Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4648487 times)

cool breeze · « **Reply #14400 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:21:56 PM »

I went to take El Shaddai off the list of games I'll buy based on iconoclast post, but I'd already taken it off based on one of demi's old posts. El Shaddai pushed into "not even free" territory.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14401 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:29:42 PM »

X-Men Destiny is WAY worse

demi · « **Reply #14402 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:42:47 PM »

Denis Dyack > Effeminate ladyboys

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14403 on:** November 21, 2011, 02:01:21 PM »

youre giving him a lot of credit!

demi · « **Reply #14404 on:** November 21, 2011, 02:03:06 PM »

Deserving when compared to El Shaddai

Trent Dole · « **Reply #14405 on:** November 21, 2011, 04:07:55 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 21, 2011, 01:42:47 PM

Denis Dyack > Effeminate ladyboys

But how does he rank Vs. Derek Smart?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14406 on:** November 21, 2011, 04:13:32 PM »

playing and losing at UMVC3. my hand muscles need to build up

tiesto · « **Reply #14407 on:** November 21, 2011, 04:27:13 PM »

Took off Wed, so it's a 5 day vacay! Gonna play ZERUDA all weekend!!!

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #14408 on:** November 21, 2011, 09:44:38 PM »

Playing a lot of Columns for some reason. Am I allowed to like this more than Puyo Puyo?

Also some Gumshoe. It saddens me that Nintendo made it through a whole generation of touch screen/waggle non-sense and there was never a port or sequel to this. One of the very few tolerable light gun games, along with Night Stocker and Operation Gunbuster.

tiesto · « **Reply #14409 on:** November 21, 2011, 10:08:14 PM »

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on November 21, 2011, 09:44:38 PM

Playing a lot of Columns for some reason. Am I allowed to like this more than Puyo Puyo?

Also some Gumshoe. It saddens me that Nintendo made it through a whole generation of touch screen/waggle non-sense and there was never a port or sequel to this. One of the very few tolerable light gun games, along with Night Stocker and Operation Gunbuster.

I remember a rumor about this back when everyone was going Revolution-crazy:

iconoclast · « **Reply #14410 on:** November 22, 2011, 04:38:45 AM »

Holy crap, Otomedius Excellent is abysmal. It has to be the worst shooter on the 360 -- even the original was better. What the hell

at least it has a bunch of anime tits.

brob · « **Reply #14411 on:** November 22, 2011, 07:14:44 AM »

did you get the amazing pre-order bonus?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14412 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:38:57 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 22, 2011, 04:38:45 AM

Holy crap, Otomedius Excellent is abysmal. It has to be the worst shooter on the 360 -- even the original was better. What the hell

at least it has a bunch of anime tits.

Does it ever. Giant Bomb quick look was hilarious

Trent Dole · « **Reply #14413 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:38:40 PM »

Quote from: Brobzoid on November 22, 2011, 07:14:44 AM

did you get the amazing pre-order bonus?

The alternate color Vic Viper?

Gamestop failed to include the code for a ton of people. I e-mailed them the day after my copy arrived and finally got a reply yesterday saying I'd get mine in 3-5 days. Not surprising that Icono is not a fan since dude can handle Cave's crazy bullet hell and I can't but I've 1cc'ed this game.

If nothing else it's nice to have a shmup whose gameplay space actually uses my entire TV screen.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14414 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:45:45 PM »

Eh, you just need to pick one of the characters who have overpowered weapons and you'll be able to make it through the first loop at least. I credit fed through story mode with the blue girl while having most of the bosses time out on me, and then I played score attack with the pink girl and made it to 2-1 before my first death. I think the yellow girl is the strongest, but I haven't tried her yet.

I didn't actually buy the game either; gamefly sent me it when it first came out, but it never came, so I reported it as being lost in the mail. So they removed it from my profile and sent me Rayman. Then Otomedius came in the mail yesterday. shrug

demi · « **Reply #14415 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:43:44 PM »

You should send it back. That's stealing.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14416 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:52:43 PM »

Rayman Origins rules

Trent Dole · « **Reply #14417 on:** November 22, 2011, 02:16:34 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 22, 2011, 12:45:45 PM

Eh, you just need to pick one of the characters who have overpowered weapons and you'll be able to make it through the first loop at least.

Yeah, S. Lazer + S. Missile = auto-win basically. I've barely even played Score Attack, wonder how many loops it'd take for me to hit 10 mil for the 'cheev. Mainly Story Moding with everyone first.

chronovore · « **Reply #14418 on:** November 23, 2011, 06:30:44 AM »

God help me, I'm actually beginning to enjoy Lego Star Wars. There's not much about it that's challenging, this is more like a relaxing break, at least when I'm not playing it with my son, whose ability to confound the game designers' plans is legendary. This must be something like what Musou fans feel, where I tell them it's a crappy game, boring level design, and no design improvements between iterations, and they say, "Yeah, but it's relaxing..."

Also played another couple hours' worth of Batman Arkham City today. I am not a fan of the shark. I just don't like sharks. I really, really am not a fan of sharks. And I'd argue that being eaten by a shark repeatedly is not part of Batman's... oeuvre.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #14419 on:** November 23, 2011, 09:20:01 AM »

Or is it?

chronovore · « **Reply #14420 on:** November 23, 2011, 09:40:10 AM »

There is no Bat Shark Repellent in the loadout he takes into Arkham City...

iconoclast · « **Reply #14421 on:** November 24, 2011, 05:55:35 AM »

Got 259m in Espgaluda II just now (died on the last boss). I haven't really been playing over the last 4-5 days, so that was a nice surprise. For some reason the game isn't really hooking me like Futari or Akai Katana, or even Death Smiles 2, so I lack motivation to get better. It's a great game though, I have almost no issues with it so I'm not sure what the problem is. It's also hard as balls, so I need to stop sucking if I'm ever going to clear it.

I kinda lack motivation to play anything, really. Rayman is another game that I have almost no issues with, but I just don't feel like playing it.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14422 on:** November 24, 2011, 10:50:33 PM »

played UMVC3 till my hands died

got to the point where i just wouldn't touch the controller when i'd get matched with 8th lord vergils

actually hurts to type right now :'(

life is hard when you're X23...you just...die all the time :'(

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14423 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:46:33 AM »

Got my ass handed to me by my first random match- dudes rank was same as mine but he was bouncin me all over. Second match was at least closer as it was an interesting team, not the usual ryu, virgil, wesker

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14424 on:** November 25, 2011, 01:15:09 AM »

Vacation gaming so far:

Finished main campaign of Dragon Age Origins on 360 today- forgot how obnoxious those General fights (yes, optional) at the end were though. Flew right into the expansion- so good to see ogren again- his blowjob jokes are win.
Im in the third world of Rayman Origins so far. Dont seem to be any bossfights- returning to some older levels to try and get a few more of the items used to unlock special stages. Great little platformer though. Wish it was selling.
Almost through my Heroic run of LOTR WOTN- game is way more satisfying on a second playthrough- combat feels braindead until you've significantly opened up the tree. The gear is also more interesting in Heroic- lots of modifiers, not just the base stuff.
UMvC3 for a bit, died online a few times- played offline a bit. My team is weird and loses often - Tron, Storm, X-23. If I wanted to win i'd have a good character in there I GUESS.
Finally got around to meeting the grey beards in Skyrim- raided their place for an Official Greybeards Robe tm but alas- just some shitty shoes. Also raided some tomb and took out a necromancer- upgraded my mules armor too.
Made it a bit deeper into Halo Reach on Heroic- hunter fights make me rage- as does getting shot by dropship turrets.

Raban · « **Reply #14425 on:** November 25, 2011, 11:48:07 AM »

You can blow up those dropship turrets if you're cool

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14426 on:** November 25, 2011, 11:48:54 AM »

I'm not cool

demi · « **Reply #14427 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:11:46 PM »

Back to NIER... farm farm farm

cool breeze · « **Reply #14428 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:33:43 PM »

so there's a RAGE demo on Xbox and it's kind of bad, or at least not good

I partly blame the controls. I don't mind dual analog controls, but RAGE feels bad to play. It has a definable x and y axis when looking around and it just feels bad. Even with a mouse and keyboard, bullet sponge enemies ain't fun. Maybe it's just the demo. I walked through a linear sewer path shooting homeless people and at one point other homeless people were shooting at those homeless people. And then I pulled a switch, got on an elevator, game said I died because why not, and it spawned me back at the start of the sewers.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14429 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:50:03 PM »

rage has a LOT more problems than the controls

avoid it

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14430 on:** November 26, 2011, 11:11:03 PM »

Rage is a fun game, can't speak to how it plays on console though. Ending's terrible [very rushed, unsatisfying] and the open world is never exploited the way it should be, but it does corridor shooting pretty well.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14431 on:** November 26, 2011, 11:43:20 PM »

yeah, the levels themselves are really good, although they needed more enemy types and bosses, but everything else in the game is an unsatisfying waste of time. and when you strip away all that bullshit you get a game that can be finished in a few hours and never seems to get going. even as an id fanatic i cant really defend this game.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14432 on:** November 26, 2011, 11:45:25 PM »

I'm not going to try to defend some really poor choices, but I found it to be a fun game and I enjoyed the 15+ hours I put into it. Not a great game, but decent entertainment.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14433 on:** November 26, 2011, 11:54:02 PM »

Rage is ok- its from Id, not sure what people were expecting

Positive Touch · « **Reply #14434 on:** November 27, 2011, 12:33:52 AM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on November 26, 2011, 11:54:02 PM

Rage is ok- its from Id, not sure what people were expecting

more shooting less driving & backtracking

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14435 on:** November 27, 2011, 02:58:29 AM »

Finished DA Awakening on 360, forgot how easy things were in this expansion since everyone was so juiced up on new and OP talents. Still, really entertaining characters, just wish I could spend more time killin things with em.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14436 on:** November 27, 2011, 03:21:48 AM »

I finally got around to fixing my problem of my TV-OUT PC gaming being in stereo or faux-surround all these years. Now I have proper 5.1 sound to go along with 1080@locked 60fps with 4xAA couch PC gaming. So now I'm definitely PC-only for all 3rd party games for the rest of this gen.

I'm using Battlefield Bad Company 2 campaign as my testbed. Mainly because I want to play Battlefield 3's campaign but I want to play BC2 first so I can appreciate the visual upgrade of DICE's new engine.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #14437 on:** November 27, 2011, 06:13:15 AM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on November 27, 2011, 02:58:29 AM

Finished DA Awakening on 360, forgot how easy things were in this expansion since everyone was so juiced up on new and OP talents. Still, really entertaining characters, just wish I could spend more time killin things with em.

Yup. I played Awakening on Nightmare difficulty and it was still a joke, although the demon witch fight was almost challenging, but still fun.

Awakenings was pretty great though, I prefer it over Origins in a lot of ways.

They really fucked up Anders' character in DA2, he was so good in Awakenings.

chronovore · « **Reply #14438 on:** November 27, 2011, 09:31:40 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on November 27, 2011, 03:21:48 AM

I finally got around to fixing my problem of my TV-OUT PC gaming being in stereo or faux-surround all these years. Now I have proper 5.1 sound to go along with 1080@locked 60fps with 4xAA couch PC gaming. So now I'm definitely PC-only for all 3rd party games for the rest of this gen.

I'm using Battlefield Bad Company 2 campaign as my testbed. Mainly because I want to play Battlefield 3's campaign but I want to play BC2 first so I can appreciate the visual upgrade of DICE's new engine.

In contrast, I brought my Sennheiser cans home from work so I could play some decent sounding Saints Row 3. Game sounds pretty fantastic on them. They're using Wwise middleware, so it's not surprising the sound has had a major jump in fidelity. I'd like to try it in surround at some point.

Tucah · « **Reply #14439 on:** November 27, 2011, 01:24:37 PM »

I put everything aside to dive head-in to Rayman Origins. Fantastic little platformer - fun mechanics, beautiful HD 2D graphics, co-op is a blast and the difficulty is perfect. Too bad it's going to sell like shit, games like this deserve to sell. Probably should have been lower than $60 though, maybe $50 like Sonic Generations.

magus · « **Reply #14440 on:** November 27, 2011, 02:10:39 PM »

playing more sengoku basara 3 utage,i unlocked kenshin and he's fucking broken,hard mode was hard before levelling up the guy,his attack are super quick,give you a huge number of hit (in fact i got up to 10,000 in a stage) and hurt a lot and to top it off,he gets a counter move which basicaly covers most of the screen when triggered

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14441 on:** November 27, 2011, 02:19:14 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on November 27, 2011, 01:24:37 PM

I put everything aside to dive head-in to Rayman Origins. Fantastic little platformer - fun mechanics, beautiful HD 2D graphics, co-op is a blast and the difficulty is perfect. Too bad it's going to sell like shit, games like this deserve to sell. Probably should have been lower than $60 though, maybe $50 like Sonic Generations.

*thumbs up*

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #14442 on:** November 27, 2011, 05:18:13 PM »

Just finished deus ex 3, last level was disappointing

brob · « **Reply #14443 on:** November 27, 2011, 05:30:14 PM »

Did the tutorial mission in Kings Bounty: Armored Princess* today, got myself a pet dragon (named him Charizard) and everything. Seems cool in spite of the WOW~esque graphics. Got some awfully cute knitted mittens as a loot drop and instead of wearing a ring with some sort of boost I'm rolling around with a painting of the dude I'm looking for. Seems a bit desperate.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

*after I got done waxing my noodle to the main menu art

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magus · « **Reply #14444 on:** November 28, 2011, 05:30:35 PM »

you know i really like all the characters in sengoku basara 3 but i feel like there is not enough game for them... i'm like,what the heck i'm supposed to do? play the same mission of conquest mode over and over with each single one?

oh also i was wondering if there was any nice import to get for the wii but the only one i could think of was this one

should i bother?

demi · « **Reply #14445 on:** November 28, 2011, 07:12:06 PM »

Um... why dont u just pirate it and play it anyway? All you lose is time downloading and playing.

magus · « **Reply #14446 on:** November 28, 2011, 07:16:21 PM »

well i was curious to hear some opinion about it anyway

iconoclast · « **Reply #14447 on:** November 28, 2011, 07:24:54 PM »

Got WWE '12 from gamefly today. I've only played a few matches so far, but I'm liking it well enough. It doesn't seem like a reinvention of the usual Smackdown formula or anything, but it's a step up from the last game I played at least (SvR 2010). The most noticeable improvement would be the match flow - it's a lot more natural looking now, and not as robotic as the previous games. Gonna play some of the story mode in a minute.

They have a pretty good roster this year as well. Almost everyone who's currently in the WWE is in the game, except for a few guys who barely exist in the company, like Curt Hawkins and Trent Barreta (they're awesome tho). Some decent legends as well, but I'm disappointed that they're making some of the bigger guys DLC, like HBK, Macho Man, Foley, and Batista. And the lack of Bret Hart is baffling.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14448 on:** November 28, 2011, 07:31:05 PM »

playing the SotN re-dub on PSP.

Not sure about the new voices, they're good enough but the old dialogue was timeless and all that.

Still, greatest game evar

Bebpo · « **Reply #14449 on:** November 29, 2011, 02:52:36 AM »

Hamilton's Great Adventure

So goooooood. One of the best indie games I've played this year. Getting perfects on the final challenges for each location is a tough challenge. Satisfying when you pull it off.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14450 on:** November 29, 2011, 12:35:31 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 28, 2011, 07:31:05 PM

playing the SotN re-dub on PSP.

Not sure about the new voices, they're good enough but the old dialogue was timeless and all that.

Still, greatest game evar

I am interested in this.

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TEEE HEEE HEEE THAYNK YOO

iconoclast · « **Reply #14451 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:43:57 PM »

Got 291m in Espgaluda 2 now; died on the last boss. That game is so frustrating because it's so fucking long. You only get 6 lives (1 of which is easy to miss) to carry you across six stages, which translates into 6 mid-bosses and 7 bosses, not to mention the constant risk of zesshikai when you're trying to score on the stages. Even God Mode in Mushi Futari was easier than this.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14452 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:48:08 PM »

DEAR GOD WHY WON'T YOU END, VESPERIA? WHY!?!?!

magus · « **Reply #14453 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:51:29 PM »

where are you mr.gundam?

tiesto · « **Reply #14454 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2011, 01:48:08 PM

DEAR GOD WHY WON'T YOU END, VESPERIA? WHY!?!?!

Is that your first Tales game? They all stretch on for way too long...

magus · « **Reply #14455 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:53:44 PM »

eeehhh the whole game can be finished in 11 hours if you skip every dialogue and sidequest,and we are talking "press x very fast" skip instead of "actualy skip" of the ps3 version

Bebpo · « **Reply #14456 on:** November 29, 2011, 02:10:45 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on November 29, 2011, 01:52:26 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2011, 01:48:08 PM
DEAR GOD WHY WON'T YOU END, VESPERIA? WHY!?!?!

Is that your first Tales game? They all stretch on for way too long...

Only team symphonia ones...

Bebpo · « **Reply #14457 on:** November 29, 2011, 03:30:14 PM »

Btw, Bad Company 2 single player is hilariously awful.

Maybe it's because I don't play many military FPS games anymore. Last one I played was MW2 a few years ago. But the first couple levels of BC2 are basically walk forward 20 feet into a building-ish area, ambush, 50 guys swarm out, stay far the fuck away and pick them off one at a time with grenades and shots, move forward 20 feet into a building-ish area, repeat. And if you even try to go toward the frontline you get grenade/rocket/snipered from somewhere you have no idea of and instantly die and have to redo it all again from last save point. The graphics are nice, but the gameplay is super boring and I enjoy FPS games (though prefer non-military fps games).

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14458 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:29:15 PM »

I agree- BC1's single playr was a fun ride- BC2 smacked of bullshit MW/CoD

Bebpo · « **Reply #14459 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:36:49 PM »

I never played BC1. This is actually my first DICE FPS experience (well, not counting Mirrors Edge).

I love DICE for Rallisport & ME; never played their shooters, so giving it a shot here and BC2 isn't impressing me (yeah I know these games are meant for MP).

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