Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4649258 times)

tiesto · « **Reply #14340 on:** November 13, 2011, 08:24:58 PM »

Played some more Vanquish, finished the first 3 acts. Still am in love with the game.

How long is Peace Walker? I haven't played that one on PSP, but picked up the collector's edition for PS3.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14341 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:50:46 PM »

VR MISSIONS FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Bebpo · « **Reply #14342 on:** November 13, 2011, 10:14:17 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on November 13, 2011, 08:24:58 PM

Played some more Vanquish, finished the first 3 acts. Still am in love with the game.

How long is Peace Walker? I haven't played that one on PSP, but picked up the collector's edition for PS3.

~15-30 hours. It's more of an rpg length and pacing-wise. Lots of "missions"

FF Type 0 is structured really similar to PW.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14343 on:** November 13, 2011, 10:17:49 PM »

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on November 12, 2011, 08:18:57 PM

Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder with a buddy. Trix is so OP.

sweet game, haven't played it in years. I remember the old arcade in Mid City on Manners had it. Trix is the guy that grows the apples right?

Bebpo · « **Reply #14344 on:** November 13, 2011, 10:30:22 PM »

My Launch PS3 just died. Was playing Dead Space Extraction and then BOOM like a power outage the whole thing shuts off.

Don't care about it's death since I'm used to systems dying now and PS3s are a lot cheaper these days with huge hard drives.

WHAT I DO CARE ABOUT, is not being able to get my dead space 2 disc out of the damn system! I still need to play DS2 and finish Extraction!

Also, care about saves a bit since I was in the middle of Dark Souls, Tales of Xillia, and a few other games. And I guess I'm not playing Uncharted 3 online since despite not having played the game yet I registered the online pass to this system, the day I got U3 :\ I have a feeling activations are going to fuck me on a few things.

bork · « **Reply #14345 on:** November 13, 2011, 11:52:26 PM »

RIP your launch PS3, Bebpo. Are you sure that using your PSN ID on a new system won't let you get that online pass back? What about taking all the data from the old PS3 HDD and backing it, then transferring it to the new HDD?

Beezy · « **Reply #14346 on:** November 13, 2011, 11:57:52 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on November 13, 2011, 07:22:49 PM

hell yes i damn near blew out my speakers blaring that shit

best intro EVER in ANYTHING

MGS3 intro > *

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14347 on:** November 14, 2011, 12:09:53 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on November 13, 2011, 11:57:52 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on November 13, 2011, 07:22:49 PM
hell yes i damn near blew out my speakers blaring that shit

best intro EVER in ANYTHING
MGS3 intro > *

im talking about mgs2's pre-title screen opening. as far as in-game intros go, yeah mgs3 is by far better. stomping out that cigar was so boss.

Himu · « **Reply #14348 on:** November 14, 2011, 06:56:13 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on November 13, 2011, 11:57:52 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on November 13, 2011, 07:22:49 PM
hell yes i damn near blew out my speakers blaring that shit

best intro EVER in ANYTHING
MGS3 intro > *

MGS2 has THE SONG. Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn dunnnnnnnnnnn dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn

*trumpet blast*

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14349 on:** November 14, 2011, 07:55:59 AM »

omg

so sweet. Looking forward to replaying MGS2 and 3 in HD. It has been many years

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #14350 on:** November 14, 2011, 09:34:10 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 13, 2011, 10:17:49 PM

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on November 12, 2011, 08:18:57 PM
Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder with a buddy. Trix is so OP.

sweet game, haven't played it in years. I remember the old arcade in Mid City on Manners had it. Trix is the guy that grows the apples right?

Yup. I miss Yifan's

Eric P · « **Reply #14351 on:** November 14, 2011, 09:48:52 AM »

Fusion: Genesis.

This game rules. SpaceshipRPG. kinda like Armada for DC, kinda like Space Rangers. Under documented so a lot of it is really confusing. Lots of experimentation to get optimal results. Fun game, but really only built for a certain kind of gamer.

demi · « **Reply #14352 on:** November 14, 2011, 10:20:10 AM »

Get Darkstar One if you like Fusion.

Eric P · « **Reply #14353 on:** November 14, 2011, 10:38:24 AM »

I have it for PC but never spent much time with it.

Himu · « **Reply #14354 on:** November 14, 2011, 01:35:05 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 14, 2011, 07:55:59 AM

omg

so sweet. Looking forward to replaying MGS2 and 3 in HD. It has been many years

one of the few games where i watch the opening EVERY TIME I BOOT IT UP

Momo · « **Reply #14355 on:** November 14, 2011, 06:08:55 PM »

Battlefield 3 on PS3.

I'm playing it because I don't have time to play my longer games atm. (plus it's fun)

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #14356 on:** November 14, 2011, 06:12:50 PM »

I was going to get Need for Speed: The Run, but the two-hour length of the singleplayer put me off.

I'll stick with Forza 4 and Daytona for now.

Meanwhile, I'll probably break out NBA Jam: On Fire Edition tonight.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14357 on:** November 14, 2011, 08:08:39 PM »

I think I finally understand how scoring works in Espgaluda 2. Best run so far is 116m up to stage 5, which is crap, but at least I think I know what I'm doing. Now I just need to figure out/steal some scoring strategies and get to work. I guess I'd like to aim for a 400-500m clear, but I'm not sure what a good score actually is just yet.

oh yeah, and the Galuda 2 Black Label soundtrack is godlike. I think Umemoto would've been able to surpass Namiki eventually if he hadn't died in his prime. Such a shame.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #14358 on:** November 14, 2011, 09:07:21 PM »

I've been playing ... Metroid Prime 2. Something clicked and I'm kinda digging it now. I think back in (04?) when I tried playing the first time there were so many hostile mechanics as to be offputting. In addition Agon Wastes is a terrible first impression. Yet the past week I've been chipping away at it with a satisfying mental momentum.
That is until I ran into this giant swimming turd boss. He has this frustrating small window for damage at the end of his ram attack which always homes in, which means I didn't avoid most of the ram attacks. Which meant I got game over. Which meant I had to repeat an entire level segment worth of machinations just to die to him again. Rinse and repeat.

What's worse is that after I beat him I got hopelessly lost and had to look up how to proceed. Turns out I missed some bomb slot tucked away in a dark corner underneath an extremely murky pond. Goddamnit Retro.

This game is definitely an acquired taste.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14359 on:** November 14, 2011, 09:34:07 PM »

game rules; the weak need not apply

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14360 on:** November 14, 2011, 10:41:20 PM »

MP2 has the best location of the trilogy: Sanctuary Fortress.

etiolate · « **Reply #14361 on:** November 15, 2011, 02:56:48 AM »

I was not a fan of the change to ammo and the dark world sort of just became ugly radioactive world that was not nearly as interesting to me. Otherwise, it was awesome.

Anyone have some impressions of Costume Quest?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14362 on:** November 15, 2011, 06:47:36 AM »

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on November 14, 2011, 09:34:10 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 13, 2011, 10:17:49 PM
Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on November 12, 2011, 08:18:57 PM
Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder with a buddy. Trix is so OP.

sweet game, haven't played it in years. I remember the old arcade in Mid City on Manners had it. Trix is the guy that grows the apples right?

Yup. I miss Yifan's

that place was the bomb. Man, I'd kill so much time there if it was still open today. They had such a good selection on side scrolling BEU's. There's like, 3 coin op machines I know about in the city. Aro Chips had Sengoku 3 on their Neo Geo cab but I havent been in there for awhile. Rice Bowl in Newtown has Alien vs. Predator which is beast as fuck, but the cabinet is fucked. Still fun to bang on while waiting for chips at 1am.

chronovore · « **Reply #14363 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:20:35 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on November 15, 2011, 02:56:48 AM

I was not a fan of the change to ammo and the dark world sort of just became ugly radioactive world that was not nearly as interesting to me. Otherwise, it was awesome.

Anyone have some impressions of Costume Quest?

It's charming and fun, but short-ish. I enjoyed the ride, for $10.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14364 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:52:49 PM »

God, after 2 or 3 days of playing Espgaluda 2, I finally figured out that your zesshikai 500x chains are tied to the amount of gems AND gold you have left. Suddenly, everything makes sense.

I need to start practicing stages 5 and 6 now... I think I've got my strategies pretty much set for 1-4. Hopefully I'll get a 300-350m clear whenever I beat this bitch.

Eric P · « **Reply #14365 on:** November 16, 2011, 05:37:37 AM »

Quote from: demi on November 14, 2011, 10:20:10 AM

Get Darkstar One if you like Fusion.

won't work on my machine weirdly

all i get is a flickering screen

:'( pc gaming

chronovore · « **Reply #14366 on:** November 16, 2011, 05:13:07 PM »

My son has totally been sucked in by Lego Star Wars, so we're doing that. I've been sick this week (possibly related?), so I've been going to bed early. My gaming week has been LSW only. Seriously, Traveler's Tales can make a good game, the Finding Nemo game was great for its day. Then they hit Lego-era and appear to have quit trying.

The first LSW was novel. The sequel LSW, Lego Batman, and Lego Indiana Jones, they're all THE SAME GAME. For a toy which inspires such incredible creativity, the videogame version of it has been coasting since the first entry. Even the save/load flow appears to be holdout from the PS2 era.

At least I hear they've fixed the camera for Lego Harry Potter. Playing LSW with my son, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be cast off from a platform because he's exploring something else. When he moves, the camera moves, and it will "shove" my character around to keep him in the shot, ~~sometimes~~ frequently causing him to fall to his death. The Harry Potter version no features an as-needed splitscreen, which merges once characters return to the same region.

The best "plastic brick" game out there is Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. That's what a Lego game should have been.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14367 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:14:21 PM »

Vesperia (PS3) -- Just beat Belius. Cutscenes are ridiculously long.

demi · « **Reply #14368 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:00:08 PM »

Resistance 3 is so boring. And it has the VA from No More Heroes... lol

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #14369 on:** November 16, 2011, 09:52:07 PM »

The final boss of prime 2 plays peekaboo with you... this is really stupid.

Groogrux · « **Reply #14370 on:** November 16, 2011, 10:08:15 PM »

Bought Halo Anniversary CE the other night when it came out. I'm actually really enjoying it. The difference between the old graphics and the new when pushing the back button is amazing.

Checked out CoD:MW3 today from work because we finally got a used copy of it in. The campaign is alright, the online play is not so great to me. This may be one that has to grow on me a little bit.

Played through a few hours of L.A. Noire the other night and really enjoyed it. For it being a one-time playthrough game, it's really not that bad.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14371 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:33:07 AM »

Rayman Origins is a lot of fun, and amazing to look at. Not a lot of platformers on Xbox, this one is worth the money from what I can tell so far

Himu · « **Reply #14372 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:59:52 AM »

MAF. Has your xbl gamertag been hacked? You sent me a message that said www.playfire.com/adj;dfjs;f

I immediately exited out. WHAT THE FUCK MAN

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14373 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:58:24 AM »

Nah it's a thing that happened when I setup a playfire thing, not on purpose obviously

chronovore · « **Reply #14374 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:54:06 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on November 17, 2011, 12:59:52 AM

MAF. Has your xbl gamertag been hacked? You sent me a message that said www.playfire.com/adj;dfjs;f

I immediately exited out. WHAT THE FUCK MAN

Same thing happened to me from some other friend; it's a viral propagation technique, I think.

Acosta · « **Reply #14375 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:29:47 AM »

I felt nostalgic and played Final Fight and Super Mario Bros on my Go last night. Still great games. I tried to complete Final Fight with one credit, but I'm too rusty for that.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14376 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:41:02 PM »

Got the airship in Vesperia last night. Starting to see more and more of the PS3-exclusive areas and boss battles.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14377 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:48:13 PM »

Ive been considering playing through Vesperia again- its been a while now.

Raban · « **Reply #14378 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:54:02 PM »

Man, Tales of Vesperia has been sitting on my shelf forever, I've never touched it... I should probably pop that in

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14379 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:38:35 PM »

Its awesome, well worth the time

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14380 on:** November 17, 2011, 05:06:40 PM »

Patty (ie. loli animu pirate girl) is pretty handy in battle, and Flynn is a badass.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14381 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:15:59 AM »

I hooked up my Wii again because of Zelda and decided to give Kirby Epic Yarn another shot. Still looks nice, but this is SO DULL. I can't do it. four stages is enough. I'm ready to sleep right now. Ambien has nothing on this.

Tucah · « **Reply #14382 on:** November 18, 2011, 06:28:06 PM »

Juggling all sorts of games at the moment:

Skyrim - GOTY. Absolutely fantastic game that may even eclipse Morrowind as my favorite of the series. There's just so much to do, I'm constantly getting distracted by, well, everything. I can't get enough.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Yeah, it's shitty that Capcom threw out a new version of the game nine months after the original but I play MvC3 all the fucking time so $40 for balance changes, new characters, stages and improved online? No brainer for me. I'm still terrible, getting my ass kicked online but the new characters are pretty much all fun as hell.

Super Mario 3D Land - The reason I shelled out $250 (lol) for a 3DS and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm only a little bit in (just beat the fourth world) but the game is fun as hell and classic, if relatively easy, Mario gameplay. The mixture of 2D and 3D Mario gameplay mixes much better than I thought it would and this is the first game where I've been impressed with the 3D (the 3D gimmick rooms are cool as hell).

Assassin's Creed: Revelations - By far getting the least playtime out of any of the games I'm playing at the moment. It's definitely good but I think I'm worn out on the franchise after a game a year for the past few years. The new systems are underwhelming and in some cases just not all that much fun.

I still have to pick up Rayman Origins (the demo was fantastic so I'm sure the game will be too) and I'll probably get Zelda but my hype is probably the lowest it's ever been for a Zelda game. I'll buy it because it's Zelda but I can definitely wait a little while.

Oh, and I also want to pick up Saints Row 3, love the sense of humor it has and I'm certainly down for some crazy ass GTA gameplay.

Jamie · « **Reply #14383 on:** November 18, 2011, 07:08:45 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on November 18, 2011, 02:15:59 AM

I hooked up my Wii again because of Zelda and decided to give Kirby Epic Yarn another shot. Still looks nice, but this is SO DULL. I can't do it. four stages is enough. I'm ready to sleep right now. Ambien has nothing on this.

Everyone hates on Epic Yarn

It's a good game, and does a lot of newish things to be up there this gen.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14384 on:** November 18, 2011, 07:19:17 PM »

I'm afraid to even play it. Kirby games are always like "what's the point". It's a platformer with no challenge at all. And it's not like Zelda or something where there's other things like story/exploration to make it worth the experience even with no challenge.

Canvas Curse was awesome though.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14385 on:** November 18, 2011, 07:25:00 PM »

Anyhow, I barely game much these days. Takes me about a month to finish the few games I start each month. Here's what I'm playing now:

Trials of the Sky FC - Just started chapter 3 of 4. Game picked up dramatically at the end of Chapter 2. Already liked it, just wasn't super into it. More interested now. Goal is to finish this and Witcher 1 so I can start up on their sequels early next year.

Mario 3DS - Finished World 1. It seems very samey, but it's Mario and it looks nice and is fun. I don't like the 3DS analog much, but at least it's better than no-analog or the psp nub.

Zelda SS - On the pre-dungeon area before Dungeon #3. Still like it, though at this point I've accepted it's just like every other console Zelda since OoT: UPs and DOWNs, UPs and DOWNs.

If I'm lucky I'll knock those 3 out by the end of the month and maaaaaaybe have time to fit in Uncharted 3 (if I replace my broken PS3) before FFXIII-2 (again, only if I replace my broken PS3). If I don't fix my PS3 December is all about BATMAN PC version & Saints Row 3 PC.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14386 on:** November 18, 2011, 07:35:39 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on November 18, 2011, 06:28:06 PM

Juggling all sorts of games at the moment:

Skyrim - GOTY. Absolutely fantastic game that may even eclipse Morrowind as my favorite of the series. There's just so much to do, I'm constantly getting distracted by, well, everything. I can't get enough.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Yeah, it's shitty that Capcom threw out a new version of the game nine months after the original but I play MvC3 all the fucking time so $40 for balance changes, new characters, stages and improved online? No brainer for me. I'm still terrible, getting my ass kicked online but the new characters are pretty much all fun as hell.

Super Mario 3D Land - The reason I shelled out $250 (lol) for a 3DS and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm only a little bit in (just beat the fourth world) but the game is fun as hell and classic, if relatively easy, Mario gameplay. The mixture of 2D and 3D Mario gameplay mixes much better than I thought it would and this is the first game where I've been impressed with the 3D (the 3D gimmick rooms are cool as hell).

Assassin's Creed: Revelations - By far getting the least playtime out of any of the games I'm playing at the moment. It's definitely good but I think I'm worn out on the franchise after a game a year for the past few years. The new systems are underwhelming and in some cases just not all that much fun.

I still have to pick up Rayman Origins (the demo was fantastic so I'm sure the game will be too) and I'll probably get Zelda but my hype is probably the lowest it's ever been for a Zelda game. I'll buy it because it's Zelda but I can definitely wait a little while.

Oh, and I also want to pick up Saints Row 3, love the sense of humor it has and I'm certainly down for some crazy ass GTA gameplay.

Yup, aside from Ghost Rider all the new characters are interesting

tiesto · « **Reply #14387 on:** November 18, 2011, 11:50:52 PM »

About to start PARTY QUEST

cool breeze · « **Reply #14388 on:** November 19, 2011, 12:27:41 AM »

Shadow of the Colossus HD

I forgot how much the 15th colossi sucks. 20 minutes of him shaking around, pause for 1 second, can't finish strike, lose stamina, repeat.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14389 on:** November 19, 2011, 12:46:17 AM »

No, that's just this version. #3 and #15 are fucked up because they messed up the grip physics. #3 isn't too bad unless it's on hard time attack. #15 is the one that pisses you off on its head.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14390 on:** November 19, 2011, 12:52:20 AM »

'this' version as in the HD version? because I hated it on the PS2 too. I actually stopped playing because of the 15th Colossi. Months later I went back and finally finished it, but it's just terrible. It doesn't even have one of those cool moments where the music picks up and you're expected to do some crazy stunt around the giant, like jumping on the Wing of 13.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14391 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:35:13 AM »

Yeah, PS3 version has slightly different physics which makes it harder to get a grip on #15's head to get a stab in. It's really annoying and makes it take far longer than it should.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14392 on:** November 19, 2011, 03:31:36 PM »

This week/weekend- Skyrim is on the backburner until I have a bigger block of time I think.

Rayman Origins: A lot of fun and really challenging. Has that super meat boy approach though so its not so bad. Also very nice to look at.

Dragon Age Origins: Finished deep roads- brood mother fight was tedious- golem fight kind of easy for some reason- all my dudes had swords too lol. All thats left is Denerim then the boring boss fight then expansion time woot.

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: Enjoying this more than I thought I would considering its so shameful in its MILKING

Halo Reach: replayin through those crazy Halo games.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14393 on:** November 19, 2011, 07:08:58 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #14394 on:** November 19, 2011, 07:12:28 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on November 19, 2011, 07:08:58 PM

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Wow, the patch really cleaned up Dark Souls!

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14395 on:** November 19, 2011, 09:19:11 PM »

I wish dark souls had beleram

tiesto · « **Reply #14396 on:** November 20, 2011, 11:19:19 AM »

Beat SOTC and Vanquish, last nite was over my friend's playing some Ultimate MVC3... I like it much better than the original so far, will put it on the Xmas list.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14397 on:** November 21, 2011, 03:36:08 AM »

*Finally* finished my first and only playthrough of El Shaddai. Pretty sure this is the worst game I've played all year (it's a tossup between this and Duke). The level design in particular is absolutely horrible; almost every stage is nothing but barren, straight corridors and an occasional platforming segment, with a few designated combat areas where you fight a few waves of repetitive enemies. The combat is shallow and simplistic, bosses have about 100x more health than they should, and there's about 15 enemies in the game (including bosses) that they recycle over and over. Needless to say, I think the game is trash.

I'd give it a 3/10 if I were feeling generous.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14398 on:** November 21, 2011, 12:35:47 PM »

YOU SIR DID NOT PLAY X-MEN DESTINY

demi · « **Reply #14399 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:10:26 PM »

I didn't and I know El Shaddai is worse

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4649258 times)