What are you playing?

[demi]

Nobody is playing Driver online, poo. Quite easy to boost too, if I could find someone.

[cool breeze]

Fully in on Mass Effect 2, game is fun as hell. I'm definitely interested in picking up ME3 at launch now.

funny you mention ME2...

I just installed some of the Texture mods that bump up the texture quality on your squad members armor/faces also some other general texture mods as well and i'm thinking of re-playing the game before ME3 comes out.

can you please provide a link to that?

I'm thinking of going through again with one of the DLC.  I think I'm only going to buy Shadow Broker, since I heard good things.

[fistfulofmetal]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34449050&postcount=1152

it really does make the game take a long time to load. with the mods i installed so far, it takes about ~2 and a half minutes to load.

[The Sceneman]

Fully in on Mass Effect 2, game is fun as hell. I'm definitely interested in picking up ME3 at launch now.

funny you mention ME2...

I just installed some of the Texture mods that bump up the texture quality on your squad members armor/faces also some other general texture mods as well and i'm thinking of re-playing the game before ME3 comes out.

can you please provide a link to that?

I'm thinking of going through again with one of the DLC.  I think I'm only going to buy Shadow Broker, since I heard good things.

Get Overlord too, I liked it more than Shadow Broker, but Shadow Broker is a longer and more full featured DLC.

Overlord also has awesome music:

[The Sceneman]

Nobody is playing Driver online, poo. Quite easy to boost too, if I could find someone.

www.trueachievements.com


anyhow I will lick someones ass for some new 360 software. I feel like I've played all the games on the damn system or something. Once I get paid I'm going to defile a nearby bargain bin and pick up some B- turds

[fistfulofmetal]

IMO Overlord is the best piece of ME2 dlc. it's really great.

[Positive Touch]

the ending was one of the coolest moments of the whole game.  wish i would've kept a save there

[demi]

Nobody is playing Driver online, poo. Quite easy to boost too, if I could find someone.

www.trueachievements.com


anyhow I will lick someones ass for some new 360 software. I feel like I've played all the games on the damn system or something. Once I get paid I'm going to defile a nearby bargain bin and pick up some B- turds

I don't care to use TA. I just stopped playing and sent it back, not worth the effort

[Great Rumbler]

IMO Overlord is the best piece of ME2 dlc. it's really great.

Lair of the Shadow Broker is no slouch either.

[cool breeze]

Thing is that I only have 800 Bioware points from when Origin put the points on sale and won't buy it full price on principle.  Maybe they'll finally put the DLC on sale because ME2 is coming soon (fat chance; XBL and PSN Bioware Points ).

[fistfulofmetal]

the ending was one of the coolest moments of the whole game.  wish i would've kept a save there

agree'd much better than the showdown at the end of Shadow Broker

[Joe Molotov]

Overlord would have been better if it didn't stick you with the Mako 2.0.

[Bebpo]

driving bits were short and easy though.

[fistfulofmetal]

i thought they added some variety and were enjoyable

[The Sceneman]

Mako was awesome, the thing you Drive in ME2 was sweet too.

I think its just fashionable to rip on vehicle sections in games

[OptimoPeach]

Bayonetta's vehicle segments sucked a fat one

[The Sceneman]

no they didn't

also the part where you drive around in the supertruck in Gears 2 was off the hook

SHIT thats what I'm gonna play, fuckin Bayonetta. Need to get the 1000 on that still

[Bebpo]

Yeah they did wtf

And that you have to play the Space Harrier crap in Bayo just to get to BEST FIGHT IN GAME is even more annoying.  Those 2 levels are the only terrible blights on an otherwise fantastic game.

[iconoclast]

Forced Alfheims and backtracking for hidden fights when playing for score/Pure Platinum medals and the two horrible vehicle stages (the Space Harrier stage is GOD AWFUL) kill any enthusiasm I have whenever I try playing that game again. They should have made a Bayonetta Black that fixed everything that sucked about that game.

[tiesto]

Started Trails in the Sky, only did the first dungeon but it looks like it could be really good so far... Grandia-ish battle engine and very fast walking speed... can't wait to play more!

Also up to the 3rd dungeon in Brain Lord. Looked at a FAQ and it seems like it's a pretty short game...

[Bebpo]

I think you'll like TiTS 

However the middle of it is sloooow.

[demi]

Chaos Rings is good. Playing Fable 3 while waiting for Final Fantasy to come out next week.

[cool breeze]

Bayonetta space harrier homage was great.  ok it wasn't fun to play but the space harrier theme is the best.

[Bebpo]

The vehicle stages just go on too long.  It's one thing to make a joke/nod to a classic.  It's another thing when it keeps going boringly for 10 mins.

[Positive Touch]

Chaos Rings is good.

no it definitely is not

[demi]

You really haven't told me why. I'm curious about the story and there's nothing offensive about the game. The puzzle rooms are straight Wild ARMs as well.

Sounds like you just mad...

[cool breeze]

Shinobido and Tenchu 4 PSP (Go)

I'm glad Shinobido is getting a sequel for Vita, but I'm really hoping a Tenchu 5 is planned.  Only thing is I want it on a system with two analog sticks, or if it has to be 3DS, support for the second stick/inevitable revision.

[Bebpo]

You really haven't told me why. I'm curious about the story and there's nothing offensive about the game. The puzzle rooms are straight Wild ARMs as well.

Sounds like you just mad...

Honestly, I liked it at first but got to the 3rd dungeon I think and shelved it.  The dungeons and battle system are pretty boring and the game is ridiculously easy iirc.

[MrAngryFace]

Chaos Rings vs Chaos Wars! Go!

[etiolate]

skyrim, borderlands, binding of isaac, guild wars, and TF2

I need to search for my Epic Mickey and try and finish it

[The Sceneman]

dusted off my copy of Tales of Vesperia as I realised I have been playing it on and off since 2009 and I still haven't completed it. I WILL complete the game this time (I say this every year)

[Positive Touch]

You really haven't told me why. I'm curious about the story and there's nothing offensive about the game. The puzzle rooms are straight Wild ARMs as well.

Sounds like you just mad...

Honestly, I liked it at first but got to the 3rd dungeon I think and shelved it.  The dungeons and battle system are pretty boring and the game is ridiculously easy iirc.

yeah this, pretty much.  even though you're allow to fight higher level enemies, by the end of the game i was crushing shit twice my level with little effort.  the game doesn't require you to strategize enough and after your hundredth easy fight while walking down yet another blue-and-green hallway you'll wonder why the fuck you're still wasting your time.  also the story started off fine but by the time i got to the end it was one of the worst i'd ever seen.  and besides all that there's dick-all for secrets & sidequests and you're supposed to play through the game FOUR TIMES to get the real ending.

[demi]

Doesnt feel any different than Final Fantasy or Wild ARMs...

[brob]

Shinobido and Tenchu 4 PSP (Go)

I'm glad Shinobido is getting a sequel for Vita, but I'm really hoping a Tenchu 5 is planned.  Only thing is I want it on a system with two analog sticks, or if it has to be 3DS, support for the second stick/inevitable revision.

I really dug shinobido and the tenchu game for ps2. how's the psp tenchu? 

[cool breeze]

Shinobido and Tenchu 4 PSP (Go)

I'm glad Shinobido is getting a sequel for Vita, but I'm really hoping a Tenchu 5 is planned.  Only thing is I want it on a system with two analog sticks, or if it has to be 3DS, support for the second stick/inevitable revision.

I really dug shinobido and the tenchu game for ps2. how's the psp tenchu?

Tenchu 4 PSP (aka Shadow Assassins, also on the Wii with odd waggle controls) is great.  Different than old Tenchu games or Shinobido.  The history behind it is that Acquire, who made Tenchu 1/2 went onto make the Shinobido series, which was an evolution of the Tenchu design.  Acquire returned to work on Tenchu 4 and made something different.  It's purely a stealth game now.  Pace is slower and almost puzzle-like.  It has tank controls now, you don't have a grapple to jump over roof tops, you're not really getting in sword fights with enemies.  The sword fighting is a mini-game to defend yourself if you get caught.

So it's good, but different than Shinobido or old Tenchu games.

[brob]

is it on psn? I'm on a mac so I can't check mediago and their website is trash.

[Robo]

I played a fuckton of SSF4:AE 2012 over the weekend; the most I've played since the week vanilla AE came out.

  Apology Edition patch

[Trent Dole]

dusted off my copy of Tales of Vesperia as I realised I have been playing it on and off since 2009 and I still haven't completed it. I WILL complete the game this time (I say this every year)

Can always tick the difficulty down to easy if you're sick of level grinding.

[magus]

continuining rune factory 3... i cleared all the dungeons but unlike tides of destiny where you can't get a waifu until the end of the game,in this one you are forced to take one before being able to tackle the final boss.... luckily it seems that's at least it's easier to do so

the dungeon themselves are much shorter but also better designed since in tides of destiny they are basicaly a bunch of copy-pasted room with a gimmick thrown once in a while for variety sakes,i think i'll go on a more precise rant about why i think this game is so much better when compared to tides of destiny after i'm done with it...

[MrAngryFace]

I got the sgt frog characters in Heroes of Fantasia, so far I have the primary Slayers cast, rune soldier cast, and now sgt frog. Boss fights havent been too bad so far- and im very glad theyve accurately represented the POWER of a Dragon Slave

[tiesto]

Is Rune Factory 3 on the DS? I bought one of the games a while back but haven't played. The sim + RPG stuff sounds like it can be kinda interesting.

Played a bit more of TITS today, I might download that "To The Moon" game this weekend or try and finish up "Shatter".

[magus]

Is Rune Factory 3 on the DS? I bought one of the games a while back but haven't played. The sim + RPG stuff sounds like it can be kinda interesting.

Played a bit more of TITS today, I might download that "To The Moon" game this weekend or try and finish up "Shatter".

yep it's on DS,apparently they already announced a rune factory 4 on 3DS

[MrAngryFace]

Can anyone here translate any of this? How these bravery points are allocated is kinda important- the top half i've been adjusting to enhance the base shape of the graph, the lower values appear to affect attacks themselves?

[Bebpo]

Attack
Defense
Appeal?  Like sex appeal/charm?  I think it says miryoku which is that.
Linkage/Formation/Combo - probably has to do with group formation

Power
Accuracy
HIT
Satisfaction?

[MrAngryFace]

Thanks, that's a start at least. No FAQs out there from what I can tell. All things considered its still plenty playable.

[The Sceneman]

dusted off my copy of Tales of Vesperia as I realised I have been playing it on and off since 2009 and I still haven't completed it. I WILL complete the game this time (I say this every year)

Can always tick the difficulty down to easy if you're sick of level grinding.

theres an easy mode?! 

I dunno I seem to be leveled enough. I'm doing all the side shit from the events guide so I'm getting all the sweet items and leveling enough.

[magus]

after you finish the game you get access to new game+ but you have to buy feature for new game+ using grades which depend on your battle performance... you get double the grade playing on hard and no grade at all playing at easy,so if you intend to go for the new game+,you shouldn't play easy

of course the only reason to ever do new game+ is because of the achievements so....

[Akala]

I played a fuckton of SSF4:AE 2012 over the weekend; the most I've played since the week vanilla AE came out.

  Apology Edition patch

anyone heard anything about when PC rev is getting patched?

[The Sceneman]

after you finish the game you get access to new game+ but you have to buy feature for new game+ using grades which depend on your battle performance... you get double the grade playing on hard and no grade at all playing at easy,so if you intend to go for the new game+,you shouldn't play easy

of course the only reason to ever do new game+ is because of the achievements so....

Ok, yeah I am aiming for achievements, so I'm staying on normal. Can I bump the difficulty up to hard when I need to do some grade farming?

[demi]

You dont need to go on Hard, but it can help. You will be Tidal Waving your way to Grade nirvana without touching a single button.

[iconoclast]

Up to 359 million in Akai Katana now. Beat my target of 350 (didn't think I would), but I know I can do better because I always fucking die twice to something completely stupid. I'm certain I can beat the game without dying, but I can't even finish a good run with 4 spare lives FFS. So frustrating.

But at least if I can beat this score I'll be #2 with Type C on 360. The guy in first is way ahead with like 450 million or something so fuck that. And he didn't even upload his replay for me to steal strategies from.

[cool breeze]

Shadows of the Damned

I'm sort of taken aback by how linear this game is.  It's to the point where if there are two paths and I take the wrong one, there's no going back to get items or whatever I missed.  At one point I climbed a ladder, turned around, and climb down to read a poster.  It's kind of annoying because there's an upgrade system based on finding red gems.

For some reason I was expecting something somewhat like like Resident Evil 4.  It's not that, but it's fun.  Some Alan Wake here with the light/dark stuff.  If I had to make a stupid analogy, this game is Dead to Rights to Alan Wake's Max Payne.

Also, unskippable cutscenes after checkpoints are the worst

[MrAngryFace]

Stuck on a fight in Chapter 5.  Nooooooo

[Cormacaroni]

Finally got around to playing Lair of the Shadow Broker, barely in time for ME3

Great little chunk of Mass Effect - action, drama, world-building...even a bit of romance.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I started Alpha Brotocol, and, uh, it's awesome. I can understand why it got the reviews it got but it's SO NEXT LEVEL in its narrative choice and structure that nobody is going to catch up to it for another 10 years and it's a must-play for anyone who likes to think about how games are made and player agency

[Timber]

Now if they would only put that structural innovation to use in tandem with an interesting story next time instead of slapping one together using http://tcpgen.tripod.com/

[Bebpo]

I started Alpha Brotocol, and, uh, it's awesome. I can understand why it got the reviews it got but it's SO NEXT LEVEL in its narrative choice and structure that nobody is going to catch up to it for another 10 years and it's a must-play for anyone who likes to think about how games are made and player agency

Now you understand why I gifted a copy to everyone on EB when it was $2.50 

Shadows of the Damned

I'm sort of taken aback by how linear this game is.  It's to the point where if there are two paths and I take the wrong one, there's no going back to get items or whatever I missed.  At one point I climbed a ladder, turned around, and climb down to read a poster.  It's kind of annoying because there's an upgrade system based on finding red gems.

For some reason I was expecting something somewhat like like Resident Evil 4.  It's not that, but it's fun.  Some Alan Wake here with the light/dark stuff.  If I had to make a stupid analogy, this game is Dead to Rights to Alan Wake's Max Payne.

Also, unskippable cutscenes after checkpoints are the worst

SoTD was a disappointment.  It should have been good and parts of it are (I like the chase scenes and the story books) but it's a pretty bog standard linear shooter with like 2 types of enemies the whole game and nothing that stands out.  It's mainstream Suda and mainstream Suda is boring :|  It's also ridiculously short and lacks any new game+ or replay value.  Himuro and a few other people were defending it because of it's JUST LIKE RE4 BUT BETTER ACTION or something, but I didn't see that at all.

[Bebpo]

Thinking about it, there are only 4 problems with AP:

1.  Chinese Terminator boss fight
2.  Helicopter
3.  Invisibility makes stealth build too easy and chain shot makes pistol build too easy
4.  Sis' subplot unfinished

That's about it.  Otherwise it's really a rock solid game with an outstanding narrative.  It's too bad the engine was not prone to modding because a year of fan mods later could have fixed all those things.

[cool breeze]

If you break Alpha Protocol up into three sections, the weakest parts are entirely contained in the final one.  It really does feel unfinished.

The middle section is really ambitious and works.  It's amazing on multiple playthroughs.  Ideally the progression would've gone:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Intro
Three Locations
Multiple Locations

The final act would be based on your choices up until that point.  So you end the game fighting a different enemy in a different city each time.  Wrapping up in the same spot made those middle choices feel less special since you end up in the same spot.  All the branches shouldn't end in the same place, is what I'm saying.

I would've liked my finale to be against the Sis' organization (blanking on the name...M22 or smoething)

[close]

SoTD was a disappointment.  It should have been good and parts of it are (I like the chase scenes and the story books) but it's a pretty bog standard linear shooter with like 2 types of enemies the whole game and nothing that stands out.  It's mainstream Suda and mainstream Suda is boring :|  It's also ridiculously short and lacks any new game+ or replay value.  Himuro and a few other people were defending it because of it's JUST LIKE RE4 BUT BETTER ACTION or something, but I didn't see that at all.

Comparisons to RE4/5 are weird now that I've played it.  It's only like RE4/5 on the surface.

[MrAngryFace]

I got an awesome ending in AP so all is forgiven