Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4655750 times)

chronovore · « **Reply #12480 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:14:54 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 01, 2011, 05:15:08 PM

The Ronin are a gang called the Ronin. A ronin is a samurai without a lord. But here's the thing, the Ronin have a leader. THe way I think of it, the Ronin are the incompetent seeds of the Tojo Clan that they kicked out of Japan and into America so they don't fuck things up back home. It's pretty hilarious watching a Japanese gang in the suburbs act like they're samurai. What's more, most of the members of the Ronin are white. Which adds to the funny. The fact that they're in the suburbs and not anywhere near downtown shows their incompetence. Who is hard in the suburbs? No one but the ronin.

And the boss of the Samedi uses a telepathic/voodoo move on you during the boss fight with him.

Until you pointed it out, I'd not made the connection that "The Ronin" actually reported to a boss. That's pretty damned funny.

iconoclast · « **Reply #12481 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:39:28 PM »

Quote from: magus on July 03, 2011, 11:02:50 AM

i'm curious how far you are?

I'm up to mission 21 or something. I still need to replay most of them to get all of the titles, unlock the alternate paths, and collect the equipment so I've got a lot left.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #12482 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:44:04 PM »

finally started playing Fallout New Vegas. i was worried i'd get bored quick because i did damn near EVERYTHING in fallout 3 but this game has a totally different pacing. 3 was all open space with most of the interior sections containing nothing but enemies. i liked the bleak, barren feeling it had but it could get monotonous fast since so much of the game was killing the same monsters and finding the same treasure over and over. finding a unique treasure or special event was great but there was loads of downtime in between.

new vegas on the other hand is packed with content. everywhere you turn there are populated locations. there're quests everywhere and even though many of them are considerably less involved than fo3's it still feels more satisfying because you're always doing something. going back and forth between each of the factions while trying to stay on their good sides so they don't start hunting you down is fun and more involved than the enclave/brotherhood shit in the last game. there's also a tighter, more interesting story. fantastic game

iconoclast · « **Reply #12483 on:** July 04, 2011, 07:00:09 AM »

Finished all of the modes in HMH, so I guess I beat it. Hero 30 can get a little boring and repetitive every now and then, but I liked the other modes because they're all short and sweet. I guess now all I have left is replaying Hero 30 missions and collecting titles and equipment and shit.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #12484 on:** July 04, 2011, 12:55:02 PM »

New Vegas never felt as engaging as F3.

tiesto · « **Reply #12485 on:** July 05, 2011, 09:15:55 AM »

Moving along a bit in 999. I think I may be getting my first ending soon. The "puzzle rooms" are really really easy, then again that may be because I grew up playing Sierra adventures and Myst back in the day. But its my first experience with a "visual novel" title, now I am interested in trying that Steins;Gate game, is there any news of a translation?

iconoclast · « **Reply #12486 on:** July 05, 2011, 09:18:17 AM »

A Steins;Gate fan translation is just starting up, so it won't be done for a long time.

magus · « **Reply #12487 on:** July 05, 2011, 10:05:11 AM »

tiesto just play phoenix wright if you never played it

demi · « **Reply #12488 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:13:08 AM »

Except 2, 4, and Miles Edgeworth

Himu · « **Reply #12489 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:15:17 AM »

2 is fine

Himu · « **Reply #12490 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:26:50 AM »

4 is horrible

demi · « **Reply #12491 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:31:41 AM »

you're just trollin now. we know miles 2 is pooptacular.

demi · « **Reply #12492 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:36:33 AM »

if i cant play it, no one can.

magus · « **Reply #12493 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:41:49 AM »

why people dislike 2? it's the same game as 1 just with more cases

demi · « **Reply #12494 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:43:15 AM »

they're boring and uninteresting and really stupid to solve. i'm sure you'd like it though

Himu · « **Reply #12495 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:47:16 AM »

no way is 4 better than 2.

2 had the circus case, which is better than any case in 4. also the last case in 2 > every case in 4. 4 is shit, non stop. I beat every PW game in a matter of days except 4. 4 took me like three weeks, goddamn.

magus · « **Reply #12496 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:54:54 AM »

there is always phoenix wright vs layton

the first phoenix wright with a 85% chance of featuring a giant robot in the plot

Himu · « **Reply #12497 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:57:19 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 05, 2011, 11:50:46 AM

that's because you stopped liking games when 4 came out, you dork

you were in your whole cutting yourself games no longer interest me phase

and you're going to hold the circus case up? the circus case? that might actually be the worst case in the entire series. the last case is an amazing ride, but it's also logically near-impossible to follow. you have to savescum like hell to make it through because it makes no damn sense at all.

I liked the circus case because it contained one of the only legitimately sympathetic killers in the series. I thought it was unique.

And you're wrong. I played 3 and 4 back to back.

magus · « **Reply #12498 on:** July 05, 2011, 12:01:12 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on July 05, 2011, 11:55:52 AM

when is that coming out?

nobody knows but considering that this is being mainly handled by level 5 and that they still have to release layton 4 in america (layton 5 comes right after) i would be surprised if it comes sooner than mid 2012

Himu · « **Reply #12499 on:** July 05, 2011, 12:38:18 PM »

oh shut the fuck up

archie4208 · « **Reply #12500 on:** July 05, 2011, 12:55:55 PM »

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magus · « **Reply #12501 on:** July 05, 2011, 01:09:22 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 05, 2011, 12:37:44 PM

pw vs layton ain't coming in english

dragon quest x isn't coming in english
pw vs layton isn't coming in english

is there any game from japan coming in english anymore?

Himu · « **Reply #12502 on:** July 05, 2011, 02:58:32 PM »

might as well kill myself then

Bebpo · « **Reply #12503 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:47:46 PM »

Wait what? Why wouldn't DQX or PWvLayton come out?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12504 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:07:13 PM »

wait, people actually like the phoenix wright games? you fuckin' anifagz.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12505 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:11:34 PM »

First and third aren't bad. Slow text, dragging plots, but the characters are very likeable (Phoenix, boob girl, opposing guy who got spinoff game, Goddot, Gumshoe).

iconoclast · « **Reply #12506 on:** July 06, 2011, 04:46:18 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on July 05, 2011, 09:18:17 AM

A Steins;Gate fan translation is just starting up, so it won't be done for a long time.

There's an early video of this translation actually.
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

ETA is Christmas, apparently. I'll be surprised if they get it done by then.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12507 on:** July 06, 2011, 05:58:27 PM »

Call of Pripyat > Call of Duty

magus · « **Reply #12508 on:** July 06, 2011, 07:01:53 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 06, 2011, 06:02:23 PM

People like Phoenix Wright :x

Not as bad as liking Hotel Dusk, mind you, but very, very close.

at least it's not zelda

iconoclast · « **Reply #12509 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:18:04 AM »

Played some Death Smiles 2 X-mode over the last couple days. Got an All Clear EX with Follett, with an 8.471 billion score, so I'm happy with that for now. I didn't fight Bloody Jitterbug though. I don't know how to go max meters on the bosses before powering up and killing them with the lockshot. Maybe some day I'll figure it out. But yeah, X-mode is growing on me - at first I liked it more than Arcade mode, then once I understood how to play Arcade mode X-mode was boring in comparison, and now I'm back to enjoying X-mode now that I understand it a little better.

Gonna play Duke Nukem for a while I guess... I dunno, I'm pretty bored with pretty much every non-competitive game. I think after EDF and El Shaddai I'm going to cancel Gamefly and cut way back on them.

tiesto · « **Reply #12510 on:** July 07, 2011, 09:08:40 AM »

On my first playthrough of 999 I got the "safe" ending... now I'm gonna go for the good one, then maybe some of the bad ones. I'm not really concerned about getting all the endings but I do want to play through all the puzzle rooms.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12511 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:28:49 AM »

Nice. Yeah the trick is to make sure you get the safe ending first so at least you only need to play it twice. Then the length is more bearable.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #12512 on:** July 07, 2011, 12:02:42 PM »

Been playing Might & Magic and Torchlight on Xbox.

Torchlight was already crazy easy on PC and it seems even more crazy easy on Xbox with the auto targeting. At least with a dude using a gun. I hope they up the difficulty in Torchlight 2.

Might and Magic is cool although a bit repetitive.

chronovore · « **Reply #12513 on:** July 07, 2011, 12:06:02 PM »

Really enjoying Trenched right now. At first I was running around trying to mainly shoot stuff with my mech, and then I was trying to upgrade existing turrets instead of just spawning new ones. Now that I've learned to spawn overlapping fields of fire, the world is my oyster.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #12514 on:** July 07, 2011, 05:51:08 PM »

Medal of Honor. It's pretty great, warts and all. Wicked atmosphere.

archie4208 · « **Reply #12515 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:22:05 PM »

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demi · « **Reply #12516 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:23:31 PM »

sweet archie. you play a casual fps... yawn

Bebpo · « **Reply #12517 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:24:56 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on July 07, 2011, 05:51:08 PM

Medal of Honor. It's pretty great, warts and all. Wicked atmosphere.

I'm so going to play this when I get a new card.

archie4208 · « **Reply #12518 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:25:25 PM »

Casual games

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #12519 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:26:01 PM »

Steam's great for playing games like Team Fortress 2, Bejeweled 3, and Iron Roses.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12520 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:28:40 PM »

Been playing lots of Call of Pripyat since I bought it the other day. I really like what it does with the formula, mainly be expanding the size of the zones and offering more detail to the locations. Also, all equipment is customization, so that's pretty cool.

Russian Fallout 3

cool breeze · « **Reply #12521 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:29:28 PM »

has anyone played that Lufia game for DS?

Bebpo · « **Reply #12522 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:42:41 PM »

I heard it wasn't good, but the ost is pretty nice

cool breeze · « **Reply #12523 on:** July 08, 2011, 12:08:06 AM »

good sound throws off the final score average

i need more concise impressions. out of five, what would be the fun factor?

etiolate · « **Reply #12524 on:** July 08, 2011, 03:17:58 AM »

Beat Eye of the North.

I need to DL TF2 to my desktop so I can play peeps again. I mostly suck, but its fun.

demi · « **Reply #12525 on:** July 08, 2011, 07:40:50 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 07, 2011, 11:29:28 PM

has anyone played that Lufia game for DS?

bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad

chronovore · « **Reply #12526 on:** July 08, 2011, 08:41:02 AM »

Finished inFamous and Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts last weekend. I'll write up some final thoughts in their respective threads, but both games were really very impressive.

Trenched is currently my main interest. As usual, I am happy to have given Double Fine some money to keep me laughing and sufficiently challenged in genres where I'm otherwise not usually interested. Personally, I can't stand Tower Defense, though I found "Hero Defense" in Army of Darkness Defense (iOS) to be plenty compelling. Although I will say one of my friends is a hardcore Tower-D fan, and he thinks Trenched is great.

I need to find some other bore-players with whom to tag-team; apparently the most recent players you've co-op'd with are a "Regiment," and provide unlock boosts for each other even when not playing together. Kind of an "ad hoc clan." Pretty slick. I played a game with a random online partner yesterday morning; when I arrived home last night, I had new Regiment Progress unlocks from him. These are just a set of tallies measured across our entire group progress, unlocking stuff for each other. If you play singleplayer only, these tallies are still collected for your "regiment of one," but it's going to be slower progress.

tiesto · « **Reply #12527 on:** July 08, 2011, 11:01:31 AM »

Linkzg: I have Lufia for DS but haven't played it yet...

My friend came over, showed him Child of Eden (he had to play on the mode where you can't get killed because he's horrible at any games that aren't 2D fighting, but he's like a prodigy at 2D fighters...), we also played some Samurai Spirits RPG for Saturn. Some really beautiful 2D spritework on the backgrounds, unfortunately the load times are so slow, especially when going into a battle.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12528 on:** July 08, 2011, 12:21:05 PM »

Played some Sanctum today, courtesy of Eel. It's tower defense and won't be confused as anything else, but I really like it [and like the genre in general]. Adding in a FPS element, and multiplayer, shakes the formula up a bit.

iconoclast · « **Reply #12529 on:** July 08, 2011, 03:12:55 PM »

Ugh, I got 6.5 billion with Rosa in X-mode (ranked #13 surprisingly), but I died when Satan Claus had like 2 pixels of health left.

The final stage is hard as fuck when you do each stage on rank 3 + the EX stage.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #12530 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:31:45 AM »

Playing through Enslaved, up to Chapter 6. Cool game. Love the art

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #12531 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:04:47 AM »

Yeah the art direction in Enslaved was very good.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Absolutely stunning hack n slash, just got this.

magus · « **Reply #12532 on:** July 09, 2011, 04:23:38 PM »

i was going around the internet bored out of my mind and somehow a while later i ended up with epsx and several fighting games...

this one always made me curious being a konami game and all

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

but well it's really kinda of a lame tekken 3 wannabe,and besides who the heck thought it was a good idea that you parry by pressing X and not by pushing back like... i don't know EVERY FIGHTING GAME IN THE UNIVERSE

Bebpo · « **Reply #12533 on:** July 09, 2011, 05:23:19 PM »

By parry do you mean block?

VF has a block button, MK has a block button

magus · « **Reply #12534 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:03:02 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 09, 2011, 05:23:19 PM

By parry do you mean block?

VF has a block button, MK has a block button

still stupid

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oh while wandering i discovered this

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

apparently this is the first game gust ever did,i tried it for a while and it's some sort of detective adventure but of course being all in japanese i didn't go very far,the trailer made it looks like an action rpg

iconoclast · « **Reply #12535 on:** July 10, 2011, 10:43:36 AM »

Been playing Espgaluda 1 every once in a while on MAME, and I think that's the next game I'm going to focus on. I just read the wall of text from the shmups strategy forum so I think I should be ready to start playing this. I can already make it the final boss on a good run, so hopefully it won't take a ton of practice. The final boss is pretty hard though... I could see myself reaching her with a full stock of lives and still losing.

magus · « **Reply #12536 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:27:37 PM »

i told himuro he should do so but does he listen?

nooooooooooooooooooooooooope

where you are in the plot anyway?

Himu · « **Reply #12537 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:28:02 PM »

I don't have a ds.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12538 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:29:12 PM »

i played about 90 minutes of Hydrophobia and i didn't hate it entirely. it's kind of interesting but pretty janky and the gunplay is pretty bad. the thing that stands out about it is the water tech and how the corridors you move through can fill with water and stuff. so when stuff like this happens:

you think "hey that was pretty cool"

but then when an entire place fills with water and you have to swim through it you're reminded of every really bad 3rd person water level in any game from the ps2 era.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12539 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:11:18 PM »

Hmmm, I like pretty looking water.

/thinks about buying Hydrophobia

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