What are you playing?

[Bebpo]

Bad Company 2's SP campaign isn't thaaaat bad I guess.  It's totally uninspired; helicopter mini-gun stage, sniper stage, tank stage, etc....  But the destructible buildings/walls make the combat kind of cool since things are just blowing apart left and right.  And it looks fairly nice and runs really smooth 60fps.  Story doesn't seem worse than CoD games.  Music kind of sucks.  I dunno, I haven't played an FPS in a long time so I don't mind spending the 4-6 hours it takes to run through some pretty set pieces and shoot a million guys of foreign ethnicities.

Although, it does make me want to play a better FPS after this.  Maybe I'll play Crysis Warhead finally. 

[Owl-faced Wizard]

Naughty Dog have always been Sony's Rare on a faster release schedule.  Donkey Kong Country -> Crash comparison is dead on (Crash was clearly a response to the unfortunate popularity of DKC, right down to the most superficial details, people seem to not remember or notice that).
Giving Crash a spin attack was a real good design decision though - perfect way to introduce young players to wasting threats in 3D space.  Meanwhile Nintendo gave Mario a punch button, which was pretty dumb and useless.

[magus]

I don't think I'll ever understand why Spyro and Crash were popular.

Crash is like Donkey Kong Country in 3D.  Controls feel so sloppy and you're running through insipid levels fighting generic animals enemies, breaking boxes and collecting shit.  And the presentation of both is garish.  I can excuse dated swimming textures (or just the uggo DKC sprites), but Crash is just like...I don't know.  I get to a save spot and there's a female Crash, except her body has human proportions while Crash is just a giant head.  It's just like DKC and the humanoid bimbo monkey thing.  And I can't tell if something is wrong with the audio and music. 

I liked all the PS2 platformers from Naughy Dog and Insomniac, but their PS1 games always seem bad whenever I try them.  Spyro is just boring; the only good one is for the GBA.  PS1 even had better platformers like Jumping Flash.  Well I guess you can say the same about SNES.

they were product of their times,platformer mascotte's on a popular console without any platform mascotte
and besides they weren't that bad of game,spyro suffer a little from collectathon syndrome but otherwise it surely beat the shit out of stuff like croc

but the best psx (and ps2 too might i add) platform will always remain


good night sweet prince :'(

[brob]

Monkey Soccer was my shit.

[Great Rumbler]

Uh...the original Spryo was AWESOME. I'm sorry that you guys are a bunch of loser N-tards that thought Super Mario 64 was the height of videogames and Spyro was just a dumb Sony game where you mashed buttons while drooling on the controller like a baby, but maybe you ought to broaden your horizons a bit and play a game that's actually worth a tinker's cuss instead of licking the malformed feet of Nintendo.



Spyro, fools, remember that name.

[brob]

I played and enjoyed a ps1 spyro game. dunno which one it was, but yeah. fun stuff. But I also liked the demo for 40 winks, so hey wtf do I know.

[Raban]

For the longest time I couldn't really get into Super Metroid for whatever reason, and happily enjoyed the rest of the Metroid series. However, I finally sat down to play some today and it got its hooks way into me. Not sure what was different this time than the dozens of times I've tried to play it and thrown the controller in disgust, but I'm having a blast jumpin' and shootin' all over alien country. Though playing only reminds me that it'll be a long time before we see another Metroid game, if ever again.

[Trent Dole]

I dunno who I'd want working on the next Metroid. Not Retro and certainly not the fuckwits at Team Ninja.

[Himu]

I don't think I'll ever understand why Spyro and Crash were popular.

Crash is like Donkey Kong Country in 3D.  Controls feel so sloppy and you're running through insipid levels fighting generic animals enemies, breaking boxes and collecting shit.  And the presentation of both is garish.  I can excuse dated swimming textures (or just the uggo DKC sprites), but Crash is just like...I don't know.  I get to a save spot and there's a female Crash, except her body has human proportions while Crash is just a giant head.  It's just like DKC and the humanoid bimbo monkey thing.  And I can't tell if something is wrong with the audio and music. 

I liked all the PS2 platformers from Naughy Dog and Insomniac, but their PS1 games always seem bad whenever I try them.  Spyro is just boring; the only good one is for the GBA.  PS1 even had better platformers like Jumping Flash.  Well I guess you can say the same about SNES.

What is this heresy? Spyro 1 and Crash 2 were GREAT.

[Don Flamenco]

I dunno who I'd want working on the next Metroid. Not Retro and certainly not the fuckwits at Team Ninja.

combat was the best part of Other M and that's all TN worked on. 

A "New Super Metroid" is what the series needs right now.  Make the budget in-line with hardcore sales expectations, hype it up...hell, rehash Super Metroid all they want, just make a 2D game for christ's sake.   

i'd definitely temporarily own a used 3DS/Wii/Wii-u for it. 

[Himu]

i think mix of 2d and 3d mario galaxy 2 style is the best route for metroid. I think we're at the point where a third person Metroid would really work well, Dead Space/RE4 style. The problem is, is the audience even there? Such a game seems like it'd be best handled on something that's not a nintendo console.

[OptimoPeach]

Metroid Dread plz

[cool breeze]

has anyone here played Muramasa for the Wii? how is it?

[demi]

I did. It's ok... can get boring. I wouldn't really go out of my way to play it. Needs to be in HD since the first day.

[cool breeze]

k, thanks.  it's $9 at newegg and I remember wanting to check it out but passed because Odin Sphere was mad dull.  still, $9 isn't that much.

[iconoclast]

Finally beat Espgaluda II; got 394,247,302 with Ageha. I've been playing it on and off ever since I got done with Akai Katana, so it took me a while to get through it. I'm glad I finally beat it, but I'm pretty disappointed with my run. I messed up a bunch of scoring areas and had a stupid death or two on stage 6, so I think I could get 450m or so. Oh well, I'll probably keep playing for a while longer.

Oh, and it's an awesome game. I didn't like it very much when it first came out, but I was still pretty terrible at shooters back then. I'd definitely recommend putting some time into it after leveling up on some easier games.

[magus]

i've decided to maraton trough all the classic megaman games because nothing beats fucking classic megaman

[Acosta]

Not much, trying to get the most of the beta from The Old Republic to get a solid idea of the game. And I put two solid hours into this marvel:



Fucking goosebumps. There is something about old beat'em Ups that makes easy to come back to them.

[Trent Dole]

Jesus fuck what is with the size of Link's eyes in SS? If they were out to make him look like incarnate they succeeded. Also love how diagonal slash recognition is complete shit. Whatevs, it's :zelda  so I'll play through almost the entire thing anyway shittastic grainy last gen graphics and all.

[benjipwns]

What is this heresy? Spyro 1 and Crash 2 were GREAT.

Spryo 2 is great. Might even be better in terms of level design than the first.

Not much, trying to get the most of the beta from The Old Republic to get a solid idea of the game.

Dammit, they sent me the code like the day of Thanksgiving and I forgot I was in that.

[Bebpo]

Gundam Versus Extreme

Everyone who ever liked Virtual On at any point should import this.  This is absolutely Virtual On's successor and it's just absolutely amazing 4 on 4 tournament arena fighter.  60 characters and 4 more coming in DLC, all with deep move lists and good balance.  Lots of stages, music, great visuals and pretty decent for Japanese standards online play.  Fun SP mode too.  I've already put 5+ hours in and I've barely scratched the surface.  It's so awesome to see what Virtual On would be like if it was still the king of robot versus in 2011.

[iconoclast]

VOOT still has an active community, though it's mostly just the hardcore players and whoever else wants to try to learn the game. But anyway, how is the online for Gundam? I figure it'll be borderline unplayable for Americans because 99% of the players are  going to be Japanese. And does it have 1v1, or is the main focus on team battles?

[Bebpo]

Online is ok.  The connections are usually yellow and occasionally red but you can't tell much when playing.  Feels pretty smooth.  Japanese players are ridiculously good though.  Everyone is tourney-level.

You can do 1v1 if you want.  But the balance is definitely for 2v2.

[MrAngryFace]

Assassins Creed mostly- snuck in some KoF XIII

[Beezy]

Gundam Versus Extreme

Everyone who ever liked Virtual On at any point should import this.  This is absolutely Virtual On's successor and it's just absolutely amazing 4 on 4 tournament arena fighter.  60 characters and 4 more coming in DLC, all with deep move lists and good balance.  Lots of stages, music, great visuals and pretty decent for Japanese standards online play.  Fun SP mode too.  I've already put 5+ hours in and I've barely scratched the surface.  It's so awesome to see what Virtual On would be like if it was still the king of robot versus in 2011.

No japanese necessary?

[Bebpo]

Only for certain win/loss requirements in the SP mission mode.  The main arcade game and online is just a fighting game.  Figuring out the movelists takes some effort though since everyone plays differently.  But Shouta is translating the movelists and gaffers will answer questions.  There's about 10 people on gaf who imported it and are playing online.

[Bebpo]

This game is ridiculous.  I haven't been this into a competitive fighting game in foreeeever.  So much fun.  I can see myself playing this for months.  Just gotta stop it from sucking up all my time.

Japanese players are crazy too.  Game just came out 4-5 days ago and people have 400-500 online wins already.  Argh.


Also this game makes a good argument for why the OO movie should exist.  Quanta Gundam is really fun to play as.

[Cerveza mas fina]

No Skyrim B?

[Cerveza mas fina]

What happens after 60 hours?

[Cerveza mas fina]

Plays like a dream on my laptop 

Shame PS3 sucks, but everyone knew multiplat games suck on PS3.

[Himu]

0 fps happens

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-ps3-skyrim-lag

42 hours on my 360 file and i'm starting to have lag

[Don Flamenco]

Dark Souls rpg of the year 

Skyrim

[Himu]

Dark who?

[Don Flamenco]

Dark who?

Dark Quality Over Quantity That Doesn't Break And Gets By On Its Own Merits Of Being A Good Game Instead Of Just Being A Large Game With Some Half Decent Fantasy Writers

mo'fucka


this isn't even an argument or a fair fight

[D3RANG3D]

Dark who?

Dark Quality Over Quantity That Doesn't Break And Gets By On Its Own Merits Of Being A Good Game Instead Of Just Being A Large Game With Some Half Decent Fantasy Writers

mo'fucka


this isn't even an argument or a fair fight

How bout those 5fps?

[Himu]

Dark who?

Dark Quality Over Quantity That Doesn't Break And Gets By On Its Own Merits Of Being A Good Game Instead Of Just Being A Large Game With Some Half Decent Fantasy Writers

mo'fucka


this isn't even an argument or a fair fight

I think people who use this argument haven't actually played Skyrim.

[Don Flamenco]

yeah, i'm pretty busted there.  but bethesda's past games took little to no skill, aside from right at the beginning when you're level 1, and on top of that it's not like combat is balanced or even anything more than just a little competent in all of their games.  The "hard" parts of Oblivion were wholly due to jankiness.  I'm somehow doubting it's suddenly Dark Souls quality gameplay the whole way through. 

[demi]

lol. quality over quantity. someone's been shoving fingers in their butt again.

[Don Flamenco]

everyone's favorite game sucks 

[demi]

Would you let Marn shove his meatfingers in your butt.

[Don Flamenco]

Would you let Marn shove his meatfingers in your butt.

damn straight, especially when he's all angry after choking in a match. 

[Himu]

yeah, i'm pretty busted there.  but bethesda's past games took little to no skill, aside from right at the beginning when you're level 1, and on top of that it's not like combat is balanced or even anything more than just a little competent in all of their games.  The "hard" parts of Oblivion were wholly due to jankiness.  I'm somehow doubting it's suddenly Dark Souls quality gameplay the whole way through.

how does difficulty mean something is a better game? SMB2j is harder than Mario 1 and it sucks. and if it's like demon's souls, it's probably not that hard anyways, it's probably mostly just "learning the level" like a mega man game. the biggest mistake gamers make is equating dying to a game's challenge. they are two different concepts.

[Don Flamenco]

what are you even responding too      i was talking about balance and game mechanics, not difficulty. 

i like bethesda games, but they don't hit many of the right notes for me and get boring once I start actually leveling up.  Or in Oblivion's case, the enemies just become hit sponges because they fucking level with you automatically    

highway men with glass armor  

[Great Rumbler]

what are you even responding too      i was talking about balance and game mechanics, not difficulty. 

i like bethesda games, but they don't hit many of the right notes for me and get boring once I start actually leveling up.  Or in Oblivion's case, the enemies just become hit sponges because they fucking level with you automatically    

highway men with glass armor

I'm at level 45 and I've yet to see a single highway man wearing anything other than garbage, newb armor in Skyrim.

[iconoclast]

I think I'll try to get a decent score out of Futari 1.5 Original before the end of the year (like 300-350 million). I played a couple credits just now and found that all I really need to practice is stage 5 and Larsa; I can no miss no bomb the rest of the game, so I just need to string it all together in a real run. Already beat my old score in a run I was about to trash because it was going so poorly.

I think both 1.5 Original and Black Label Original are kinda crap as far as Cave goes (which means they're still better than most games ), but maybe I'll change my mind by the time I'm done. Probably not though.

[Don Flamenco]

what are you even responding too      i was talking about balance and game mechanics, not difficulty. 

i like bethesda games, but they don't hit many of the right notes for me and get boring once I start actually leveling up.  Or in Oblivion's case, the enemies just become hit sponges because they fucking level with you automatically    

highway men with glass armor

I'm at level 45 and I've yet to see a single highway man wearing anything other than garbage, newb armor in Skyrim.

goty confirmed

[Sho Nuff]

A certain event in Japan encouraged me to play some of the best racers ever

[cool breeze]

that's actually hilarious

[The Sceneman]

anyhow I finally got around to playing Portal 2.

I went from disliking the game at the start, thinking it was a rehash which relied entirely on riffing on the meme humor which neckbeard nerbos love to JO over.

But man, is this game a top quality product. The polish, the easter eggs, the intricate puzzles, the innovative storytelling. Almost at the end now and loving it. Going to go for 1000 even!

Oh, and I havent touched co-op yet, so if anyone has beaten co-op and needs the "Professor Portal" achievement (help a new player do co-op tutorial if you have finished the game), hit me up for an easy 75 gamerscore. (I'm playing on 360, of course).

[brob]

co-op is the best part of that product. the single player is too self-indulgent and tries too hard with the jokes imo. just like with the transition from HL1 to 2 they forgo the simplicity of a neat set-up and incidental story beats in favor of flash and exposition dumps.

Playing the co-op was best on split screen for me as half the fun is the frustration of not being able to work together and throwing pillows at each other with the sexual tension of a quarreling gay couple. 

[Don Flamenco]

SNK read my anger about not being able to run P.O.W on any of the PS3 arcade emulators and now they're releasing it as a Mini sometime soon (it's on the discount list for U.S. PS+ Christmas deals.)  First good decision they've ever made as a company 



I imagine I'll get some kind of letter of thanks for being the only guy to buy it

[archie4208]

:/

[chronovore]

co-op is the best part of that product. the single player is too self-indulgent and tries too hard with the jokes imo. just like with the transition from HL1 to 2 they forgo the simplicity of a neat set-up and incidental story beats in favor of flash and exposition dumps.

Playing the co-op was best on split screen for me as half the fun is the frustration of not being able to work together and throwing pillows at each other with the sexual tension of a quarreling gay couple.

Sold! I'll be buying this and playing through it with my bro-in-law. First, I'll let Sceneman pop my co-op cherry though. 

[brob]

co-op is the best part of that product. the single player is too self-indulgent and tries too hard with the jokes imo. just like with the transition from HL1 to 2 they forgo the simplicity of a neat set-up and incidental story beats in favor of flash and exposition dumps.

Playing the co-op was best on split screen for me as half the fun is the frustration of not being able to work together and throwing pillows at each other with the sexual tension of a quarreling gay couple.

Sold! I'll be buying this and playing through it with my bro-in-law. First, I'll let Sceneman pop my co-op cherry though. 

for an optimal portal 2 co-op experience be sure to never use the in-game high light system in favor of yelling vague directions and pointing at the tv.

[Don Flamenco]

Totally bought this Mini last night to ease the pain of waiting for P.O.W. 

Street Smart:




super frustrating game as a kid when you spend quarters on it, but I sort of learned how to play it on its own shitty terms and found it enjoyable.  It's not a completely incompetent pre-SFII fighter, but the controls are pretty damn awkward.  You can sort of combo, but it's more like frame-trapping/resetting and all dependent on finicky button press timing.  Plus, you collect women as the prize for every fight.  The sprites are pretty nice.

I wanna compare the credits with KOF staff because it seems like there are a few character designs that are similar to KOF characters--- main character = Takuma, one of the bosses looks a bit like Mr. Karate. 

[brob]

your post prompted me to go on mobygames to look at SNK credits and I ended up finding out that SWERY of Deadly Premonition fame was credited as a director on The Last Blade.


SWERY

[iconoclast]

Huh, didn't know that. Daisuke Ishiwatari worked on The Last Blade as well, and then after he was done with that he went on to make Guilty Gear.

Ishiwatari

[The Sceneman]

co-op is the best part of that product. the single player is too self-indulgent and tries too hard with the jokes imo. just like with the transition from HL1 to 2 they forgo the simplicity of a neat set-up and incidental story beats in favor of flash and exposition dumps.

Playing the co-op was best on split screen for me as half the fun is the frustration of not being able to work together and throwing pillows at each other with the sexual tension of a quarreling gay couple.

Sold! I'll be buying this and playing through it with my bro-in-law. First, I'll let Sceneman pop my co-op cherry though. 

yeah I played with a friendly chap off TA yesterday and got him his professor portal achievement. We knocked out the first two testing zones too, as well as other cheevs. He knew what he was doing, and I was fresh out of SP so we made a great team!

[The Sceneman]

Totally bought this Mini last night to ease the pain of waiting for P.O.W. 

Street Smart:

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super frustrating game as a kid when you spend quarters on it, but I sort of learned how to play it on its own shitty terms and found it enjoyable.  It's not a completely incompetent pre-SFII fighter, but the controls are pretty damn awkward.  You can sort of combo, but it's more like frame-trapping/resetting and all dependent on finicky button press timing.  Plus, you collect women as the prize for every fight.  The sprites are pretty nice.

I wanna compare the credits with KOF staff because it seems like there are a few character designs that are similar to KOF characters--- main character = Takuma, one of the bosses looks a bit like Mr. Karate.

have you played Burning Fight?! My fave sidescroller EVAR

[Don Flamenco]

I will check that out, but Street Smart is a weird beat em up fighting game, all one-on-one matches.  You travel the U.S. collecting women, then you realize the women all look like the same woman with different hairstyles, but in the end you realize you get to bang octuplets in the middle of a stadium full of people.