare 2. At first I was like

look at the budget on this game! So much animation going on. 60fps! Lots of textures! Exciting scripting!
Then by like 3 stages in dying every 45 seconds when some random dude pops up behind me while I'm shooting more people than I see per day irl, I'm kinda $:-\$
I think this is the worst I've been at any game this generation. I swear my screen has blood on it most of the time. Too much rpging and not enough shooting dudes in the face.

Raban · « **Reply #4363 on:** February 22, 2010, 01:50:05 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on February 22, 2010, 01:21:59 AM

I'm with Bebpo on the open world game thing. Sometimes it feels like just traveling around is a pain and sometimes you want to just point yourself in a direction and get there. In infamous and crackdown you can scale buildings in seconds and get where you need to go. I'm sure if someone added up all the time you spend just getting to the action in sandbox games, it would be a ridiculously huge number.

This reminds me, my friend and I thought about something I want to post here: How much money do you think has been spent on boob physics in the history of video games? I mean, every game goes out of their way now to animate boobs, how much money is that costing?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4364 on:** February 22, 2010, 02:04:56 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on February 22, 2010, 01:21:59 AM

I think Borderlands suffers a lot more than any other loot game because the skills and inventory are so basic. Basic isn't even the word I'm looking for. Even saying a skill set exists feels like giving it too much credit. With other loot games at least you have times when you feel like you're working towards something even while you're going through the game. Recently in Torchlight, I had some weapons I would keep in my inventory knowing that after leveling up x amount I would finally be able to use it. Borderlands didn't really have that feeling, for me at least.

I agree there is a repetition issue in Borderlands simply because it lacks the amount of customization that is typical in a point and click loot game. All loot games though in general outside of maybe Diablo 2 though suffer from issues of boredom in single player especially if you play them in longish stretches.

Vizzys · « **Reply #4365 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:50:19 AM »

tried the battlefield bad company 2 demo its great, but it seems like the kinda game where teamwork is required tho

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #4366 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:57:31 AM »

I think I was level 19 when I gave up on Borderlands. I felt that the fun missions were getting fewer and further between while the shit grind missions became the main focus. At the start of the game, I thought this was one of the more fun games I've played but towards the end, I was just going through the motions. Sent it back to Gamefly.

Not a bad game by any means but I hope to see a lot of improvements for Borderlands 2.

Speaking of Gamefly, they claim I never sent in Bayonetta and that I sent in Kung Fu Panda instead. I have never once in my life owned Kung Fu Panda.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #4367 on:** February 22, 2010, 08:41:55 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 22, 2010, 01:49:15 AM

I started playing Modern Warfare 2. At first I was like look at the budget on this game! So much animation going on. 60fps! Lots of textures! Exciting scripting!
Then by like 3 stages in dying every 45 seconds when some random dude pops up behind me while I'm shooting more people than I see per day irl, I'm kinda $:-\$
I think this is the worst I've been at any game this generation. I swear my screen has blood on it most of the time. Too much rpging and not enough shooting dudes in the face.

MP is where the fun is at. I barely bothered with the single player.

tiesto · « **Reply #4368 on:** February 22, 2010, 08:51:58 AM »

This weekend I did all the possible sidequests in ME, including the 2 dlc packs. Just have to go to Ilos and kick some arse and I'm done. Will probably do that on Tues. Then what? No idea... looking at something short to tide me over before FF13 - either Fable 2 or Half Life 1.

archie4208 · « **Reply #4369 on:** February 22, 2010, 09:01:36 AM »

Devil Survivor is SO GOOD. I'm not a fan of the missions with civilians, though.

Darunia · « **Reply #4370 on:** February 22, 2010, 10:52:21 AM »

Playing Red Faction Guerrilla. I'm playing on normal and this game is kicking my ass hardcore. I'm only on the second section (Dust) and I can hardly complete any of the destruction side missions without getting wiped out in an instant. Once some guys start to gang up on you, you're basically done.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #4371 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:00:08 PM »

Can I get a comprehensive list of all the good/great PS2 jRPG titles? I'm only familiar with a few of the more popular ones (Persona, Suikoden, Dark Cloud, and of course FF), and a lot of that stuff I haven't even played so I'm sure I missed out on a shitload of the goods

demi · « **Reply #4372 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:09:35 PM »

I liked:

Eternal Ring
King's Field: The Ancient City
.hack (havent played G.U.)
Breath of Fire V
DQ8
Grandia III (story is crap but, i love Grandia battle system)
Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
Shadow Hearts 1 2 3
Tales of the Abyss

Other notables:

Ys: Ark of Napishtim
Wild ARMs (havent played 5, but 3 is ok, 4 is crap, and I didnt like Alter Code F)
Valkyrie Profile 2 (havent put time into this but initial impression was... ugh)

Raban · « **Reply #4373 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:12:19 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 22, 2010, 03:09:35 PM

I liked:

Eternal Ring
King's Field: The Ancient City
.hack (havent played G.U.)
Breath of Fire V
DQ8
Grandia III (story is crap but, i love Grandia battle system)
Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
Shadow Hearts 1 2 3
Tales of the Abyss

Other notables:

Ys: Ark of Napishtim
Wild ARMs (havent played 5, but 3 is ok, 4 is crap, and I didnt like Alter Code F)
Valkyrie Profile 2 (havent put time into this but initial impression was... ugh)

Is this a list of JRPGs you've enjoyed?

I've tried to play through the KH games again but they're so bad I couldn't bring myself to do it. They've aged horribly, and the plot is trash.

demi · « **Reply #4374 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:13:46 PM »

No, I only said I liked them because DURP A DURP DURP

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #4375 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:14:00 PM »

Thanks.

What about Rogue Galaxy? My friend's talking my ear off about that game right now, but the only other thing I ever played from Level-5 was Dark Cloud 1 (which I liked), and everyone seems to hate White Knight Chronicles

demi · « **Reply #4376 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:14:46 PM »

Rogue Galaxy, I havent put time into (still sealed) but it's I guess Level 5's take on FFXII. I would file it under "Notables"

cool breeze · « **Reply #4377 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:25:25 PM »

Rogue Galaxy is alright. It's unoffensive and if you really want to play an action rpg, it is an action rpg. Nothing really stands out about it, though.

Raban · « **Reply #4378 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:27:48 PM »

I actually just started playing Rogue Galaxy. Fun battle system, really gorgeous graphics, meh writing.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4379 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:46:32 PM »

RG is awful. Takes a bit for that to sink in though!

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