Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4648067 times)

cool breeze · « **Reply #14640 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:45:39 AM »

a lot worse

Bebpo · « **Reply #14641 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:50:18 AM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #14642 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:51:53 AM »

actually, take your definition of "a lot" and multiply it by a lot, and that's what I mean when I say "a lot worse"

Bebpo · « **Reply #14643 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:00:27 PM »

One thing I liked about BC2 compared to CoD, was that even though the writing was terrible, at least they didn't take it seriously and it was pretty goofy at times.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14644 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:36:22 PM »

Upgraded computer means better emulations, so I've been digging back into my PS2 backlog to put some time into games that I never really put that much time into before.

Final Fantasy X-2 - Easily wins the FABULOUS MAX award for Fabulousness. I like way the garment grid allows you to switch combat styles on the fly to meet the challenges of individual battles [even though spamming attack works nearly as well in most cases] and I also like the way the game is basically just about running around the world going on crazy [and fabulous] adventures with only a vaguely referenced impetus for doing so. It's a fresh approach and I don't have to take all that seriously because it doesn't take itself all that seriously.

Final Fantasy XII - Gonna make another go at it after making it through 12-15 hours on my last attempt. Vahn and Penelo is still dumb as rocks, with the best characters relegated to dying during the first five minutes of the game or playing second fiddle to the plucky teens, but I can deal with that as long as there is some huge, featureless expanse to wander through and occasionally fight monsters in, which FFXII has in abundance.

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter - The timer always put me off, I hate games with constantly-running timers. But I've determined not to let that stop me this time and intend to make it halfway through the game then start over from the beginning with my characters all buffed up for a smooth-sailing second playthrough.

Bonus game:

Xenoblade - Thanks you, Based-Intel, for your magnificent Sandy Bridge architecture. I can now play GOTY 2011 on my PC at a playable framerate and without sound stuttering! Sitting through all the early cutscenes again isn't particularly fun, but it'll be smooth sailing once that's out of the way and the game blows wide open.

Himu · « **Reply #14645 on:** December 18, 2011, 07:58:59 PM »

How do the other characters take second fiddle to Vaan and Penelo in FFXII? Once you've got Balthier and Ashe, they're pretty much the main characters. The game even makes fun of this and the party (notably Balthier) questions why the fuck Vaan is tagging along anyways. FFXII is Ashe's story.

demi · « **Reply #14646 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:05:14 PM »

I hope you plan on buying Xenoblade

tiesto · « **Reply #14647 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:07:09 PM »

I bought and played through Crusader of Centy a few years ago, but completely blanked on the game... like I forgot nearly everything about it! So my friend was over and I showed him the game, he really dug it... then today I started a new game and am about halfway through already

So I'm gonna finish it up over the next few days.

Also played through Sonic CD XBLA (amazing port)... but missed most of the 'cheevs.

American Soundtrack

When aforementioned friend was over, we played a whole host of random games - Tales of Destiny R (PS2), Princess Crown, Sonic CD, Disgaea, and Astal.

Put in some time to Jamestown as well, pretty good for an American STG, very nice pixel art and music.

demi · « **Reply #14648 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:28:21 PM »

Does anyone have Rage 360? I need a co-op partner for these stupid wasteland missions. Fuck I need real friends dedicated to the cause.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14649 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:30:13 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 18, 2011, 08:05:14 PM

I hope you plan on buying Xenoblade

Yeah, I'll definitely pick up a retail copy come April.

hyp · « **Reply #14650 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:11:57 PM »

sonic cd and cave story+

iconoclast · « **Reply #14651 on:** December 19, 2011, 02:03:48 AM »

Started playing Espgaluda II Black Label. I think I know how the game works after reading a guide and watching a few replays, but it's hard to really get a grip on it since there are so many different systems working together. I'm guessing it's going to take a few days to get comfortable with this game. It seems fun though. Gotta be one of Cave's better console modes.

I'm up to Chapter 14 I think on Ghost Trick as well. That game's pretty good too; it starts out really slow (which is why I dropped it earlier), but it's pretty interesting once it starts to pick up.

And I've been trying to play Rayman, but I just can't get into that game. It's not bad, but it's kinda boring and not at all engaging so far (up to world 3 or 4). Same problem I've had with every Mario game since 64. I guess platformers are just dull if they're not hard enough.

naff · « **Reply #14652 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:44:25 AM »

Spent some time in the new XBL store this evening. Man it suuuuuuucks.... eShop levels of suck, SMH Microsoft. Had 2240 points to burn after getting gifted 1500 so I got Crysis: Console Poor Edition and Guwange which worked out to exactly 2240 points

chronovore · « **Reply #14653 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:13:17 AM »

Just shout at your machine, if you've got Kinect. This afternoon, I was just shouting "Xbox. Bing. Saints Row." and all the SR stuff showed up, so I tried "Xbox. Bing. Saints Row the Third." and ONLY SR3 stuff showed up. If you know what you want, it's pretty cool.

magus · « **Reply #14654 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:44:23 PM »

i feel like playing some old-ass rpg,maybe i'll pick breath of fire 2... the official translation is so bad that someone made a better one fanmaded

Bebpo · « **Reply #14655 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:47:33 PM »

Quote from: magus on December 19, 2011, 06:44:23 PM

i feel like playing some old-ass rpg,maybe i'll pick breath of fire 2... the official translation is so bad that someone made a better one fanmaded

You should play one I recommend!

demi · « **Reply #14656 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:29:01 PM »

Play Brain Lord

tiesto · « **Reply #14657 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:39:55 PM »

Quote from: magus on December 19, 2011, 06:44:23 PM

i feel like playing some old-ass rpg,maybe i'll pick breath of fire 2... the official translation is so bad that someone made a better one fanmaded

Play Traysia (GEN), Exile (Turbo CD) or Crusader of Centy (GEN)

Beezy · « **Reply #14658 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:43:26 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 19, 2011, 10:29:01 PM

Play Brain Lord

this

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #14659 on:** December 20, 2011, 12:45:28 AM »

Play Dragon View.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14660 on:** December 20, 2011, 12:58:04 AM »

Robotrek!

Bebpo · « **Reply #14661 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:05:21 AM »

You know, I stuck in Motorstorm PR to refresh my memory on what it was like before I start up Motorstorm Apocalypse and then I remembered I kind of hate this series.

Don't get me wrong, there's some good track design and though the graphics are kind of bad when looked at in stills, with motion blur it has a good arcade sense of speed. But, man, there is no other racing game that is as random luck determined as the Motorstorm series. You can be driving around when some pebble or bump slightly turns your car making it flip into a rock. Or when you're driving and a monster truck FALLS ON YOU. The physics are just complete wack and no matter how well you drive the race it's always so easy for you to be on the final turn and then something goes wrong and you lose the whole thing. I love arcade racers, but most racing games tend to feel very skill based and the better you get and more familiar you get with the track, you do better. But Motorstorm is more of just brute force keep retrying until you get lucky and take 1st. Which is kind of bad design!

Will still give Apocalypse a shot since I picked it up when it finally dropped in price a bit. But may just go back to Wipeout HD while waiting for 2048.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14662 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:00:31 AM »

God, Espgaluda 2 BL is distinguished mentally-challenged. I made it to the final boss with 5 lives remaining (with Seseri), but I still didn't beat it because I completely fucked up her second form (died and missed the safe spot). If you don't go into her final form with 250-300 gems and instakill her in kakusei, you are absolutely fucked because your regular laser does pitiful damage, and when you die you respawn with 0 gems, so you can't enter kakusei period. I would be so pissed right now if I had a good run that ended like that, but I fucked up tons of stuff and only had 1.380 billion or something, so whatever. Still annoying.

edit: Practiced her for a while in training mode, think I can no miss her pretty consistently now. Training mode always solves every problem.

tiesto · « **Reply #14663 on:** December 20, 2011, 08:52:16 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on December 19, 2011, 11:43:26 PM

Quote from: demi on December 19, 2011, 10:29:01 PM
Play Brain Lord
this

I NEED THIS GAME, always wanted it based on those cool EGM ads.

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #14664 on:** December 20, 2011, 09:49:17 AM »

I changed my mind, play Metal Walker:

Is cross between Pokemon and billiards, which mathematically speaking makes it the best game ever.

archie4208 · « **Reply #14665 on:** December 20, 2011, 09:55:19 AM »

A bunch of shitty indie games so I can get 25% off coupons for Valve titles.

magus · « **Reply #14666 on:** December 20, 2011, 09:59:17 AM »

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on December 20, 2011, 09:49:17 AM

I changed my mind, play Metal Walker:

Is cross between Pokemon and billiards, which mathematically speaking makes it the best game ever.

oooohhh yes i love metal walker,such an original game,they don't make them like that anymore

but i'm going with the brain lord suggestion since it's one of the few snes games i never played

demi · « **Reply #14667 on:** December 20, 2011, 10:03:21 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on December 20, 2011, 08:52:16 AM

Quote from: Beezy on December 19, 2011, 11:43:26 PM
Quote from: demi on December 19, 2011, 10:29:01 PM
Play Brain Lord
this

I NEED THIS GAME, always wanted it based on those cool EGM ads.

I own it. Great game.

One game I want to get is Twisted Tales of Spike McFang

tiesto · « **Reply #14668 on:** December 20, 2011, 10:46:37 AM »

Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on December 20, 2011, 09:49:17 AM

I changed my mind, play Metal Walker:

Is cross between Pokemon and billiards, which mathematically speaking makes it the best game ever.

Wow, never heard of this before, sounds really interesting!

magus · « **Reply #14669 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:37:39 AM »

well as owl said the first weird thing about the game is the battle system,it plays like a billiard games and each times you bump into an enemy you deal damage,of course the reverse is true so it's actualy possible to kill yourself if an enemy bounce off a wall and then bump's into you

items don't get used instantly but instead they get throw into the field,if you bump into an item you get their effect but some items are nocive so in that case you want to bump the enemy so that he bumps into the item

the collection aspect comes into the fact that each enemy represent an item,shop don't sell potions and such,you have to capture the enemies by making them bump into an analyzing item and after that shop start selling the item related to that enemies,it's a cool idea but to be fair there are a lot of repeats

lastly there is a weak rock/paper/scissor element to it,as you progress the game you gain cores which let you transform your robot into ships or planes and ships are strong against planes and such...

Bebpo · « **Reply #14670 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:31:23 PM »

I got duckroll Gray Matter for his birthday and he actually blew through it in like 3 days and enjoyed it.

Makes me so happy to see people enjoying Gray Matter. It's the most underrated game this decade and with no distribution and no one playing it, it's probably the last real adventure game we'll see

cool breeze · « **Reply #14671 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:36:10 PM »

it had an Amazon sale recently and I was going to buy it, but thought "wait, Steam sale. it'll be cheaper there." then I realized it wasn't on steam. I'll probably get it with all this Amazon digital game credit I'm raking up.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14672 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:42:13 PM »

Yeah, it drops to <$15 regularly on Amazon downloads. Unfortunately they don't let you gift games, so I had to buy it for $30 from the Adventure Shop to gift it digitally.

If the game was on steam I think it'd sell decently from great word of mouth. Same if it was in some indie bundles. But the euro distributor it has is totally euro janky

iconoclast · « **Reply #14673 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:45:13 PM »

Finished Ghost Trick. Great animation, unique gameplay, good music, good characters, and a great story (up there with Nier and 999 as the best of the gen). Great game, might even be one of my top 10 of the year. Shu Takumi is a cool dude.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14674 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:50:53 PM »

I might go back to Ghost Trick at some point. I liked everything about it, but it was kind of slow and having to rewatch sections several times was boring.

magus · « **Reply #14675 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:17:26 PM »

the breath of fire 2 re-translation is super professional,they went and hacked the menu so it has a scrolling inventory a-la final fantasy and they expanded the max letter possible for item so you have stuff like "copper sword" instead of "copperswrd"

it's incredible how capcom got it wrong twice and a random dude with too much times in his hand got it right

iconoclast · « **Reply #14676 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:34:25 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 21, 2011, 12:50:53 PM

I might go back to Ghost Trick at some point. I liked everything about it, but it was kind of slow and having to rewatch sections several times was boring.

Yeah, it starts off really slow. I dropped it at chapter 5 or 6, but it starts to pick up almost immediately after that, and the final stretch of the game is fantastic. I didn't like replaying scenes over and over either, but that's really only a problem in a few chapters where you have to wait for a specific point before doing a trick (or if you get stuck and fail over and over). Most of the time the solutions are pretty straight forward, so I didn't think it was a big problem. At least it's not as bad as having to mash through tons of text when you fail a trial in Phoenix Wright.

tiesto · « **Reply #14677 on:** December 21, 2011, 06:43:40 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on December 21, 2011, 12:45:13 PM

Finished Ghost Trick. Great animation, unique gameplay, good music, good characters, and a great story (up there with Nier and 999 as the best of the gen). Great game, might even be one of my top 10 of the year. Shu Takumi is a cool dude.

Yeah the music in that game was cool. The organ instrument in this song is straight up 90's house:

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14678 on:** December 22, 2011, 01:59:12 AM »

Fair bit of Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Dynasty Warriors Xtreme Legends

cool breeze · « **Reply #14679 on:** December 22, 2011, 02:04:46 AM »

wow Trine 2 looks ridiculously good. I just played the first again for the achievement and that still looked really nice, but Trine 2 is drastically prettier.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14680 on:** December 22, 2011, 02:37:23 AM »

and and avadon steam version has CHEEVES

Eric P · « **Reply #14681 on:** December 22, 2011, 11:55:50 AM »

Crysis 2.

fucking walkers.

iconoclast · « **Reply #14682 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:36:59 PM »

Just beat Espgaluda 2 BL (with Seseri). I was having a pretty shitty run, survival wise, so I'm kinda surprised I cleared it. Did decently with the scoring though, so I wound up with 1.622 billion. Not a bad score, but still pretty mediocre imo (ranked #21). Great game though, definitely one of Cave's better console modes. And I appreciate that it isn't as oppressively difficult as vanilla Galuda 2.

Beezy · « **Reply #14683 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:50:18 PM »

Quote from: magus on December 21, 2011, 01:17:26 PM

the breath of fire 2 re-translation is super professional,they went and hacked the menu so it has a scrolling inventory a-la final fantasy and they expanded the max letter possible for item so you have stuff like "copper sword" instead of "copperswrd"

Link to the re-translation?

magus · « **Reply #14684 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:53:19 PM »

http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1384/

they even added press B to run

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14685 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:59:27 PM »

MGS2. just finished the "find pacemaker dude" part. Great game and still got 3 and Peacewalker to look forward to. MGS HD Collection might be the best thing ever.

Beezy · « **Reply #14686 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:43:29 PM »

thanks magus

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #14687 on:** December 22, 2011, 09:11:51 PM »

Devil's Crush. I'm too tired to play this game.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14688 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:07:50 AM »

Renegade Ops is awesome

Himu · « **Reply #14689 on:** December 23, 2011, 02:58:32 AM »

Dynasty Warriors 7: my most played game this year. Between 50 hours of the ps3 version and 30 hours of the 360 version so far. Mashin', combos, loot, levels, conquest, history, fantasy, politics. Love me some DW. May import Warriors Orochi 3 later.

Final Fantasy XIII: replaying for XIII-2, much better on replay. Replay reminds me there are lots to like about the game.

Skyrim: my reserve game. Do a few quests, play something else. Not boring per se, it's still awesome efen 60 hours in. But the endless stream of content means I can jump in any time and do something new. Great for. Oth casual and hardcore play.

Timber · « **Reply #14690 on:** December 23, 2011, 03:20:39 PM »

Got my new laptop. Destroyed Zone 1 of BIT.TRIP RUNNER before it destroyed me.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14691 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:00:45 AM »

playing the shit out of zelda 2 and put a few hours into VF5 PS3.

played some mario 3d land yesterday and holy fuck at that first vertical level. Now that is a good case for 3D, but too bad that this early game will probably be the pinnacle of 3D functionality for the system's entire life span.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14692 on:** December 24, 2011, 01:55:40 AM »

I wanna play other shit but omg weapon seal collectan hilariously shallow town "building" in DW7 xtreme legends. Oh well, guess Musou games just got me dialed in

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14693 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:05:54 PM »

I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIII lately and it's pretty great. Love the battle system [especially how positioning and chaining arts really make a huge difference], the massive environments [and the way you get different moods/music depending on whether it's day or night], and the characters and cutscenes aren't too bad. I mean, they're not exactly great or anything, but they do get the job done and keep from being overly annoying like in a lot of JRPGs. Oh wait...this is Xenoblade.

magus · « **Reply #14694 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:20:18 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 24, 2011, 12:05:54 PM

I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIII lately and it's pretty great. Love the battle system [especially how positioning and chaining arts really make a huge difference], the massive environments [and the way you get different moods/music depending on whether it's day or night], and the characters and cutscenes aren't too bad. I mean, they're not exactly great or anything, but they do get the job done and keep from being overly annoying like in a lot of JRPGs. Oh wait...this is Xenoblade.

i would pimp slap you if i didn't know the horrible destiny it awaits you

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14695 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:53:27 PM »

demi · « **Reply #14696 on:** December 24, 2011, 01:09:53 PM »

FF13 rox.

I started Torchlight on X360. Is Hardcore as descriptive as it sounds? I picked Hard for now to get a feel for the game.

magus · « **Reply #14697 on:** December 24, 2011, 01:54:47 PM »

i got the ship in breath of fire 2 and like every fucking rpg where you get a ship,the game suddenly forgot to gave me any sort of direction,so now i have to find some animal without having any clue where to find it even after i spent like 2 hours wandering around like an idiot

and people complain about linearity

cool breeze · « **Reply #14698 on:** December 24, 2011, 01:59:20 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 24, 2011, 01:09:53 PM

FF13 rox.

I started Torchlight on X360. Is Hardcore as descriptive as it sounds? I picked Hard for now to get a feel for the game.

at least on PC, normal barely required impulse. Hard felt like normal.

tiesto · « **Reply #14699 on:** December 25, 2011, 11:21:15 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 24, 2011, 12:05:54 PM

I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIII lately and it's pretty great. Love the battle system [especially how positioning and chaining arts really make a huge difference], the massive environments [and the way you get different moods/music depending on whether it's day or night], and the characters and cutscenes aren't too bad. I mean, they're not exactly great or anything, but they do get the job done and keep from being overly annoying like in a lot of JRPGs. Oh wait...this is Xenoblade.

Yeah, Final Fantasy XIII is the game with the immortal dude traveling around the world trying to regain his memory, with a great Uematsu soundtrack, a turn-based battle system, lots of sidequests, and poignant stories layered throughout the game. Oh wait, that's Lost Odyssey.

I started Persona 3 for the first time... just made it past the first time you go to Tartarus... awesome so far but I wish there were more chances to save. The intro is VERY long...

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4648067 times)